Person in history
Jme
Jamie Adenuga, English MC and rapper
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1985 · May 4
- Age this year
- 41No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 41st anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Jamie Adenuga, known professionally as Jme, is an English grime MC, songwriter, record producer, rapper and DJ. He is the co-founder of the crew and label Boy Better Know. He also serves as a sole owner and director of an associated company, Boy Better Know Limited, which he incorporated in 2008. He was previously part of the grime collective Meridian Crew and later Roll Deep alongside his older brother, Skepta. Adenuga grew up in Tottenham, North London. He released his debut album Famous?.
Early life
Early life Jamie Adenuga's [ 1 ] parents are Nigerian [ 2 ] and Christian , [ 3 ] with his mother Ify of Igbo heritage [ 4 ] and father Joseph of Yoruba heritage. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] His mother moved to England during the Nigerian Civil War , as recounted in her 2020 memoir Endless Fortune . [ 4 ] Jamie was born on 4 May 1985 [ 1 ] [ 7 ] in Hackney [ 2 ] and grew up in Tottenham , North London where he lived in a council house . [ 8 ]
Why this date
Jme appears on our May 4 calendar for 1985 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1985.
- September 14Penang Bridge
- September 11Moimenta-Alcafache train crash
- September 17HIV/AIDS
- July 13Live Aid
- January 13Awash rail disaster
Born the same day
Brad Maddox
Brad Maddox, American wrestler and referee
Read their story →Brianne Jenner
Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
Read their story →Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985)
Fernandinho, Brazilian footballer
Read their story →George Hill (basketball)
George Hill, American basketball player
Read their story →Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1985Kendra WilkinsonJune 12
- 1985Rooney MaraApril 17
- 1985Darrelle RevisJuly 14
- 1985Blake RossJune 12
- 1985Ashley Nicole BlackJune 15
- 1985Julia AlexandratouNovember 24
- 1985Mark MilliganAugust 4
- 1985Mirza TeletovićSeptember 18
Sources
Cite this page
“Jme”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/jme, accessed October 26, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Jme
When was Jme born?
May 4 1985.
How old would Jme be today?
41 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on May 4?
Brad Maddox, Brianne Jenner, Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985) and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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