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new4now ago

The oldest Smollett sibling Jussie was born in Santa Rosa

Jussie is the 3rd born

Jojo was born NY

Jazz the Jussie born in Cali

Jurnee, Jake and Jocqui born in NY

I'll give you what I have on the family

Jake’s father, who was white, was Ashkenazi Jewish (from a family from Romania, Russia, and Poland). The family surname was Smolovitz several generations back.

Jake’s paternal grandfather was Peter Smollett (the son of David Lewis Smolovitz/Smollett and Dawley/Dawlly Levy). Peter was born in New York. David was a Romanian Jewish emigrant, born in Iași, Iași County, the son of Jacob Smolovitz/Smilowitz/Smollett and Rebecca Moscowitz. Dawley was born in New York, to Polish Jewish parents, Charles D. Levy and Esty/Betsy Cohen.

Jake’s paternal grandmother is Molly/Mollie Hirschenson (the son of Irving I. Hirschenson and Gertrude Horowitz). Molly was born in New York. Irving was the son of Jeremiah Hirschenson and Sarah Heller. Gertrude was the daughter of Louis Horowitz and Anna Lupin.

Jake’s maternal grandparents were John Harris and Grace/Raphel Smith.

http://ethnicelebs.com/jake-smollett

My family is from Elmhurst, Queens, 54th Avenue, but I was born in Northern California. It's really funny, you know, [my bio] says 'Brazil' making me feel really exotic and cultured, but actually, I was born in Santa Rosa, California. I'm from Sonoma County, and they're saying 'Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Smollett initially began his acting career as a child, co-starring in the films ‘The Mighty Ducks’ and Rob Reiner’s ‘North’

( I have seen the movie North on his bio, but didnt realize it's a Rob Reiner movie)

Jussie Smollett was initially in a relationship with American Actress Raven Symoné. The pair dated from 2007 to 2011.

In the early months of 2016, he was reported to be going out with director Anthony Hemingway.

Smollett came out as gay in 2015. At present, there are records that he is in a relationship with Tawan Davis, a real estate businessman.

https://marriedbiography.com/jussie-smollett-biography/

a 2018 AP interview, Smollett recalled shooting The Mighty Ducks in freezing-cold Minnesota, "the one thing that sticks in my mind specifically is I remember going to Prince's nightclub that he had, and performing there when I was 9 years old." The Purple One wasn't in residence at the time, alas, but not a bad memory from his first feature film.

And then honestly I remember over the last years how, whenever Mighty Ducks would show on the television," he said, "I knew that...six weeks later I was about to get a $400 check, my residuals. And I'd be calling up SAG with my broke [self] being like, 'Uh, run that check, run that check.' Those are the days when I had $17 in my account and I had to find $3 to deposit, so I could take a $20 out."

( the early 1990s, Pudlitzke booked musical acts for Glam Slam, a Warehouse District club owned by Prince. During the four years he acted as booker, he brought in B.B. King, Miles Davis, Average White Band, Morris Day & The Time, Creed, Soul Asylum, and The Whalers. Prince also played there when he was preparing for a tour or just felt like it.

Why would he book a kid thats 9yrs old? would have to find link, but it was a group act, there were younger ones.

odd that the manager died 2 months after Prince, both overdoses, the dude never married either

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3649772/Man-managed-Prince-s-Minneapolis-nightclub-90s-dead-night-doing-illegal-drugs-eight-weeks-singer-s-opioid-overdose.html )

found this little tidbit...

Their parents split up when Jussie was 15 and their mom took over the day-to-day raising of the kids.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1010057/more-than-good-enough-inside-jussie-smollett-s-inspiring-road-to-empire

I have quite a few articles on Jussie and his family, they are scattered in my saves, favorites etc

will go through them tomorrow see what else I can find