Jesse Dangerously

{{Redirect|Verba Volant|the Latin proverb|Verba volant, scripta manent}} {{Multiple issues| {{COI|date=May 2019}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2025}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jesse Dangerously | image = Jesse_Dangerously_theremin.jpg | caption = Jesse in Ottawa, November 2008 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Jesse Alexander McDonald<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/915381748 |title=CHICKENS |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref> | alias = Jesse D., J.D., Little Girl Toast, Bad DJ Budget Cuts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerously.bandcamp.com/album/bring-your-girlfriend-to-rap-day|title = Bring Your Girlfriend to Rap Day, by Jesse Dangerously with Audra Williams}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|year=1979|month=10|day=19}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErlMfVuPX1s | title=This Aint Hollywood, Hamilton, ON - 19 Oct 2018 - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] | date=20 October 2018 }}</ref> | death_date = | origin = [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada | instrument = Vocals, Sampling and programming, Drums, Ukulele, [[Theremin]] | genre = [[Alternative hip hop]] | occupation = | years_active = 1996-present | label = Hand’Solo Records (for The Library Steps), Coax Records (for Lizard Grove) | associated_acts = [[Backburner (hip hop group)|Backburner]], [[Adam WarRock]], [[MC Lars]], [[mc chris]], Tribe One, Dr. Awkward, Mikal Kermit Hill, The Mighty Rhino | website = http://dangerously.ca/ }}

'''Jesse Alexander McDonald''', better known by their [[stage name]] '''Jesse Dangerously''' or '''The Halifax Rap Legend''', is an [[alternative hip hop]] artist from [[Halifax (former city), Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]{{Cn|date=April 2025}} and operating out of [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]].{{Cn|date=April 2025}} Dangerously has released solo projects, provided guest vocals for other local artists, hosted a weekly radio show, written a weekly column, and produced beats for other musicians. They are a member of the [[Backburner (hip hop group)|Backburner]] crew.

==Career== Rapper [[MC Chris|MC Chris]] has referred to Dangerously as a [[nerdcore hip hop]] artist, saying the following:

"''The truth is I'm kicking every other rapper like me's ass up and down the boardwalk. I only like one and will say his name quite happily. Jesse Dangerously. He's good. The rest suck. That’s hard to say and i haven't said it before because some of these people are my fans, some are my friends.''"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nerdcore.info/index.php/2007/10/15/colorado-springs-show-cancelled/ |title=Colorado springs show cancelled? « nerdcore.info – geeky hip-hop news |access-date=2007-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721225345/http://nerdcore.info/index.php/2007/10/15/colorado-springs-show-cancelled/ |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From June 2004 until May 2007, Dangerously hosted ''The Pavement'', a weekly hip hop show on [[CKDU-FM|CKDU 88.1 FM]] that was handed down to them from [[Buck 65]] and [[Skratch Bastid]]. They have guest lectured at [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] on the topic of [[gender]] issues in rap music and popular culture, and from January 2006 until October 2007, they penned a weekly column on regional hip-hop for ''[[The Daily News (Halifax)|The Daily News]]'' of Halifax.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?cid=45 |title=The Daily News: Columnist - Jesse Dangerously |access-date=2006-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908205237/http://hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?cid=45 |archive-date=2006-09-08 }}</ref>

==Personal life== Dangerously is [[non-binary]],<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1169625229779460096 |user=JesseDangrsly |title=@fiddlersgreen92 @Cupcakes_n_Rap @SarahDunsworth Hi I'm a non-binary person who receives cisnormative privileges ba… |date=2019-09-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250711002628/https://x.com/JesseDangrsly/status/1169625229779460096 |archive-date=2025-07-11}}</ref> and uses both ''[[they/them]]'' and ''[[he/him]]'' pronouns.<ref>{{cite web |title=Login • Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/jessedangerously/ |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Solo=== *''B.R.E.A.K.'' (1996) *Eastern Canadian World Tour 2002 (2002) *''How to Express Your Dissenting Political Viewpoint Through Origami'' (2004) *''Inter Alia'' (2005) *''Verba Volant'' (2007) *''Humble & Brilliant'' (2011)

===Collaborations=== *The Sentinels - ''The Lying City'', EP (1998) *Imaginary Friends - ''The ImF Ride b/w Even Exist (As In, "We Don't...")'', 7" (2004) *The Mighty Rhino - "Basically Jesus" (also featuring [[More Or Les]], I Am Joseph & Cam James), from ''We Will No Longer Retreat Into Darkness'' (2018) *The Library Steps - ''Rap Dad, Real Dad'', LP (2018) (Collaboration with Ambition) *Danger Grove - ''Want, For Nothing'', LP (2018) (Collaboration with Lizard Grove)

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://www.dangerously.ca/ Jesse Dangerously's site] * [http://rljd.tumblr.com/ Jesse Dangerously's Blog] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060908205237/http://hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?cid=45 Halifax Daily News column] * [http://www.sonicbids.com/JesseDangerously Electronic Press Kit] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011013349/http://www.bedoper.com/nerdcore/ Nerdcore Compilation CD Project]

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