Montell Du’Sean Barnett Jordan is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Best known for his 1995 single “This Is How We Do It”, Jordan was the primary male solo artist on Def Jam’s Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003.
Jordan’s first single was the 1995 No. 1 hit “This Is How We Do It,” which sampled Slick Rick’s earlier Def Jam hit “Children’s Story”.
Who is Montell Jordan’s sister Jennifer Jordan?
Montell Jordan was born in South Central Los Angeles to Elijah and Deloris Jordan who were deacons in a Baptist Church. His father was an accountant, and his mother was a business administrator. Jordan had two sisters namely Jennifer Jordan and Tracy Jordan.
According to interviews with Jordan, the song is a “reflection of what street life was for a kid who grew up in the neighborhood. The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for seven consecutive weeks. Thanks to the enormous success of the single, Jordan’s first album went platinum, selling over a million copies.
