Biography

Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr. (born June 22, 1962), better known by the stage name Schoolly D (sometimes spelled Schooly D), is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Schoolly D was born Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr. in West Philadelphia, and spent part of his youth in both Philadelphia and Georgia. In the mid-1980s, Schoolly D began collaborating with DJ Code Money, developing a raw style of hip hop characterized by gritty beats and lyrics focused on urban street life, violence, drugs, and sexual bravado.