Jody Upshaw
{{Short description|Canadian musician}}
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| years_active = 2017–present
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| genre = R&B
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| origin = Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| name = Jody Upshaw
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Jody Upshaw (born 2003){{Cite web|last=Chikako|date=2017-11-24|title=Local Artist Profile: Jody Upshaw|url=https://teensnowtalk.com/features/tunes-n-tech/music/local-artist-profile-jody-upshaw/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Teens Now Talk|language=en-CA}} is a Canadian R&B artist.
Career
At age 14 in 2018, Upshaw released her debut EP.{{Cite web|last=Bobkin|first=Matt|date=2018-01-08|title=Meet Jody Upshaw, Halifax's Teenage R&B Sensation|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/meet_jody_upshaw_halifaxs_teenage_r_and_b_sensation|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Exclaim!|language=en-ca}} Upshaw released the single "Glitter and Gold" with teen rapper Shay Pitts that same year.{{Cite web|last=Dingwell|first=Rebecca|title=Listen: "Glitter and Gold" by Jody Upshaw|url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/listen-glitter-and-gold-by-jody-upshaw/Content?oid=9420402|access-date=2022-01-14|website=The Coast Halifax|language=en}} Upshaw's single "Straight Shooter" was produced by Classified and released in 2018.{{Cite web|last=Mullin|first=Morgan|title=New Music 2018: Jody Upshaw & Shay Pitts|url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/new-music-2018-jody-upshaw-and-shay-pitts/Content?oid=16635739|access-date=2022-01-14|website=The Coast Halifax|language=en}} In 2022, the song was featured in the season two premiere of Euphoria.{{Cite web|last=Mullin|first=Morgan|title=Halifax's Jody Upshaw and Thrillah take over the Euphoria season two premiere|url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/halifaxs-jody-upshaw-and-thrillah-takeover-the-season-two-euphoria-premiere/Content?oid=27909427|access-date=2022-01-14|website=The Coast Halifax|language=en}}
Upshaw was featured in the 2020 documentary short, "Youth Hiphop and Halifax", written and directed by Harmony Adesola for the Being Black in Halifax series.{{Cite news|date=2020-11-26|title=Four Films Exploring Black Experiences in Halifax|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/community/four-films-exploring-black-experiences-in-halifax-1.5792410|access-date=2022-01-14}} Upshaw was named Music Nova Scotia's artist in residence in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Mullin |first=Morgan |title=Jody Upshaw announced as 2022 Music Nova Scotia Artist in Residence |url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/jody-upshaw-announced-as-2022-music-nova-scotia-artist-in-residence/Content?oid=29346847 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Coast Halifax |language=en}}
Upshaw appeared as a special guest for TLC at the May 2024 Moncton, New Brunswick stop on their tour.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=TLC coming to Moncton |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video/c2878007-tlc-coming-to-moncton |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=CTV News Atlantic |language=en}}
Personal life
Upshaw is originally from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Dylan |date=2022-02-18 |title=Jody Upshaw shoots straight for the moon |url=https://dalgazette.com/arts-culture/jody-upshaw-shoots-straight-for-the-moon/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Dalhousie Gazette |language=en-CA}} She began singing and performing when she was eleven. Her father, Marvin, was a rapper who performed under the name KL.{{Cite web |last=Dault |first=Meredith |date=2022-04-28 |title=How did the song happen? – Jody Upshaw's "Straight Shooter" |url=https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/how-did-the-song-happen-jody-upshaws-straight-shooter/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=SOCAN Magazine |language=en-US}}
Awards and nominations
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| 2017
|African Nova Scotian Artist of the Year |n/a |{{nom}} |
| 2018
|African Nova Scotian Music Awards |ANSMA Rising Star Award |n/a |{{won}} |
| rowspan="2" |2019
| rowspan="4" |East Coast Music Awards |Bucky Adams Memorial Award (formerly African Nova Scotian Artist of the Year) |n/a |{{nom}} |
| R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
|Straight Shooter |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Bucky Adams Memorial Award |n/a |{{nom}} |
| R&B/soul recording of the year
|Guilty One |{{nom}} |
| 2022
|Music Nova Scotia Awards |African Nova Scotian Artist of the Year |n/a |{{nom}} |
| 2024
|Nova Scotia Music & Industry Awards |African Nova Scotian Artist of the Year |n/a |{{nom}} |
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Category:Canadian rhythm and blues musicians
Category:Musicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category:21st-century Canadian women musicians
Category:Singers from Nova Scotia
Category:21st-century Black Canadian women singers
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