After graduating from high school, Jenks studied
graphic design at
Winthrop University for a year before dropping out. After dropping out from Winthrop, he lived with his grandparents in
Queens, and then with his father in
Greenvile, South Carolina, working various
retail jobs. He also met and became close friends with
TM88 and the son of
L.A. Reid, a
music executive at
Epic Records. He interned for a week at
Hustle Gang Records before working as a full-time engineer at Mad Studios in Atlanta. Jenks met
Playboi Carti in February 2017 after Carti recorded a demo using Jenks' "
Wokeuplikethis" instrumental. In September 2017, he signed a record deal with
Interscope Records and launched his own
imprint label, SossHouse. Playboi Carti's album
Die Lit, which Jenks
executively produced, also released in May 2018. On May 8, 2019, Pi'erre Bourne and close collaborator
Young Nudy released their collaborative mixtape titled ''
Sli'merre. On June 21, 2019, he released The Life of Pi'erre 4'', his debut studio album. In July 2019, Bourne worked with Kanye West on production in West's album
Jesus Is King. He earned his first
Grammy Award for his production work on the album at the
2021 Grammy Awards. Jenks debuted at No. 1 on
Billboards Hot 100 Producers chart on March 25, 2020, due to four production credits on the deluxe edition of
Lil Uzi Vert's
Eternal Atake. On June 19, 2020, Jenks released a deluxe edition of ''The Life of Pi'erre 4.'' Jenks produced the
Drake song "
Pain 1993", which released in May 2020 and debuted at number 7 on the Hot 100 on May 16, 2020. Jenks released his second studio album, ''
The Life of Pi'erre 5, on June 11, 2021. The album was entirely produced by Jenks and includes features from Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, and Sharc. On September 2, 2022, he released his third studio album, Good Movie. On February 24, 2023, Jenks released "IG", which he initially teased in 2018, as an official single. The song was the first single for his Grails
EP,
which featured re-recordings of fan-favorite snippets and was released on April 14, 2023. On June 6, 2025, Pi’erre released, "Blocs", the lead single to Made in Paris,
his fourth studio album. Made in Paris'' released on June 27th, 2025. == Artistry ==