Jaykae

Janum Khan[1] (born 23 July 1991), better known by his stage name Jaykae, is an English rapper and actor from Small Heath, Birmingham.[1]

Jaykae
Background information
Birth nameJanum Khan
Born (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991
Small Heath, Birmingham, England
Genres
Years active2008–present
Labels
  • Doing Bits Worldwide Limited
  • Jaykae
Associated acts
Websitetwitter.com/jaykae10

Music career

Jaykae has quickly become one of the UK's rising artists with songs, such as "Toothache", "Moscow" and "Pull up" all receiving millions of views each on YouTube, and millions of streams each on Spotify.[2][3][4][5] In 2017 "Every Country", a single from Jaykae with Murkage Dave (of the Murkage cartel) which was produced by Skepta, was a hit featuring as Radio 1's Tune of the Week.[6] He has featured on Charlie Sloth's trademark BBC show, Fire In The Booth, where he performed a moving two piece set which reflected on life and the recent passing of a fellow grime artist, and friend, Depzman.[7] In addition, he has performed on the popular BBC radio show segment, The BBC Live Lounge, where he covered two of his own songs, "Moscow" and "Toothache", and also performed a cover of Cameo's "Candy".[8] Jaykae is held as the artist who put Birmingham's Grime scene officially on the map, and described as the "essential voice of the city".[9][10][11]

He has featured on Skepta's all star remix of the hit single '"That's not me". Furthermore, he has collaborated numerous times with Mike Skinner (of The Streets) producing tracks such as "CCTV" and more recently "Boys Will Be Boys".[12] Jaykae has performed at numerous concerts including Glastonbury, MADE, Reading, Creamfields and Wireless.[13][14][15][16] He has supported Skepta on his Konnichiwa tour, supported Stormzy at one of his gigs, and will also be supporting The Streets on their upcoming Greatest Hits tour. Jaykae was brought out at Drakes 2019 Birmingham concert. Jaykae also completed his first solo headline tour in December 2017, where he performed in Manchester, London and Birmingham.[17]

Jaykae's "Toothache" also featured on award-winning TV series "Power".[18]

In 2019 Jaykae appeared in the BBC Three comedy-drama Man Like Mobeen, where he played local gangster Azar.

Personal life

Khan was born and raised in Small Heath, Birmingham and has Afghan, Egyptian, Irish & Pakistani heritage.[19] He is a fan of his local football team Birmingham City. He had a difficult childhood and was bullied as a young child. He faced many problems growing up after his father left when he was 6 years old. His start with music began when he started listening to other grime artists from London and took to it swiftly.

