Pi Erre Bourne

Jordan Timothy Jenks, known professionally as Pi’erre Bourne, was born on September 19, 1993. Raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he spent summers in South Jamaica, Queens, developing an early interest in East Coast hip hop. Inspired by his uncle, Jenks began making beats in elementary school using FL Studio. His stage name combines the character Pierre Escargot from “All That” and the film “The Bourne Identity.”

After high school, Bourne initially pursued graphic design at Winthrop University before transferring to the SAE Institute in Atlanta to study sound engineering. During this period, he collaborated with DJ Burn One and formed connections with TM88 and the son of L.A. Reid. He gained professional experience through an internship at Hustle Gang Records and worked as a full-time engineer at Mad Studios in Atlanta, where he met frequent collaborator Young Nudy. In 2015, he joined Epic Records as a sound engineer, departing a year later to focus on his individual musical career.

Bourne’s career gained significant momentum in 2017 with his production of Playboi Carti’s “Magnolia” and 6ix9ine’s “Gummo,” both charting on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The same year, he signed a record deal with Interscope Records and launched his own imprint label, SossHouse. His executive production of Playboi Carti’s 2018 album “Die Lit” further solidified his reputation. Bourne contributed to Kanye West’s album “Ye” in 2018 and later earned his first Grammy Award for his production work on West’s 2019 album “Jesus Is King.” He debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers chart in March 2020 following his contributions to Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake.”