Jaykae

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

Jaykae
Background information
Birth nameJanum Khan
BornSmall Heath, Birmingham, England
Genres
Years active2008–present
Labels
  • Doing Bits Worldwide Limited
  • Jaykae
Associated acts
Websitetwitter.com/jaykae10

Music career

Jaykae's start with music began when he started listening to other grime artists from London.

In 2017 "Every Country", a single from Jaykae with Murkage Dave (of the Murkage cartel) which was produced by Skepta, was Radio 1's Tune of the Week.[2] He has featured on Charlie Sloth's BBC show, Fire In The Booth, where he performed a two piece set which reflected on life and the recent passing of a fellow grime artist, and friend, Depzman. He has performed on the BBC radio show segment, The BBC Live Lounge, where he performed two of his own songs, "Moscow" and "Toothache", and also a cover of Cameo's "Candy".[3] Jaykae has been described as the "essential voice of the city" of Birmingham.[4][5][6]

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. 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.

Jaykae's "Toothache" featured on the TV series Power.[12]

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 and Pakistani heritage.[13] He is an avid supporter of his local football club 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.

Discography

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

As lead artist
List of singles as a lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[14]		 UK
Ind.
[15]
"Toothache" 2016 —— Where Have You Been?
"Pull Up"
(featuring Bowser Boss)		 —— None
"No"
(featuring Bowser Boss)		 2017 —— Non-album single
"Every Country"
(featuring Murkage Dave)		 —— Where Have You Been?
"Moscow"
(featuring Bowser Boss)		 ——
"Heartache" 2019 —39 TBA
"On the Way Home"
(with Aitch featuring Bowser Boss)		 7313
"Chat"
(featuring Local)		 ——
"On Top" 2020 ——
"—" 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
[14]
"Boys Will Be Boys"
(The Streets featuring Jaykae)		 2018 — Non-album singles
"Dunya"
(Big Stygs featuring Jaykae)		 2019 —
"Wicked and Bad"
(Tom Zanetti featuring JayKae)		 —
"Faded"
(Sam Tompkins featuring JayKae)		 — From My Sleeve To The World
"Flowers"
(Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae)		 16 Non-album single
"1AM"
(Kida Kudz featuring Jaykae)		 2020 — Nasty
"Again"
(CLIPZ featuring Ms. Banks, Ms. Dynamite & JayKae)		 — 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) 2018 Rudimental, Cadet, Shungudzo Non-album remix
"Grow Up" 2019 Slowthai Nothing Great About Britain
"Take Me Back to London" (Remix) Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Aitch Non-album remix

References
  1. Young, Graham (7 March 2017). "Grime artist Jaykae treats fans to free Nando's in Birmingham". birminghammail. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. "BBC Playlists – Tune of the Week". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. "UK MC Jaykae on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Ace – BBC Radio 1Xtra". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. "Vote for your favourite music artist". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. "Grime is Approaching the Breakthrough Moment Hip-Hop Reached in the 90s". Noisey. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  6. "the regional grime artists you need to know". I-d. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. "Listen to 'Boys Will Be Boys', the new single from The Streets". NME. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. Digital, Pretty Good. "Glastonbury Festival – 2017". Glastonbury Festival – 21–25 June 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  9. "MADE Festival Line up 2018". Skiddle.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. "BBC Introducing at Reading Festival, Huw Stephens – Music Played – BBC Radio 1". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  11. "Jaykae (performer's page)". eFestivals. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  12. "You'll never guess which UK MC made a surprise appearance in 'Power'". GRM Daily – Grime, Rap music and Culture. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  13. "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.
  14. "Jaykae | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  15. Peak positions on the UK Indie Chart:
  16. "BRIT Certified - bpi" (To access, enter the search parameter "Jaykae"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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