Jimmy rosemond biography

James R. Rosemond (Jim McBee; 1 February 1820 – 1902) was an American Methodist Episcopal preacher who was a former slave.^[1] He was born in Greenville, South Carolina to Abraham and Peggy, and was eventually sold to entrepreneur Vardry McBee.^[2] Rosemond was baptized in 1844. He became a leader in the local Methodist Episcopal, South church, and was licensed to preach on September 12, 1854.^[2]

Rosemond was emancipated after the American Civil War. As part of the Methodist Episcopal post-war outreach, he organized 50 churches for Black communities in the South, including the John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenville in 1866.^[2][3] In 1867, he attended the Baker Theological Institute and was ordained a deacon. In 1868, he was ordained an elder. He died in 1902 and is buried in St. Matthew Church.^[2]

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American entertainment industry executive and convicted drug trafficker

For the American Methodist Episcopal preacher and former slave, see James R. Rosemond.

James Rosemond, often known as Jimmy Henchman or sometimes Jimmy Henchmen,^[5][6] is an American former entertainment record executive and convicted criminal.^[7]

Early life

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Rosemond was born in 1965,^[8] in Harlem, New York and grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York,^[9] in an apartment complex called Vanderveer Gardens. His parents migrated from Haiti in the 1960s. They divorced when he was young, leaving his mother to raise five children alone.^[10]

Entertainment career

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Rosemond and several friends founded the music conference "How Can I Be Down" in 1992.^[11][12] Rosemond was behind Salt-n-Pepa's 1993 single "Shoop"^[13]

Circa 1996, Rosemond founded Henchmen, the company that would later become

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