Pi'erre Bourne
{{Short description|American record producer and rapper (born 1993)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pi'erre Bourne
| image = Pi'erre Bourne at Saint Andrew's Hall in Detroit 2022.png
| caption = Jenks performing in 2022
| birth_name = Jordan Timothy Jenks
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|09|19}}
| birth_place =
| origin = Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|trap}}
| discography = Production discography
| occupations = {{hlist|Record producer|rapper|singer|songwriter|audio engineer}}
| years_active = 2010–present
| label = {{hlist|SossHouse|Interscope}}
| current_member_of =
| website = {{URL|yopierre.com}}
}}
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Jordan Timothy Jenks (born September 19, 1993),{{Cite web |last=Coe |first=Kairi |date=2018-09-19 |title=Happy Birthday, Pi'erre Bourne! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-pierre-bourne/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=XXL Mag |language=en}} known professionally as Pi'erre Bourne ({{respell|pee|AIR|_|BORN}}), is an American record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter, and audio engineer. He is known for producing the 2017 singles "Magnolia" for Playboi Carti and "Gummo" for 6ix9ine, both of which entered the top 30 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite magazine |last=Saponara |first=Michael |date=2017-11-27 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Talks Crafting 'Yo Pi'erre' With Playboi Carti, Touring With Drake & Metro Boomin' Studio Sessions |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8046925/pierre-bourne-interview-playboi-carti-drake-kanye-west |access-date=March 6, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}}{{cite web |last=Benz |first=Tyler |date=August 8, 2017 |title=Yo, Pi'erre Bourne Is Out of Here |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/yo-pierre-bourne-is-out-of-here/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Noisey}}
He has worked extensively with artists including Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Young Thug, Juice Wrld, Young Nudy, Trippie Redd, Kanye West, Drake, Nav, Duwap Kaine, and 21 Savage.
Early life
Jenks was raised in Columbia, South Carolina.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Levi |title=Pi'erre Bourne Covers New Wave Transcendence Issue |url=https://www.newwavemagazine.com/pierre-bourne-cover-story |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=New Wave Magazine |language=en}} His mother is a second generation immigrant from Belize. Growing up, he would spend his summers with his grandmother in South Jamaica, Queens, which led to his interest in East Coast hip hop. He is related to Mobile Malachi, a Belizean Kriol reggae artist and musician.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}} He is also a cousin of Papoose. Inspired by his uncle Dwight who was a rapper and graphic artist, Jenks first began making beats when he was in elementary school, using FL Studio on his uncle's computer. His stage name was inspired by the Kenan Thompson All That sketch "Everyday French with Pierre Escargot" and the 2002 film The Bourne Identity. While in high school, he formed a rap group with his friends called The Bourne Ones and posted music on Imeem.
Career
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After graduating from high school, Jenks studied graphic design at Winthrop University for a year before dropping out.{{Cite web |last=Kochhar |first=Nazuk |title=The life of Pi'erre Bourne |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/12/04/pierre-bourne-the-life-of-pierre-magnolia-interview |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=The Fader |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Danny |date=2017-09-12 |title=Pi'erre Bourne And The Art Of Hustle |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/74847-pierre-bourne-and-the-art-of-hustle-news |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}} 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.{{cite web |last=Kochhar |first=Nazuk |date=June 30, 2017 |title=Meet Pi'erre Bourne, The "Magnolia" Producer Who Always Trusts His Gut |url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/30/pierre-bourne-beat-construction-interview-magnolia |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=The Fader}} At 18, his uncle encouraged him to go to school for music and Jenks moved to Atlanta to study sound engineering at the SAE Institute. Because the institute did not have dorms, Jenks lived in his Cadillac Escalade for a period of time. While in school, he met and began collaborating with DJ Burn One, who encouraged him to create his own instrumentals and not rely on samples.{{Cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Max |date=2017-04-14 |title=Meet Pierre Bourne, Producer on Playboi Carti's Debut Mixtape |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/pierre-bourne-interview-playboi-carti-mixtape/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=XXL Mag |language=en}} He also met and became close friends with TM88 and the son of L.A. Reid, a music executive at Epic Records.{{Cite web |last=Pearce |first=Sheldon |date=2018-01-15 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Is a Hit-Making Rap Producer Who Wants to Be the Next Kanye West |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/pierre-bourne-is-a-hit-making-rap-producer-who-wants-to-be-the-next-kanye-west/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} He interned for a week at Hustle Gang Records before working at as a full-time engineer at Mad Studios in Atlanta. While working at the studio, he met frequent collaborator Young Nudy. In 2015, Jenks began working for Epic Records as a sound engineer, leaving a year later to focus on his own career. In 2016, Jenks began releasing a series of mixtapes titled The Life of Pi'erre, named after the Kanye West album The Life of Pablo.