Jacob Perez (Princeton) or sometimes referred to "'Princeton Perez'" is a former member, occasional singer, and spokesman of the American boy band, Mindless Behavior. He was born on Nov 1 in Downey, California. He was one of the first members to join Mindless Behavior, and was the only original member to be in the group from 2008 until the end of the group’s era in 2017.
Biography[]
Princeton, born as "Jacob Perez" is an only child and lived with his mother. As a child, Princeton was interested in music at the age of 2 and was joined in a dance class owned and taught by Dave Scott. Princeton began auditioning for commercials and ended up auditioning for Mindless Behavior as Keisha discovered him in the Gym Class Heroes' "Cupid's Chokehold" music video alongside Katy Perry and got in contact with him as Dave Scott knew Princeton's mother as she lived ten minutes away from Keisha's mother. After he auditioned, he got the call he was chosen to be in the group two weeks later. He is of mixed African-American and Mexican descent, in which he calls "Blaxican". In January 2015, Princeton released his first solo single "Don't Believe in Love" on SoundCloud. In February 2017, Princeton announced the band's end on his Twitter.
As of 2021, Princeton, now referred to as "Princeton Perez" is in the middle of his solo career. He released his debut EP "Papi Chulo Prelude" in 2019 on streaming services.
Personality[]
Princeton is talkative, silly, high-spirited, handsome, describes himself a "misfit", and humble. Princeton likes to be himself and keep some things just to himself. Princeton's musical influences are Michael Jackson, Usher, Prince, and Chris Brown. His favorite color is green. Princeton is wearing all types of sunglasses and his signature Afro hairstyle. But after Mindless Behavior’s disbandment in 2017, but due to his agreement to leave MB he changed to a high top fade
Trivia[]
- He is the longest original member since joining the group in 2008 until its departure in 2017
- His singing debut was "Brightside", which was the last track of All Around the World.
- He graduated from high school in 2014
- He is the only group member to be an only child.
- He has 2 EP’s with a debut album on the way.
- He was the second oldest in the group being since former member, Ray Ray was the oldest of the group.
- The music video for "#OverNightBag" was the first video to feature Princeton performing a verse.
- He has verses in almost every song on the third album expect for the songs "#iWantDat", "#FreaksOnly", & #SongCry
- He calls his fans 'chulas', which he says in a Spanish translation of beautiful girl