[8] Growing up, he would spend his summers with his grandmother in Queens, New York, which led to his interest in East Coast hip hop, particularly artists such as Dipset and G-Unit.

[11][12] At 18, his uncle encouraged him to pursue his career in music and Jenks moved to Atlanta to study sound engineering at the SAE Institute.

[3] While in school, he met and began collaborating with DJ Burn One, who encouraged him to create his own instrumentals and not rely on samples.

In 2015, Jenks began working for Epic Records as a sound engineer, leaving a year later to focus on his own career.

Jenks has also released a series of mixtapes called The Life of Pi'erre and has his own imprint, SossHouse, at Interscope Records.

1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart, thanks to four production credits on the deluxe edition of Lil Uzi Vert's second album, Eternal Atake.

[16] In March 2021, Jenks won his first Grammy Award for his production work on Kanye West's album, Jesus is King.

Fans had heard snippets of this song previously on Jenks’ Instagram livestreams, where he often would tease music he had been working on.

Jenks is influenced by Wiz Khalifa, Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane, J Dilla, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland and Kanye West.

[3] Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork described Bourne's productions as "beats that pair airy video-game melodies with classic trap drums".