{{Cite magazine |date=2021-06-23 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Talks 'The Life of Pi'erre 5' and Still Having More to Prove: 'I Don't Feel I've Made It as an Artist Yet' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/pierre-bourne-interview-life-of-pierre-5-9591102/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Jenks met Playboi Carti in February 2017 after Carti recorded a demo using Jenks' "Wokeuplikethis" instrumental. He produced the Playboi Carti song "Magnolia" in March 2017, which peaked at 29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Joe |date=2021-12-20 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Explains How He Knew Playboi Carti's 'Magnolia' Would Change Everything |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.66623/title.pierre-bourne-playboi-carti-magnolia-story |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}} In September 2017, he signed a record deal with Interscope Records and launched his own imprint label, SossHouse.{{cite web |last=Matson |first=Andrew |date=December 14, 2017 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Turned Hip Hop Dark Purple |url=https://massappeal.com/pierre-bourne-took-over-sound-2017-interview/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202829/https://massappeal.com/pierre-bourne-took-over-sound-2017-interview/ |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |access-date=January 14, 2018 |website=Mass Appeal}} In the spring of 2018, he helped produce a number of songs on Kanye West's album Ye, but did not receive formal production credit. He produced the May 2018 Travis Scott single "Watch", featuring Kanye West and Lil Uzi Vert.{{Cite web |last=Guan |first=Frank |date=2018-05-04 |title=The Brightest Star on Travis Scott’s ‘Watch’ Isn’t Kanye West |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/the-brightest-star-on-travis-scotts-watch-isnt-kanye.html |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Vulture |language=en}} Playboi Carti's album Die Lit, which he executively produced, also released in May 2018.{{Cite web |last=Goddard |first=Kevin |date=2018-05-11 |title=Stream Playboi Carti's "Die Lit" Album |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/91175-stream-playboi-cartis-die-lit-album-new-mixtape |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}
On May 8, 2019, Pi'erre Bourne and close collaborator Young Nudy released their collaborative mixtape titled Sli'merre. The project, which consists of 12 songs, featured then-rising hip-hop stars DaBaby and Megan Thee Stallion, along with Nudy's cousin and multi-platinum rapper 21 Savage, as well as fellow multi-platinum recording artist Lil Uzi Vert. All songs on the mixtape were produced by Pi'erre, and hit number 1 on Apple Music's U.S. All Genres chart, and debuted at number 167 on the Billboard 200, later peaking at number 63 in the following week. In July 2019, Bourne worked with Kanye West on production in West's album Jesus Is King.{{Cite web |author=McKinney, Jessica |date=April 29, 2020 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Talks Leaks, Playboi Carti, Kanye West, and Drops 'Feds' Video |url=https://www.complex.com/music/pierre-bourne-interview-feds-video-premiere |access-date=April 29, 2020 |website=Complex}} He earned his first Grammy Award for his production work on the album at the 2021 Grammy Awards.{{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Alex |date=2022-07-25 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Announces Debut Headline Australian Tour |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/pierre-bourne-australian-tour-2022/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Music Feeds |language=en-US}} On March 25, 2020, Jenks debuted at No. 1 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot 100 Producers chart, thanks to four production credits on the deluxe edition of Lil Uzi Vert's second album, Eternal Atake.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9342872/pierre-bourne-tops-hot-100-producers-chart-lil-uzi-vert-eternal-atake|title=Pi'erre Bourne Tops Hot 100 Producers Chart, Powered by Lil Uzi Vert's 'Eternal Atake'|magazine=Billboard}}
On June 19, 2020, Jenks released a deluxe edition of The Life of Pi'erre 4.{{Cite web |last=Ingvaldsen |first=Torsten |date=2020-06-19 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Drops Deluxe Version of 'The Life of Pi'erre 4' |url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/6/pierre-bourne-the-life-of-pierre-4-deluxe-album-stream |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Hypebeast}} Jenks also earned himself a placement on Drake's Dark Lane Demo Tapes, producing the song "Pain 1993", featuring Jenks' frequent collaborator Playboi Carti. The song would debut and peak at number 7 on the Hot 100 on May 16, 2020.{{Cite magazine|title=Drake – Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/drake/chart-history/hsi/|access-date=June 10, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}
On June 11, 2021, Jenks's second studio album, The Life of Pi'erre 5, was released by Interscope via Pi'erre's label imprint, SossHouse.{{Cite web |last=Schube |first=Will |date=2021-06-11 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Drops 'The Life of Pi'erre 5,' Releases Accompanying BTS Documentary |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/pierre-bourne-life-of-pierre/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=uDiscover Music |language=en-US}} The album is entirely produced by Jenks and includes features from Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, and Sharc.
