JIM-E-O, born Enyinna Kalu Ogbaa on July 26, 1984 in Imo State, Nigeria,is the son of Kalu Ogbaa, and Clara Ogbaa. The name Enyinna means, ” father’s friend” in Igbo (a Nigerian language). JIM-E-O embraced his father’s best friends’ name Jimmy. The E-O in his stage name represents his intials.

At age 6 JIM-E-O and family moved to America from Nigeria in 1991. JIM-E-O spent most of his childhood in New Haven, Connecticut. Recognizing his musical talent in his teenage years, JIM-E-O began songwriting and music production. Life was not easy growing up in a household with 5 siblings and being raised by a single mother after a divorce. Music was his mental Escape.

WIth New York so close, JIM-E-O began to journey into the Hip-Hop culture. “I remember school shopping in mid-town Manhattan and Harlem, going back and forth on the train. I would spend hours gazing at storefronts, artist promos,graffiti and buying new music.”
Straying away from school and education caused JIM-E-O to face a lot of adversities in the streets. JIM-E-O knew, he could not let down his family and fall victim to the “slum psychology” as his mother would say. If he didn’t obtain a PHD or MD, he better have redeemed