Jaykae
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Background information | |
Birth name | Janum Khan |
Born | Small Heath, Birmingham, England |
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Years active | 2008–present |
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Website | twitter |
Janum Khan, better known by his stage name Jaykae, is a British
Music career
Jaykae's start with music began when he started listening to other
In 2017 he released a single, "Every Country," featuring Murkage Dave of the
He featured on Skepta's All-Star Remix of the single '"That's not me". He collaborated with Mike Skinner (of The Streets) producing the tracks "CCTV" and "Boys Will Be Boys".[7] Jaykae has performed at Glastonbury, MADE, Reading Festival, Creamfields and Wireless Festival.[8][9][10][11] He 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.[needs update] Jaykae was brought out at Drake's 2019 Birmingham concert. Jaykae completed his first solo headline tour in December 2017, where he performed in Manchester, London and Birmingham.[citation needed]
Jaykae's "Toothache" featured on the TV series Power.[12]
In 2021, he collaborated with Jorja Smith on "1000 Nights".
Acting career
Khan plays Azaar, a cocaine dealer in Small Heath, in season two of the
In the Amazon Prime Video series, Jungle, Khan plays Willow, an associate of one of the show's main villains.[16] An Evening Standard review of the show states that Khan "lends a disconcerting lightness to his gangster role."[17]
Personal life
Khan was born and raised in Small Heath, Birmingham, and has Afghan, Egyptian, Irish and Pakistani heritage.[18] He is an avid supporter of his local football club Birmingham City. He had a difficult childhood and was bullied as a young child[citation needed]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details |
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Where Have You Been? |
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Extended plays
Title | Details |
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A Bite to Eat |
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Froggy
(with Dapz OTM) |
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Compilations
Title | Details |
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Certain Man |
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Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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UK
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UK Ind. [20] | ||||
"Toothache" | 2016 | — | — | Where Have You Been? | |
"Pull Up" (featuring Bowser Boss) |
— | — | |||
"No" (featuring Bowser Boss) |
2017 | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Every Country" (featuring Murkage Dave) |
— | — | Where Have You Been? | ||
"Moscow" (featuring Bowser Boss) |
— | — |
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"Heartache" | 2019 | — | 39 | TBA | |
"On the Way Home" (with Aitch featuring Bowser Boss) |
73 | 13 | |||
"Chat" (featuring Local) |
— | — | |||
"Froggy 2" (with Dapz on the Map) |
— | — | |||
"On Top" | 2020 | — | — | ||
"Novocaine" (featuring Remtrex) |
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"Chop (Henry the 8th)" | 2021 | — | — | ||
"1000 Nights" (featuring Jorja Smith) |
— | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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UK
[19] | |||||
"Boys Will Be Boys" (The Streets featuring Jaykae) |
2018 | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Honey Dew (FTSE Club Edit)" (Rude Kid, FTSE and JayKae) |
— | ||||
"Cheatin (UGK Remix)" (Nathan Dawe featuring JayKae, Bru-C, Malika, and UGK) |
— | ||||
"Toast to Our Differences (Remix)" (Rudimental featuring JayKae, Cadet, and Shungudzo) |
— | ||||
"Dunya" (Big Stygs featuring Jaykae) |
2019 | — | |||
"Wicked and Bad" (Tom Zanetti featuring JayKae) |
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"Faded" (Sam Tompkins featuring JayKae) |
— | From My Sleeve to the World | |||
"Flowers" (Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae) |
12 |
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If Heaven Had a Phone Line | ||
"Take Me Back to London (Remix)" (Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy, JayKae, and Aitch) |
— | Non-album singles | |||
"Take Me Back to London (Sir Spyro Remix)" (Ed Sheeran featuring Sir Spyro, Stormzy, JayKae, and Aitch) |
— | ||||
"Tears Don't Dry" (Grim Sickers featuring JayKae and Rob Harvey) |
— | ||||
"Bally" (Remix) (Swarmz featuring Geko, JayKae, Kwengface and 23 Unofficial) |
— | ||||
"1AM" (Kida Kudz featuring Jaykae) |
2020 | — | Nasty | ||
"Again" (CLIPZ featuring Ms Banks, Ms. Dynamite and JayKae) |
— | Non-album single | |||
"Mozambique" (Ghetts featuring Jaykae and Moonchild Sanelly) |
— | Conflict of Interest | |||
"Believe Me (Remix)" (Navos featuring JayKae) |
2021 | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Playing Games (Remix)" (Silky featuring French the Kid & JayKae) |
— | ||||
"Lively" (Double Lz featuring JayKae and Blair Muir) |
2022 | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Guest appearances
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Grow Up" | 2019 | Slowthai | Nothing Great About Britain |
References
- ^ Young, Graham (7 March 2017). "Grime artist Jaykae treats fans to free Nando's in Birmingham". birminghammail. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "BBC Playlists – Tune of the Week". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "UK MC Jaykae on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Ace – BBC Radio 1Xtra". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Vote for your favourite music artist". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Grime is Approaching the Breakthrough Moment Hip-Hop Reached in the 90s". Noisey. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "the regional grime artists you need to know". I-d. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Listen to 'Boys Will Be Boys', the new single from The Streets". NME. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Digital, Pretty Good. "Glastonbury Festival – 2017". Glastonbury Festival – 21–25 June 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "MADE Festival Line up 2018". Skiddle.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "BBC Introducing at Reading Festival, Huw Stephens – Music Played – BBC Radio 1". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Jaykae (performer's page)". eFestivals. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "You'll never guess which UK MC made a surprise appearance in 'Power'". GRM Daily – Grime, Rap music and Culture. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Janum Khan". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ Matadeen, Renaldo (26 April 2020). "Man Like Mobeen Season 3 Pulls a Dramatic Genre Bait-and-Switch". CBR. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ WIRELESS 2018 PRESENTS: CHICKEN SHOP DATE FEATURING RAE SREMMURD, WILEY AND MORE [AD], retrieved 19 October 2022
- ^ Embley, Jochan (29 September 2022). "Jungle: A who's who of rappers in Prime Video's new drill drama". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ Embley, Jochan (29 September 2022). "Jungle review: Rappers turned actors shine in drill music drama". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- Boiler Room on YouTube. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Jaykae | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Peak positions on the UK Indie Chart:
- For "Heartache": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 - 22 February 2019 - 28 February 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- For "On the Way Home": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 - 10 May 2019 - 16 May 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "British certifications – Jaykae". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 January 2024. Type Jaykae in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.