On January 14, 2022, Lil Wayne would re-release his Sorry 4 the Wait mixtape with four new songs, with the song "Cameras" with Allan Cubes produced by Jenks.
On August 26, 2022, Jenks released a single called "Good Movie", and on September 2, 2022, he released his third studio album of the same name. The album was released by Interscope Records and through SossHouse.{{cite web |last=Callas |first=Brad |date=September 2, 2022 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Celebrates Release of 'Good Movie' Album With "Where You Going" Video |url=https://www.complex.com/music/pierre-bourne-releases-good-movie-album-music-video-where-you-going |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Complex}} The album features Don Toliver and frequent collaborator Young Nudy.
On February 24, 2023, Jenks released his highly sought after song, "IG".{{Cite web |last=Galindo |first=Thomas |date=2023-02-26 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Drops Long-Awaited Single "IG" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/637146-pierre-bourne-drops-long-awaited-single-ig |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}} Fans had heard snippets of this song previously on Jenks’ Instagram livestreams, where he often would tease music he had been working on. The track would serve as the lead single to his then yet to be revealed EP Grails, which would include highly sought after tracks from the past. The second and final single "Honeyberry 2" would release on March 17, 2023. The entirety of the EP would release in full on April 14, 2023.
On June 6, 2025, Pi’erre released, "Blocs", the lead single to Made in Paris, his fourth studio album. The album is set to release on June 27, 2025.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2025-06-06 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Details New Album Made in Paris, Shares New "Blocs" Video |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/pierre-bourne-details-new-album-made-in-paris-shares-new-blocs-video-watch/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
Artistry
Jenks has cited Wiz Khalifa, video game soundtracks, Dipset, G-Unit, Kid Cudi, T-Pain, J Dilla, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, and Kanye West as inspirations for his music. Jenks has called West's career as a rapper and a producer as an influence. Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork described Bourne's productions as "beats that pair airy video-game melodies with classic trap drums".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/pierre-bournes-10-best-beats/|title=Pi'erre Bourne's 10 Best Beats|work=Pitchfork|last=Pierre|first=Alphonse|date=April 27, 2020|access-date=June 20, 2020}} He is well known for his producer tag, "Yo Pierre, you wanna come out here?", sampled from an episode of The Jamie Foxx Show.{{Cite web |last=India |first=Lindsey |date=May 4, 2017 |title=This Is Where Pierre Bourne's Producer Tag Comes From |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/05/pierre-bourne-producer-tag/ |access-date=March 25, 2018 |website=XXL Mag |language=en}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
= Collaboration albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| U.S. ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| U.S. |
|---|
| scope="row"|Pi'erre & Cardo's Wild Adventure {{small|(with Cardo)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|Sli'merre {{small|(with Young Nudy)}} |
| 63 || 35 |
| scope="row"|The Wolf of Peachtree {{small|(with Jelly)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|Chavo's World {{small|(with Chavo)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|Frazier Trill {{small|(with Frazier Trill)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|47 Meters Down {{small|(with Sharc)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|Chavo's World 2 {{small|(with Chavo)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|Yo!88 {{small|(with TM88)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|Wolf of Peachtree 2 {{small|(with Jelly)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|Space Age Pimpin {{small|(with Juicy J)}} |
| — || — |
| scope="row"|Pi'erre & Cardo's Wild Adventure 2 {{small|(with Cardo)}} |
| — || — |
= Extended plays =
- King of the Hill, October 31, 2014, self-released
- SossGirl, February 15, 2016, self-released
- Beast Mode ++++ {{small|(with Trippie Redd)}}, October 19, 2016, TenThousand Projects
- Grails, April 14, 2023, SossHouse, Interscope{{Cite web |last=Schube |first=Will |date=2023-06-29 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Says Hello To Summer With New Video 'NY In June' |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/pierre-bourne-ny-in-june-video/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=uDiscover Music |language=en-US}}
= Mixtapes =
- The Bourne Identity, April 4, 2010, self-released
