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Nikki Jean (born Nicholle Jean Leary on August 25, 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actress. She is the singer, songwriter and pianist for Nouveau Riche, an indie/hip-hop band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She is also featured on Lupe Fiasco's second album, The Cool, as a lyricist and vocalist.She's also featured in the "Hip Hop Saved My Life" video with Lupe Fiasco which was released through iTunes on March 18, 2008. Nikki Jean wrote and recorded "Five Alarm Fire" released by DJ Deckstream on Manhattan Records. She recorded Sting's "Be Still My Beating Heart" with The Randy Watson Experience on Rewind!5, released on Ubiquity Records. She is also featured on the song "So Far, So Good" from the album "Thee Adventures of a B-Boy D-Boy" by Muja Messiah.

As an actress, she performed in the award winning independent film On the Outs.

From April 16, 2008 to August 6, 2008, Nikki Jean was part of the Glow in the Dark Tour with Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna and N.E.R.D..

Life and career

Nikki Jean (born Nicholle Jean Leary on August 25, 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actress. She got her start in the band Nouveau Riche an indie/hip-hop band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the lead singer.Nikki has released solo material such as "Sunshine" and "Five Alarm",with DJ Deckstream, and quickly began to catch the attention of fans on the internet.In 2007 Nikki was featured on the critically acclaimed album "The Cool" by Lupe Fiasco as a writer and singer. She was in her first major video for "Hip Hop Saved My Life".Nikki Jean is known throughout the YouTube community for her original videos which appear on her channel "nikkijeanproject". With over one million total video views, over 280,000 channel views and over 6,800 subscribers, she has won three YouTube honors: most viewed musician of the day, most viewed musician of the week and a most viewed musician of the month.In Jan. 09 she signed with Columbia Records and is said to be almost finished with her debut project. She is currently touring with Mayer Hawthorne

Known Songs

"8 Blocks"
"Be Still my Beating Heart" (COVER)
"Blindin Me"
"Coming Around"
"Dirty Laundry"
"Faithful"
"Fly"
"Get Over The Sun"
"Infinitely Valuable"
"Perfect Mess"
"Plastic Loves You"
"Roses, Second Chances"
"Sunshine"
"Smile For Me"
"Shadows"
"Sedate Me"
"Timeless"
"My Favorite Song"
"What's A Girl Supposed To Do"

Guest appearances

DJ Deckstream — "Five Alarm"
DJ Deckstream — "Exit Sign"
Lupe Fiasco — "Hip Hop Saved My Life"
Lupe Fiasco — "Little Weapon"
Muja Messiah — "So Far So Good"
Sylk130 — "Fallen Angel"
Tu Phace — "Say Yes"
Oddisee — "Tell The Truth"
Traphik — "Favorite Song"

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 From [[April 16, 2008]] to August 6, 2008, Nikki Jean was part of the [[Glow in the Dark Tour]] with [[Kanye West]], [[Lupe Fiasco]], [[Rihanna]] and [[N.E.R.D.]].
-==The Nikki Jean Project==
+==Life and career==
-Nikki Jean is known throughout the [[YouTube]] community for her original videos which appear on her channel "nikkijeanproject". With over one million total video views, over 280,000 channel views and over 6,800 subscribers, she has won three YouTube honors: most viewed musician of the day, most viewed musician of the week and a most viewed musician of the month.
+Nikki Jean (born Nicholle Jean Leary on August 25, 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American  singer-songwriter, musician  and occasional actress. She got her start in the band Nouveau Riche an indie/hip-hop band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the lead singer.Nikki has released solo material such as "Sunshine" and "Five Alarm",with DJ Deckstream, and quickly began to catch the attention of fans on the internet.In 2007 Nikki was featured on the critically acclaimed album "The Cool" by Lupe Fiasco as a writer and singer. She was in her first major video for "Hip Hop Saved My Life".Nikki Jean is known throughout the [[YouTube]] community for her original videos which appear on her channel "nikkijeanproject". With over one million total video views, over 280,000 channel views and over 6,800 subscribers, she has won three YouTube honors: most viewed musician of the day, most viewed musician of the week and a most viewed musician of the month.In Jan. 09 she signed with Columbia Records and is said to be almost finished with her debut project. She is currently touring with [[Mayer Hawthorne]]
 ==Known Songs==