Jess Bourke, better known as JessB, is a rapper and former professional netballer from Auckland, New Zealand. She has released two EPs (Bloom and New Views) and won Best New Zealand Act at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards. JessB's debut studio album is scheduled for release in July 2024.
Early life and netball career Bourke is of Kenyan descent and was adopted by New Zealand parents. After high school, she joined Central Pulse of the ANZ Championship netball league. She also played for the Northern Mystics.
Discography Studio albums +List of studio album, with release date and label details shown Title Detailsn Feels Like Home Released: 5 July 2024 Label: SayLess, Warner Formats: Digital download, streaming Matters of the Heart Released: 11 September 2026 Label: Bullseye Formats: Digital download, streaming
Mixtapes +List of mixtapes, with release date and label details shown Title Details 3 Nights in Amsterdam Released: 28 August 2020 Label: The Orchard Formats: Digital download, streaming
Extended plays +List of extended plays, with release date and label shown Title Details Bloom Released: 16 March 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming New Views Released: 9 August 2019 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles As lead artist +List of singles as lead artist, with year released and album shown Title Year Peak chart positions Album NZHotPeaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart: "Mood": "Can't Fake It": "Soul Free" 2017 — "Take It Down" 2018 — Bloom "Set It Off" — "Bump Bump" 2019 — New Views "Mood" 37 "So Low" — "Time Out" — "Pon It" 2020 — 3 Nights in Amsterdam "Flying" — "Shut Up!" — 3 Nights in Amsterdam "From Tha Jump" 2021 — rowspan="2" "Can't Fake It" 2022 39 "Moment" 2023 — Feels Like Home "Ring Ring" — "Hold Me Down" — "Come Find Me" 2024 — "Talk of the Town" — "Commando" — "Life Is Lifting" 2025 — "Not Today" 2026 — Matters of the Heart "See You There" — "Can I" —
As featured artist Title Year Album "Expose This (Remix)" 2018 rowspan="2" "Bloodlines" "Meditjin" 2019 Gela "The One You Want (60s Song)" 2022 All In
Awards and nominations APRA Awards The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.
! |- | 2021 | "Meditjin" (Danzal Baker, Jess Bourke, Dion Brownfield, Jerome Farah, Dallas Woods) | Song of the Year
ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual award ceremony event celebrating the Australian music industry. They commenced in 1987.
! |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2020 | rowspan="2"| "Meditjin" (with Baker Boy) | Best Hip Hop Release | | rowspan="2"| |- | Best Video
Taite Music Prize At the 2020 Taite Music Prize, New Views was one of ten finalists.
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