- The Bourne Ultimatum, June 4, 2010, self-released
- The Bourne Supremacy, August 19, 2010, self-released
- Heir To The Throne (Deluxe), January 27, 2012, self-released
- The Life of Pi'erre, September 19, 2016, self-released
- The Life of Pi'erre 2, November 25, 2016, self-released
- The Life of Pi'erre 3, December 26, 2016, self-released
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, with showing year released and album name ! scope="col" style="width:19em;" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! Certifications ! scope="col" | Album |
| scope="row" | "Yo Pi'erre!" (featuring Playboi Carti) | 2017 ! | rowspan="4" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Honeyberry"
| rowspan="3" | 2018 ! |
| scope="row" | "Hacked My Instagram"{{Cite web |last=Pearce |first=Sheldon |title=Pi'erre Bourne: "Hacked My Instagram" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/pieree-bourne-hacked-my-instagram/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
! |
| scope="row" | "Marie Curie"
! |
| scope="row" | "4U"
| rowspan="5"| 2021 ! | rowspan="4" |The Life of Pi'erre 5 |
| scope="row" | "Groceries"
! |
| scope="row" | "Sossboy 2" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) ! |
| scope="row" | "Drunk and Nasty" (featuring Sharc) | |
| scope="row" | "Block Boy" (with TM88) ! |Yo!88 |
| scope="row" | "IG"
| rowspan="2" |2023 ! | rowspan="2" |Grails |
| scope="row" | "Honeyberry 2"{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Sabrina |date=2023-03-19 |title=Pi'erre Bourne Shares Highly-Anticipated "Honeyberry 2" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/649263-pierre-bourne-shares-highly-anticipated-honeyberry-2 |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}
! |
= Other charted songs =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ ! rowspan="2" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Year !Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ Hot {{Cite web|title=Hot Singles Chart|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2021-06-18|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=The Official New Zealand Music Chart}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Switching Lanes" {{Small|(featuring Playboi Carti)}} |2021 |37 |The Life of Pi'erre 5 |
Production discography
= Charted singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ ! rowspan="2" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | U.S.
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | U.S. ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | CAN ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | UK |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Wokeuplikethis" {{Small|(Playboi Carti featuring Lil Uzi Vert)}} | rowspan="3" |2017 |76 |32 |— |— |— | rowspan="2" |Playboi Carti |
| scope="row"| "Magnolia" {{Small|(Playboi Carti)}} |29 |11 |— |51 |— |
| scope="row"| "Gummo" {{Small|(6ix9ine)}} |12 |5 |— |32 |— |
| scope="row"| "Watch" {{Small|(Travis Scott featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West)}} |2018 |16 |9 |65 |24 |53|53 |{{N/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Bad Boy" {{Small|(Juice WRLD and Young Thug)}} |2021 |22 |9 |55 |19 |31 |{{N/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Blow for Blow" {{Small|(Tee Grizzley featuring J. Cole)}} |2024 |88 |23 |— |— |— |
= Other charted songs =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ ! rowspan="2" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | U.S.
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | U.S. ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | CAN ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | IRE ! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | UK |
|---|
| scope="row"| "X" {{Small|(Lil Uzi Vert)}} |2017 |81 |39 |— |— |— |
| scope="row"| "Light It Up" {{Small|(Young Thug)}} | rowspan="5" |2019 |82 |33 |— |— |— | rowspan="3" |So Much Fun |
| scope="row"| "Surf" {{Small|(Young Thug featuring Gunna)}} |61 |24 |— |— |— |
| scope="row"| "Lil Baby" {{Small|(Young Thug)}} |84 |35 |— |— |— |
| scope="row"| "On God" {{Small|(Kanye West)}} |23 |12 |21 |— |— | rowspan="2" |Jesus Is King |
| scope="row"| "Use This Gospel" {{Small|(Kanye West featuring Clipse and Kenny G)}} |37 |20 |34 |— |— |
| scope="row"| "Bean (Kobe)" {{Small|(Lil Uzi Vert featuring Chief Keef)}} | rowspan="5" |2020 |19 |10 |60 |— |— | rowspan="4" |Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World 2 |
| scope="row"| "Yessirskiii" {{Small|(Lil Uzi Vert featuring 21 Savage)}} |26 |14 |88 |— |— |
| scope="row"| "Wassup" {{Small|(Lil Uzi Vert featuring Future)}} |54 |31 |— |— |— |
| scope="row"| "Money Spread" {{Small|(Lil Uzi Vert featuring Young Nudy)}} |89 |50 |— |— |— |
| scope="row"| "Pain 1993" {{Small|(Drake and Playboi Carti)}} |7 |6 |7 |15 |17 |
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