Steven Aaron Jordan was born on November 2, 1971 in Utica, New York to Moses Jordan and Penny Daniels. Jordan was raised in Buffalo, New York and Rochester, New York by his father after his mother abandoned the family.

Prior to joining Bad Boy Records, Stevie J often performed with Jodeci as one of their live musicians, playing the bass guitar. Stevie also appeared on their 1995 album The Show, The After Party, The Hotel. Jordan was a member of Swing Mob, a Rochester, New York-based record label and music compound founded by Jodeci member DeVante Swing. After Swing Mob folded and Jordan signed with Bad Boy, he continued a working relationship with Swing’s younger brother and fellow Jodeci member Dalvin DeGrate, producing and singing on DeGrate’s solo debut album, Met.A.Mor.Phic (2000).

In 2012, Stevie J began appearing as a primary cast member of the VH1 reality TV series, Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, which featured him involved in a love triangle involving his then-girlfriend, Mimi Faust, and new girlfriend, Puerto Rican rapper, Joseline Hernandez. It was alleged that Stevie and Joseline Hernandez were married, but later revealed that they were actually not legally married.

Since the show premiered in 2012, Jordan and Hernandez have become a popular couple in the hip-hop world, making cameo appearances in music videos such as former labelmate Faith Evans’ “I Deserve It”, featuring Missy Elliott and Sharaya J and Trey Songz’s Hail Mary, featuring Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne. In 2016, Jordan announced that he will be producing and starring in a movie “That Time of the Month” which is set to be released by the end of the year.

On February 1, 2017, Jordan was sentenced to 3 years of probation and ordered to pay $1,304,835 in restitution for non-payment of child support obligations.

He married Faith Evans, whom he had known and been friends with for over 20 years, in 2018. He has a grandson, Zion from his eldest son, Dorian.