Jesse Camp
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Josiah "Jesse" Camp[1] | |
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Born | 1979 or 1980 (age 43–44)[1] Granby, Connecticut, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Television personality, musician, songwriter, filmmaker |
Years active | 1998–present |
Josiah Jesse Holden Camp IV is an American musician and television personality who was the winner of the first Wanna Be a VJ contest on MTV.[1]
Career
Camp entered MTV's first
Camp beat fellow contestant
Camp was popular on the channel, with
Camp held his position on TRL with Carson Daly as the main host for over a year. Camp also hosted two additional programs of his own for daytime MTV audiences. Camp convinced MTV executives to let him book acts such as Faster Pussycat, Ratt, Sebastian Bach and Dee Snider as guests on his summer series "Lunch with Jesse" at a time when these artists were years past being in rotation on the channel.[3] For over a year, Camp hosted the contemporary rock program MTV Rocks Off interviewing artists such as Joey Ramone, Henry Rollins, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sugar Ray, Garbage, Peter Steele, Silverchair and Metallica.
Following his departure from TRL, Camp parlayed his MTV fame into a rock career with his 1999 debut album Jesse & the 8th Street Kidz on the
A video for the first single "See You Around" included cameos from
Camp appeared in an impromptu cameo on the documentary titled Power & Control LSD in The Sixties, by Aron Ranen.[9]
Personal life
Camp was born in
On July 19, 2018, Camp was reported missing by his sister Marish to the Riverside Police Department.[11][12][13] She stated that he had been out of contact with his family for about a week, which was unusual behavior for him, and that he was seen in Riverside around "the 11th or 12th of July".[14] He was later seen in Fontana on July 19, when a bike patrol officer made a "pedestrian check" on Camp outside of a Sherwin-Williams store, just hours before his sister reported him missing.[15][11]
On July 24, 2018, the Riverside Police Department confirmed that Camp was found safe.[16]
References
- ^ a b c "Former MTV star Jesse Camp no longer missing, police say". ABC News.
- ^ Spin magazine, "Poetry, man"
- ^ a b c Rolling Stone, "Catching up with Jesse Camp"
- ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Where Ya Been? Willa Ford Strips Down, Jesse Camp Drops Out",MTV, March 22, 2006. Accessed October 7, 2007.
- ^ "MTV Contest Hacked". villagevoice.com. 1998-05-05.
- ^ "Kreayshawn's New Album is Not, in Fact, the Worst-Selling Ever". 28 September 2012.
- ^ AllMusic
- ^ The A.V. Club
- ^ Ranen, Aron. "Power & Control LSD in the Sixties", YouTube, April 30, 2006. Accessed October 7, 2007.
- ^ "'Jesse Camp'". Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ a b Riverside Police Department Facebook post: "MISSING PERSON: JOSIAH "JESSE" CAMP."
- ^ "'Jesse Camp'". Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ USA Today article: "Jesse Camp, star of MTV's 'Wanna Be a VJ,' has been reported missing to police".
- ^ Variety article: "Former MTV VJ Jesse Camp Reported Missing"
- ^ Entertainment Tonight article: "Jesse Camp, Former MTV VJ, Reported Missing, Police Investigating Possible Disappearance."
- ^ "Former MTV VJ Jesse Camp No Longer Considered Missing – Update". 24 July 2018.
External links
- Jesse Camp discography at Discogs
- Jesse Camp at IMDb