Bio
Biography of J. City the Prince J. City was born Christopher L. Evans in
Oakland, CA, December 16th, 1989. J. City has participated in many events
as a child starting in the 3rd grade. As City got older he took his talent
of performing to a higher level by writing his own music. City was born to
Sonia Crosby and Joseph Evans in the winter of 1989. His mother, Sonia,
graduated from McClymond High School while pregnant with him. She was a
single parent of two children, Chris (City) and Teyona. City got all his
motivation from the women in his family. City is the second oldest out of
his 10 siblings, separated between his mother, father, and step-parents.
City was raised in North Oakland and attended Santa Fe Elementary School.
His two favorite teachers were Mrs. Hameen and Mrs. Cherry. In 3rd grade,
City was selected to lead his class in the 1997 Martin Luther King
Oratorical Fest performing James Brown’s “I’m Black and I’m
Proud”. He led his class to a first place win and was in the newspaper
for his class moving performance. In the 4th and 5th grade he won
consecutive 2nd place medals for originality in the MLK Jr. Oratorical
Fest. City had a rough childhood growing up in Oakland as a child. City was
expelled from 2 schools during his teens for obsessive fighting. He had a
lot of anger due to family problems at that time. Eventually, he managed to
get himself on track to graduate and get accepted into Texas Southern
University. As time went along, his passion for music has grown and now
he’s aiming towards starting a label that can be a mainstream outlet for
all artist from the West Coast, in all genres. City also is in the process
of recording some new music..
