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Lyfe Jennings Biography

Chester Jermaine known by his stage name Lyfe Jennings is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist who plays the guitar, bass, and piano which he integrates into his music.

Lyfe started his career in music performing with a band made up of himself, his brother and two cousins named The Dotsons. The band would later be separated and Jennings got into legal troubles leading to his music career coming to an end. He was prisoned at the age of 14.

Lyfe Jennings Age

Jennings was born in the year 1978 June 3rd. He is 40 years old as of 2018.

Lyfe Jennings Family

Jennings was born and brought up in Toledo, Ohio the third born of five children. He was born into a working-class family. Not much is known about his parents and siblings.

Lyfe Jennings Dating  | Lyfe Jennings Married

Jennings married Gwendolyn Scharkowski in 2016 February 2nd in Georgia. The two later got divorced in 2017 March 15 with Gwendolyn seeking their son’s Iam Scharkowski full and physical custody. She claimed that Jennings committed adultery. he dated his ex-fiance Joy Bounds and the two have two sons Phoenix Roy and Elijah Jennings. He was also in a relationship with Anita Priestley an early childhood educator who in 2008 gave birth to their child Liyah Jennings. He also had a relationship with model India Mendoza with whom he has a son, Knoah Mendoza.

Lyfe Jennings Children

Jennings has six children with five different women. The first son was born in 2006 called Elijah Jennings and second born in 2005 named Phoenix Roy Jennings. His daughter Liyah was born in October 2008 and son Lyfe Micheal Jennings born in February 2011. He also has other two children both born in 2018.

Lyfe Jennings Career

He was released in 2002 after 10 years in prison. He decided to go back to music recording a four-song demo CD just two days after his release. He performed at the Apollo after a month. He impressed the crowd with his gritty falsetto and lyrical songwriting and the tune of five amateur-night victories in a row. Jennings sold about 1,000 copies of his four-song demo CD during his Apollo “residency.”He moved to New York to pursue a major label deal. He got a contract with Columbia Records and released his debut album titled Lyfe 268-192 in August 2004. One year later after its original release, the album was reissued with a bonus track “Hypothetically” was added featuring American Idol winner, Fantasia.

In August 2006, he released The Phoenix which is more hip-hop featuring Three 6 Mafia and Young Buck making guest appearances. He released Lyfe Change 2008 April, featuring of new artists as well as a verse from T.I.He got a new deal with Warner Bros. and began working on another album, titled Sooner or Later, which would be his last album as per his statement. It was released in August 2010 featuring guest artists like Warryn Campbell, Fabolous, Bryan-Michael Cox, Bobby Valentino, Ludacris, Anthony Hamilton, and Jazmine Sullivan.

Jennings returned to music in 2013 October with a song titled Lucid, released on the Mass Appeal label. The song peaked in the Top 10 of Billboard’s R&B chart. He recorded Tree of Lyfe in his home studio in Greenwood, Mississippi in June 2015. He described the album as his most personal work to date. Jennings was asked about his current musical mindset and this was his answer, “Everybody feels like they have to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can reinvent the truth. It is what it is. I’m not focused on reinvention. I want to go deeper. This album reaffirms the reasons why people started loving this music in the first place.”

Lyfe Jennings Prison

Jennings was arrested at the age of 14 due to the legal problems he had. He was prisoned for 10 years before he got out in 2002. This was after the band he had started had collapsed. In 2008 Jennings was sentenced for 3 years for kicking his baby mama and ex-fiance Joy Bounds’ door after they had an argument, firing shots in the street and leading the police on a 90 mph chase that ended with him crashing his 2005 Corvette.

Lyfe Jennings Must Be Nice Lyrics

Lyrics to Must Be Nice are as below

“It Must Be Nice” by Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings Albums

Jennings has been able to release 6 albums throughout his career.

• Lyfe 268‒192 in 2004
• The Phoenix in 2006
• Lyfe Change in 2008
• I Still Believe in 2010
• Lucid in 2013
• Tree of Lyfe in 2015

Lyfe Jennings Net Worth

Jennings has an estimated net worth of $ 500 000.

Lyfe Jennings Concert

Jennings upcoming concert will be on 22nd of June 20-19 on a Saturday. The tickets are already out and on sale.

Lyfe Jennings The Phoenix

The Phoenix is Jennings second album which was released on August 15, 2006, and features the single S.E.X. It was able to top number two on the U.S. albums chart and No. 1 on the US R&B chart and sold more than 136,000 copies. It features the remake of Tupac’s song “Keep Ya Head Up”.

Lyfe Jennings Smile

“Smile” was released in 2004 under the album Lyfe 268-192.

Lyfe Jennings Statistics

“Statistics was released in 2010 under the album, “I Still Believe”.These are its lyrics: “Statistics” by Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings Cry Youtube

Lyfe Jennings Hypothetically Lyrics

Hypothetically was released under the Album Lyfe 268‒192 which was released in 2004.  Its lyrics are as below.

“Hypothetically (Remix)” by Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings Instagram