Jesse Means was born as the fifth child of eight in the southern state of Alabama in Montgomery. Nearly one year of age, Jesse lost his father to tragedy, leaving the mother to raise the family alone. Although money was always short, he graduated from High School in Lowndes County until the 11th Grade and moved to Birmingham. For a short while, he attended Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama. Jesse studied electronics at Gilmore-Bell Vocational School in Bessemer, Alabama. Although he was a grade A student in Electronics, he decided to pursue dance and loved a variety of different styles of music. He had been singing since the age of 7 and later in life became a member in the church choir. Also, he was a Public Speaker in the 4-H Club, in Lowndes County in Hayneville, Alabama for the Lowndes County Extension Services. For a number of years, he won 1st place in numerous awards competing in Public Speaking contests, throughout the state. When he attended Alabama A&M University, he majored in Sociology and English Literature, where he learned about creative writing and poetry, which later allowed him to compose lyrics. Years later, Jesse worked a lot of odd jobs to support his music, poetry and songwriting. He also worked in the aviation field as an operations specialist at Birmingham Shuttlesworth Airport, in Birmingham, Alabama for 12 years. Before moving to Germany later, to advance his life and career opportunities, Jesse had recorded some of his first songs at the Sound of Birmingham Recording Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. Jesse always had a love for poetry and through the years, he has written about 4,222 songs and 2300 Poems to date.

Jesse has recorded several songs and performed regularly at local hot spots and clubs with his own material and some cover-songs. Jesse also has toured in Bulgaria, on the Golden Shores of the Black Sea for a month and also in Cologne at Tanzbrunnen, for 10,000 people and in the city of Erfurt. Jesse also has a patent invention in the United States, that helps maintain Safety on Airport Runways during inspections.