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Montell Jordan
Birth name	Montell Du'Sean Barnett¹
Born	December 3, 1968 (1968-12-03) (age 39) Los Angeles,California, United States
Genre(s)	R&B, New Jack Swing
Occupation(s)	singer-songwriter, producer
Years active	1994–present
Label(s)	Def Jam (1994–2002) Koch (2003–2004) Universal/Fontana (2008)
Website	http://www.montellmusic.com

Montell Jordan is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. Jordan was the second R&B artist signed to the Def Jam label (following Oran "Juice" Jones) and became the main male artist on its Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003.

Biography

Jordan, a Christian, attended Pepperdine University in California, where he received a bachelor's degree in communication and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.^{citation needed}

Jordan's first single was the 1995 #1 hit single "This Is How We Do It," which sampled Slick Rick's earlier Def Jam hit "Children's Story". Jordan followed up his success with "Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz", which peaked at #21. Later hits would include "Let's Ride" with Master P and "Talk Show" with Shae Jones in 1998 and "Get It on Tonite" in 1999.

Besides crafting his own material, Jordan has written and produced for other artists, including Christina Milian, 98 Degrees, Deborah Cox ("Nobody's Supposed to Be Here," 1998), and Sisqó (the number-one hit "Incomplete," 2000). The singer has had cameo roles in the films The Fighting Temptations and The Nutty Professor, and he performed on the documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown. In 2003 Jordan left Def Soul and released the album Life After Def on Koch Records and also appeared on the album of popular Croatian singer Nina Badrić in duet "Ne dam te nikom" ("I'm Not Giving You to Anyone").

Jordan released his seventh LP - Let It Rain - on October 21, 2008. ²

Jordan is 6'8" tall,³ and made reference to this in the lyrics to This Is How We Do It.

1995 MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best Dance Video ("This Is How We do It") and Best Rhythm & Blues Video ("This Is How We do It")
1995 Grammy Award nomination for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male ("This Is How We Do It")

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