Discography

Compilation albums
List of compilation albums, with selected details
Title Details
Where Have You Been?
  • Released: 8 December 2017[20]
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles
List of singles as a lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[21]		 UK
Ind.
[22]
"Toothache"[23] 2016 —— Where Have You Been?
"Pull Up"
(featuring Bowser Boss)[25]		 —— None
"No"
(featuring Bowser Boss)[26]		 2017 —— Non-album single
"Every Country"
(featuring Murkage Dave)[27]		 —— Where Have You Been?
"Moscow"
(featuring Bowser Boss)[28]		 ——
"Heartache"[29] 2019 —39 TBA
"On the Way Home"
(with Aitch featuring Bowser Boss)[30]		 7313
"Chat"
(featuring Local)[31]		 ——
"On Top"[32] ——
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles as a featured artist, showing year released, and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[21]
"Boys Will Be Boys"
(The Streets featuring Jaykae)[33]		 2018 — Non-album singles
"Dunya"
(Big Stygs featuring Jaykae)[34]		 2019 —
"Wicked and Bad"
(Tom Zanetti featuring JayKae)[35]		 —
"Take Me Back to London (Sir Spyro Remix)"
(Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy, Jaykae and Aitch)		 — BPI: Platinum No.6 Collaborations Project
"Faded"
(Sam Tompkins featuring JayKae)[36]		 — From My Sleeve To The World
"Flowers"
(Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae)		 16 Non-album single
"1AM"
(Kida Kudz featuring Jaykae)[37]		 2020 — Nasty
"Again"
(CLIPZ featuring Ms. Banks, Ms. Dynamite & JayKae)[38]		 — Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances
List of guest appearances, showing year released, other artists and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Toast to Our Differences" (Remix)[39] 2018 Rudimental, Cadet, Shungudzo Non-album remix
"Grow Up"[40] 2019 Slowthai Nothing Great About Britain
"Take Me Back to London" (Remix)[41] Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Aitch Non-album remix
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References
  1. Young, Graham (7 March 2017). "Grime artist Jaykae treats fans to free Nando's in Birmingham". birminghammail. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. P110: Music (15 May 2016), P110 – Jaykae – Toothache [Music Video], retrieved 9 April 2018
  3. Jaykae (30 November 2017), Jaykae – Moscow (Music Video) – Prod. Bowzer Boss, retrieved 9 April 2018
  4. P110: Music (26 August 2016), P110 – Jaykae – Pull Up (Prod. Bowzer Boss) [Music Video], retrieved 9 April 2018
  5. "Jaykae". Spotify. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  6. "BBC Playlists – Tune of the Week". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. "Jaykae on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. "UK MC Jaykae on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Ace – BBC Radio 1Xtra". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  9. "Vote for your favourite music artist". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. "Grime is Approaching the Breakthrough Moment Hip-Hop Reached in the 90s". Noisey. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  11. "the regional grime artists you need to know". I-d. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  12. "Listen to 'Boys Will Be Boys', the new single from The Streets". NME. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  13. Digital, Pretty Good. "Glastonbury Festival – 2017". Glastonbury Festival – 21–25 June 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  14. "MADE Festival Line up 2018". Skiddle.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  15. "BBC Introducing at Reading Festival, Huw Stephens – Music Played – BBC Radio 1". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  16. "Jaykae (performer's page)". eFestivals. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  17. "JayKae on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  18. "You'll never guess which UK MC made a surprise appearance in 'Power'". GRM Daily – Grime, Rap music and Culture. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  19. "Jaykae chats Birmingham, Ed Sheeran & starts a kebab shop with his sister Alhan - GASWORKS". Boiler Room on YouTube. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  20. "Where Have You Been? by JayKae". iTunes. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  21. "Jaykae | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  22. Peak positions on the UK Indie Chart:
  23. "Toothache - Single by JayKae". iTunes. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  24. "BRIT Certified - bpi" (To access, enter the search parameter "Jaykae"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  25. "Pull Up (feat. Bowser Boss) - Single by JayKae". iTunes. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  26. "NO (feat. Bowser Boss) - Single by JayKae". iTunes. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  27. "Every Country (feat. Murkage Dave) - Single by JayKae". iTunes. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  28. "Moscow (feat. Bowser Boss) - Single by JayKae". iTunes. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  29. "Heartache - Single by JayKae". iTunes. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  30. "On the Way Home (feat. Bowser Boss) - Single by JayKae & Aitch". iTunes. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  31. "Chat (feat. Local) - Single by JayKae". iTunes. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  32. "On Top - Single by JayKae". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  33. "Boys Will Be Boys (feat. Jaykae) - Single by The Streets". iTunes. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  34. "Dunya (feat. Jaykae) - Single by Big Stygs". iTunes. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  35. "Wicked and Bad (feat. JayKae) - Single by Tom Zanetti". iTunes. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  36. "Faded (feat. JayKae) - Single by Sam Tompkins". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  37. "1AM (feat. Jaykae) - Single by Kida Kudz". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  38. "Again (feat. Ms Banks, Ms. Dynamite & JayKae) - Single by CLIPZ". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  39. "Toast to our Differences (feat. Jaykae, Cadet & Shungudzo) [Remix] - Single by Rudimental". iTunes. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  40. "Nothing Great About Britain by slowthai". iTunes. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
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