In 1994, Jess acquired his step father's last name "Jackson" and started producing music in his bedroom, with his neighbour
Simon Franks. In 1997, at the age of seventeen, he had released his third
UK garage record, "Hobson's Choice", with DJ Redz as Active Minds. The song was an inspiration to the beginning of a new genre, "UK Garage". In 1999, Jackson got in a studio with singer
Andrew Roachford released the single "24-7-365" to
Sony Music. In 2001, Jackson was the resident DJ for the band, Patrick Alan and performed on stage every Monday night at London's exclusive celebrity night club, 10 Room. Jackson performed alongside
Alicia Keys,
Pharrell Williams,
Sean Paul,
Nas,
Black Eyed Peas,
Christina Aguilera,
Justin Timberlake,
Angie Stone,
Lionel Richie,
Estelle, plus many more. That same year, when Jackson was twenty-one, he was signed to Pure Milk Records. That's where he met up with an old classmate from
ADT College, a guy named AC Burrell, who signed to Pure Milk as well. In 2003, Pure Milk Records closed down due to poor management. Months later, Jackson started songwriting when
Pete Townshend lead guitarist of
The Who signed Jackson to his publishing company
Eel Pie Publishing as a record producer. In 2004, Jackson joined Firin Squad productions as a remixer and record producer. He worked on remixes for
50 Cent,
Joe, Kevin Lyttle, Nina Jayne. Also, Jackson began his acting career active by starring in a
PlayStation commercial shot by director
Joseph Kahn. In 2005, Jackson worked with
Onyx member
Fredro Starr in California and released underground mixtape material. In 2006, he relocated to Los Angeles and began working closer with US
hip-hop record labels. In 2007, Jackson recorded with
hip hop band
The Knux signed to
Interscope Records and played a Cockney British Drug Dealer in a skit on their album,
Remind Me in 3 Days. Also, Jackson and
DJ Cobra partnered up in business by providing DJ's worldwide with exclusive access to club mashups for songs like "
I Kissed a Girl" by
Katy Perry, "
Pony" by
Ginuwine, and more. Throughout 2008 and 2009, Jacksons music is featured on many
MTV reality TV shows. Jacksons voice in a British cockney accent is also featured on the track "Sayin This" by
Tyga. Throughout 2011 and 2014, Jackson has been an executive producer for most of Tyga's mixtapes and albums. In 2013, Jackson produced the single, "Killing Your Ills" by Last Kings Entertainment artist, Esty featuring Tyga. In October 2014, Jackson co-produced Tyga's single, "
40 Mill" with
Kanye West,
Mike Dean, and Dupri. The track is supposed to appear on
The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty. Jackson co-produced rapper
Pop Smoke's hit single, "
For the Night", released in July 2020. ==References==