Artist History Jay Money began his journey into the hip hop culture while in the sixth grade. After he discovered that he was no good at b-boying(break dancing), he began trying his hand at emceeing, during the summer of 1983. Three years later (1986), while attending Central High School, Jay was introduced to DJ Suicide, who had the hottest mixtapes at that time. After hearing Jay's lyrics, Suicide immediately put him down with his crew, "Forever Fresh." Jay began making demos and was introduced to the Omaha scene on Suicide's mixtapes. Over the next few years, Jay would get into and win, many battles, earning the title "Heavyweight." In the spring of 1992, Jay became a founding member of Da Basement Society, a crew of elite emcees, conceived by Jay's long time friend, and emcee, DBX. The crew consisted of DBX, Jay Money, N-Tellect, Kee Lo Z, and All Ayz, who joined the crew a few weeks after it formed. They made themselves known in the North Omaha streets very quickly, challenging any crew that wanted to battle. They also became known for their live performances at local shows. Towards the end of '92, Suicide entered into a business venture with Craig "Thumper" Samuels (former bass player for The Royal Court Band) to launch Thumpin' Hard Records. In '93, they released "Parental Advisory ' A compilation of local rap artist, featuring Jay on the solo tip and with The Basement Society. Due to creative differences in business, Suicide left Thumpin' Hard, taking Jay and other artists with him, to form Crossphade Productions. During the summer of '93, Jay Money, along with two other local artist (K-Mack and Sanman), opened a concert at the Civic Auditorium Arena, featuring E-40 and The Click, Spice-1, DJ Quik and Second 2 None. In the winter of '93-94', Da Basement Society went on to open two concerts in Lincoln, Nebraska (Capital City): the first one featured A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Souls of Mischief, the second featured Boss and Onyx (which was actually in February of '94). In April of '94, they debuted their EP release, "Who Downstairs?" which almost landed them a deal with Ichiban Records. Once again, business went bad, money wise, so Jay Money saw turning to the hustlin' game as a means to acquire the money to keep things moving. Between the period of 1994 to 1996, Da Basement recorded new material which was never released, and Jay's activities got him a prison sentence of 4 to 6 yrs. with the Nebraska Department of Corrections (Dec. 1996). In 1997, Crossphade Production became Crossphade Muzic label, and released the first CD project, a compilation called "Behind Enemy Lines," which featured two remixes of previously recorded songs by Jay Money. One of those songs, "Writerz Block" received rotation in Norway and debuted on their charts at #9. That next year, Crossphade released their second project, "681", also a compilation, bringing the collective of artists on the label together as the "Crossphade Family." Jay Money was able to record new material for this project, due to the fact that he was on a work release program. Jay was featured on two solo joints ("Show Ya Skillz, 100 A Head"), a group cut representing his click, Rusty Knuckle Organization ("Ashy Palms"), and the albums title cut. On December 21, 1998, Jay Money was released from incarceration to take part in Crossphade's live performances which were with local alternative bands. The first 3 performances proved to be successful, bringing in a mixed crowd of alternative music and rap music fans. Unfortunately, due to inner-conflicts at the label, Jay Money (and other members of RKO) left Crossphade in August of '99. After a two-year hiatus, Jay is back on the Crossphade label as a solo artist. His solo LP, "Da Main Event" is just about finished and should be released in the early summer of 2002. Jay is also working on a project with Basement Society member, N-tellect, calling themselves "Cella Core," and a Basement Society Album is in the works. As of now, you can download the single "Midwest Live," and the hot club remix of "Midwest Live."

Group Members Jay Money

Albums Da Main Event

Location Omaha, Nebraska - USA

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