The city of Dayton birthed undeniable talent in the winter of 1992. Developing a love for the art of poetry at the young age of 10. DeAndre eventually became his school's most talented poet at a poetry slam in the 5th grade, But poetry just wasn't enough for him, so he began rapping over hip hop instrumentals. He was influenced by Atlanta artist Ludacris, New Orleans's Lil' Wayne, and Detroit's very own Eminem as well as Juice Wrld, Chance the Rapper, Post Malone, & Swae Lee. Every artist has an alias and DeAndre's first stage name was "Lil' D", Later changing his name to Drillionaire, influenced by Texan artist Chamillionaire. Then he became Gunna Kid in high school and Kid Jiiive after graduating. They need to separate himself from his influences cause him to change his name one final time in 2016 to JXVE. It wasn't long after graduation that DeAndre realized college wasn't for him resulting in him dropping out. In 2012 he began working at a warehouse job where he met his best friend, Eric Kiss. They formed a rap group known as iLLProphets. Later that group became known as BCGS (Bitch Come Get Some) as they added artists to their roster becoming a seven-man team. the team dissipated shortly after its upbringing and that's when Eric gave up his dream to become an artist to shoot DeAndre's music videos. Shortly after the two moved to Florida and later split to go there separate paths! Now JXVE continues to apply pressure solo!