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Jay Sean in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Kamaljit Singh Jhooti
Place of Birth: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 26 March, 1979
Ethnicity: Punjabi Indian Sikh
Jay Sean is a British singer and songwriter. He is also known as MC Nicky J.
He was born to Punjabi Sikh parents from India. Jay has said that for his stage name, he chose Jay, as it is a common Indian name, and Sean, as it means shining in Punjabi.
Jay has been described as “the first Indian artist to break the American pop scene.”
Jay is married to American R&B singer and model Thara Prashad, with whom he has two children. Thara is of Indian-Guyanese, Irish, and African-American descent.