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Birth Name: Ari Benjamin Lesser
Place of Birth: Cleveland Heights, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 9, 1986
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Ari Lesser is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and spoken word artist. He has worked in the Jewish hip hop genre, and is known for his videos on Israel and Jewish holidays. He has also been billed as Johnny Rappleseed.
He is the son of Susan Wolpert and Raymond Lesser, who co-founded humour publication Funny Times. Raised in Reconstructionist Judaism, he became a baal teshuva and took a Nazirite vow. Ari is married, and has three children.