"Simmons was also impressed by the image of South Central that came through in Jordan's music: the friendly party-oriented and romantic lyrics of his songs stood out in sharp contrast to the gunfire-riddled harshness of Jordan's West Coast rap contemporaries," says answers.com.

Jordan debuted with a huge charttopper, the 1995 hit This Is How We Do It . The song remained on top of the Billboard R&B Charts for two months and even crossed over to the more pop Hot 100 charts. No other Def Jam artiste had ever done that before in the decades since the label's inception. That song won him the 1995 Grammy for Best Male Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance.

Following the success of his breakthrough hit, Jordan scored with Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz, Let's Ride (featuring Master P) and Get It on Tonite, which came in 1999.

Jordan also earned success in the movie world. He contributed the song I Like to the soundtrack to Eddie Murphy's hit movie movie The Nutty Professor, and has also acted in some great Hollywood films himself. He appeared in The Fighting Temptations.