Lil' JJ
Person · male · United States · Little Rock · born 1990 · recording since 2008
American actor, comedian and rapper
Also known as Big JJ · James Charles Lewis III · James Charles Lewis, Jr. · литтл ДжейДжэй
Timeline
1990s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Yo Yo
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
Biography
James Charles Lewis III (born October 31, 1990), known professionally as Lil' JJ or Big JJ, is an American actor and stand-up comedian, best known for his role as Jordan on the Nickelodeon television series Just Jordan and doing a Vital Information sketch for All That in season ten.
Life and career
Lil' JJ was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He won BET's comedy talent search Comin' to the Stage.
He became a cast member on Nickelodeon's All That in its 10th season. He guest starred on Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, made a cameo appearance in Chris Brown's music video "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)", in Sean Kingston's music video "Beautiful Girls," Nelly's music video "Stepped on My J'z, Hotstylz' video "Lookin Boy" and Young Gunz' video "Friday Night" . He also appeared with a rap verse on Small Change's music video for "Don't Be Shy".
In 2005, he was slated to starring a family comedy film for Lions Gate Films, titled Kidnapped alongside Bobb'e J. Thompson with filmmaker duo Smith n' Borin slated to directed but it was cancelled for unknown reason.
In 2005 and 2006, he appeared in the Nickelodeon series Romeo! as Romeo's best friend, Jason Brooks, in seasons 2 and 3.
He also played a supporting role in the film Crossover (2006) as a character named "Up."
In 2007, he starred in the Nickelodeon series Just Jordan as Jordan Lewis. In 2008, he, Lily Collins, and Pick Boy appeared together on Nickelodeon for special events. Also, Lil' JJ has appeared in the ABC television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
In 2008, he hosted the variety/sketch DVD Almost Grown.
He appeared on the TNT show Men of a Certain Age as DaShaun and on an episode of Chelsea Lately.
He also appeared on the TV One sitcom The Rickey Smiley Show as Brandon.
On April 18, 2013, Lewis became initiated as a member of Omega Psi Phi at Arkansas Baptist College.
He returned to television and became a regular cast member of Wild 'n Out since Season 12 on MTV and VH1.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups)
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Yo YoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:441Yo Yo3:44 | 21 July 2008 | ||
| 2008 | She’s HottSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:091She’s Hott3:09 | 21 July 2008 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Lil' JJ head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a66ca180-40c8-4925-8a15-9abf05756a93discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a66ca180-40c8-4925-8a15-9abf05756a93core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1381384seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_JJbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_JJ
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q1381384 · MusicBrainz: a66ca180-40c8-4925-8a15-9abf05756a93
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