Seal.I.Am

Not to be confused with talentless rapper Will.I.Am. Jake Nicolas Firsnam (Sealean: Jäk Nolkis Firznam) (born February 22, 1992), known better by his stage name Seal.I.Am, is an American-Sealean singer-songwriter and activist. In 2011, at age 19, Firsnam was signed to his current record label, Arbor Records, jointly with Epic Records. Seal.I.Am released his debut album, The Seal World followed by a repackage titled'' The Seal World: The Wash-Up. His first extended play is to be released in June of 2014, called Seals On The Distant Horizon''.

 Firsnam was born in the beach town of North Manhattan Gap in Western Sealea, but ventured to Los Angeles, California to pursue music at age 18.

Early 2011–Mid 2012: Career beginnings
After moving to Los Angeles, Firsnam was quickly picked up and signed to Atlantic Records. Due to some musical differences, Firsnam was soon put on hiatus and then dropped. However, Firsnam released the demos made with Atlantic on his own dime and was then picked up by Epic and Arbor Records.

Mid 2012–Mid 2013: The Seal World and Last Seal On Earth Tour
In August of 2012, Firsnam released "The Seal World", his debut album. The album was produced entirely by Firsnam and Hanna Abulshita and had outstanding success charting.

Firsnam then embarked on his first headlining tour throughout North America, Europe, Oceania, and Sealea. The Last Seal On Earth Tour set off from Los Angeles in early September 2012 and ended in Western Sealea in July 2013.

Mid 2013–Early 2014: The Wash-Up, Second Tour, Book, Movie, and TV Documentary
Upon completetion of the first tour, Epic Records announced a second release of The Seal World entitled The Wash-Up. The repackage was released with several new songs and remixes. A second tour then commenced everywhere before as well as Asia entitled the Sea The World Tour.

Firsnam went on to announce the release of his first book and movie, titled "My Crazy Seal Of A Life " and "Seal.I.Am: The Movie", respectively. The movie was then picked up as a TV documentary through VH1 (limited Worldwide) and SUN Music (via SUN for Sealea.) The TV documentary keeps up with Seal.I.Am on his tours, with his activism, and the first season ended in January 2014 with a sneak peak of his next album.

Early 2014–Present: Seals on the Distant Horizon
Recently, Firsnam announced the completion of his first extended play, Seals On The Distant Horizon. The EP is set for release in June of 2014.

Activism
Firsnam is commonly refered to as an activist for Seal Equality in America. As an American-Sealan, he often faces discrimination for it, which he "finds wrong" and that "something needs to be done about it."

Forced Heroin Awareness
When first signed to Atlantic Records under "artist" Will.I.Am, Firsnam was force exposed to heroin and still to this day struggles with the addiction. He often talks with personal experience about this issue and that people need to be aware that is does happen.

Assisting Other Artists
Firsnam has been noted for helping friends Hanna Abulshita and Mia DeLatasfuc jump-start their careers. When The Sea (feat. Mia) was released and climbed the charts, Mia was signed to Arbor Records and RCA Records. Hanna was also signed through Arbor Records after writing music with Firsnam.

Discography
Main article: Seal.I.Am Discography
 * The Seal World (2012)
 * The Seal World: The Wash-Up (2013)
 * Seals On The Distant Horizon (2014)

Tours

 * Last Seal On Earth Tour (2012-2013)
 * Sea The World Tour (2013-2014)