Iman Jordan

Iman eventually moved to Los Angeles, in California, where he began performing under the name Mateo and pursued a career in the music industry. He met with former MTV VJ, Quddus.[5], who was working at MySpace Records quickly took interest and brought Iman over to the label which signed him nearly on the spot.[6][7] While on MySpace records, he released a three part mixtape series entitled "Underneath the Sky", which garnered critical acclaim. The mixtape series included features from Kardinal Offishall, Teairra Mari, Fashawn, and Shawn Chrystopher.[8][9][10] On August 13, 2009, Iman recorded a live EP entitled Get To Know Me: Live at Swing House. His video, "Get to Know Me", from the live EP was featured by MTVU, Fuse, and Music Choice. After a year and a half stint at MySpace Records, Iman decided to part ways with the label in 2010.[4][6][11]

In September 2010, he signed to Krucial Noise, the label imprint of Alicia Keys longtime producer and songwriting partner, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers. Brothers met him through Quddus during the MySpace Records days. He released his fourth mixtape Love & Stadiums on March 30, 2011, to critical acclaim. The mixtape serves as his first release under Krucial Noise and includes features from Goapele, Pusha T, Ab-Liva, Gilbere Forte, and Kardinal Offishall.[1][3][12]

Iman released his debut single, "Say It's So", on September 21, 2011, off his EP Love & Stadiums II. The single is produced by Kerry Brothers and features additional vocals from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz.[13] In September 2011, Iman shot a video for "Say It's So" in New York City, directed by David "Dahveed" Telles.[14] The single charted independently on the Billboard 100 and reached No. 40 on the Urban chart, which garnered attention from Larry Jackson and John Ehman at Interscope Records.

In April 2012, he officially signed to Interscope Records. While working with Kerry "Krucial" Brothers on the upcoming album, they decided to release an all original mixtape project for the summer, entitled Suite 823. The mixtape was released on August 1, 2012, to rave reviews, featuring an appearance by Motown recording artist, Stacy Barthe.[15]

On August 13, 2013, he released an EP entitled, "We've Met Before" which peaked at No. 3 on the iTunes R&B charts.[16] "How Good is Your Love" was the official single released from the EP. The video for the single peaked at No. 6 on BET's 106 and Park and in February 2014, he performed the song on VH-1's "Single Ladies".[17]

In February 2015, he parted ways with Interscope and Krucial Noise.

After leaving Interscope and Krucial Noise, Iman was signed to a publishing deal with Sony ATV. He garnered several high-profile placements, they include Rihanna's "Desperado", an artist feature on Robin Shulz "Uncovered" album, four songs on the critically acclaimed FOX TV show "Empire", one of which being performed by Alicia Keys and the new DJDS single, featuring Khalid.

In October 2018, he independently released his first song, "Therapy", from his self entitled EP. This was his first music release under the name Iman Jordan and since leaving Interscope. The entire EP was released on August 2, 2019, and was produced by Glashaus, the production duo consisting of Dan Glashausser and Tom Glashausser. A visual EP was created for every song on the album and released on YouTube.

The album was met with rave reviews and the song "Vibration, was featured on Spotify's Fresh Finds, Study Break, and Alt RnB playlists.

Iman released his single "Technicolor" on April 22, 2020. The song was chosen for "Hulu Has Whatever You're Feeling" 2020 campaign. His song "Social Distance" was released later that year, picking up a placement on Showtime's "The Chi".

During the height of the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, Iman released a live recording of the soul stirring ballad, "Freedom Song". The song was later featured on ABC's 'Station 13' in the summer of 2021 and performed for ProGeorgia's Women of Color Initiative Soul Serenade.

• Underneath the Sky Mixtape Ch. 1: Presented by Mick Boogie (2009)[8]
• Underneath the Sky Mixtape Ch. 2: Presented by DJ Felli Fel (2009)[9]
• Underneath the Sky Mixtape Ch. 3: Presented by Tapemasters Inc. (2010)[10]
• Love & Stadiums Mixtape: Presented by Krucial Noise (2011)[1]
• Suite 823 (2012)[15]