Mekka

about

There are multiple artists with this name: 1. Jake Williams a.k.a. Mekka, is a British dance DJ and remixer, who has recorded as JX and Rex the Dog. 2. Mekka, is a Muslim reggae artist who has done a lot to promote himself and his music through the web. 1) Jake's lucky break came in 1993 when the then 16-year-old sent a batch of demos to various record companies and Red Jerry of Hooj Choons invited him down to his studio. Soon after, he signed a deal with FFRR and under the guise of JX, enjoyed a raft of Top 10 hits with classic nineties dance anthems such as 'Son Of A Gun', 'You Belong To Me', 'There's Nothing I Won't Do' and 'Close To Your Heart', selling over half a million copies between them. He was also involved with Planet Perfecto's 'Bullet In The Gun', which reached the UK Top 10 in 1999, and wrote 'Diamondback' under his Mekka alias in 2001. He returned in 2004 with the release of 'Restless', again as JX; a track that was originally released as a promo in 2002 (under his Oblik moniker) but didn't receive a full release due to licensing issues regarding the use of samples from the main theme of the movie 'Exodus'. 2) Mekka is a Muslim reggae artist, born in Dammam, Saudi Arabia in 1978. The same year as he was born (1978) his parents fled from Iraq to Saudi Arabia. He was born in Saudi Arabia, raised in Libya and moved to Sweden at the age of five in 1983. His love for music and singing was present at an early age and he sang in the choir at the Qu’ranic school