Jump Shot Media is a social and mobile game developer located in San Jose, California, United States. The company develops and markets Rap

Rap

Rap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...

 and Hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 focused social games and mobile applications.

History

Jump Shot Media was started with an idea by IT professional Jerald Perry—otherwise known as the rapper J Peezy—to promote his work as an artist through mobile media. After discussing his idea with music producer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Keith Andrews (former co-founder of Procera Networks and CEO of AuraOne Systems

AuraOne Systems

AuraOne Systems, Inc. was a technology-focused company based out of Fremont, California. Their flagship product, AuraGrid, debuted on the US market on November 1, 2005.-History:...

), the two tweaked the concept into scalable mobile game platform. They then developed the first blueprint for their flagship game Battle Rap Stars

Battle Rap Stars

Battle Rap Stars is a mobile rap battle game for iOS created by Jump Shot Media that uses inputted audio to evaluate and score.In Battle Rap Stars, gamers must battle rap against pre-recorded rappers featured in the game...

 and filed a patent on their audio scoring system in 2009.

Andrews and Perry immediately got to work assembling a small team of developers and brought on the marketing expertise of rapper Fresh Caesar

Fresh Caesar

Courtney Smith, better known by his stage name Fresh Caesar, is an American rapper, song writer and entrepreneur. The artist Fresh Caesar first emerged on the hip hop scene in the 2009 release of Big Von presents Kaz Kyzah: Gofessional 2....

 a.k.a. Courtney Smith, the former CEO of the popular street basketball apparel company Y.P.A.

In 2011, Jump Shot Media partnered up with rappers Paul Wall

Paul Wall

Paul Michael Slayton , better known by his stage name Paul Wall, is an American rapper. He is currently affiliated with Swishahouse Records, having released several albums under the label as well as...

, Mistah F.A.B.

Mistah F.A.B.

Stanley Petey Cox , better known by his stage name Mistah F.A.B. , is an American rapper. He attended Oakland Technical High School and Emery High School. He is signed to Bay Area rap legend Mac Dre's label, Thizz Entertainment and Atlantic Records. Mistah F.A.B...

, and Hopsin

Hopsin

Marcus Hopson, better known by his stage name Hopsin, is an American rapper, music video director and hip hop producer from Panorama City, Los Angeles, California. Known for his white contact lenses, his music videos gained popularity on YouTube...

 to release a mobile battle rap game, Battle Rap Stars

Battle Rap Stars

Battle Rap Stars is a mobile rap battle game for iOS created by Jump Shot Media that uses inputted audio to evaluate and score.In Battle Rap Stars, gamers must battle rap against pre-recorded rappers featured in the game...

.

External links

• Jump Shot Media at Facebook
• Jump Shot Media at Twitter