▁hand , ▁Jack ie ' s ▁official ▁website ▁states ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁ ▁Jay ce e ▁briefly ▁attended ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁William ▁and ▁Mary ▁in ▁Williams burg , ▁Virginia , ▁for ▁two ▁sem esters , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁gradu ate . ▁He ▁has ▁a ▁pen chant ▁for ▁lux ury ▁cars ▁and ▁night life ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁left ▁school ▁because ▁" all ▁you ▁can ▁see ▁in ▁Virginia ▁is ▁sheep ." ▁ ▁Jay ce e ▁speak s ▁English , ▁Mand arin ▁and ▁C anton ese . ▁ ▁Career ▁G iving ▁up ▁on ▁school , ▁Jay ce e ▁moved ▁to ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁to ▁purs ue ▁his ▁career . ▁He ▁composed ▁the ▁music ▁and ▁wrote ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁for ▁ 1 0 ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 3 ▁tracks ▁on ▁his ▁first ▁CD , ▁" J ay ce e " ▁( 2 0 0 4 ). ▁His ▁film ▁debut ▁was ▁The ▁Tw ins ▁Effect ▁II , ▁in ▁which ▁his ▁father ▁had ▁a ▁came o ▁role . ▁His ▁second ▁role ▁was ▁a ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁rom ance ▁film ▁ 2 ▁Young , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁co - star red ▁with ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁Cant op op ▁singer ▁F iona ▁Sit . ▁They ▁both ▁worked ▁together ▁again ▁on ▁Break ▁Up ▁Club ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁he ▁co - star red ▁alongside ▁Nicholas ▁T se ▁and ▁Sh awn ▁Y ue ▁in ▁Ben ny ▁Chan ' s ▁action ▁film