Jhayco facts for kids

Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés (born April 9, 1993), known professionally as Jhayco (formerly Jhay Cortez), is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer from Río Piedras, San Juan. After releasing multiple EPs, his debut studio album, Famouz, was released in 2019.

Biography

Cortés was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Later, he moved to Camden, New Jersey. As a result, Cortés had a bilingual childhood.

He began composing songs at age 15, which made producer Eddie Dee interested in him. Cortés was introduced to producers Lele el Arma Secreta and Eliel, with whom he began to write songs, and they connected him with the duo Zion & Lennox. Cortés composed two songs, "Como curar" and "Detective de tu amor" for them. In addition to producing "Soltera" under the pseudonym Jay el Superdotado, the three songs forming part of the album Los Verdaderos.

Later he composed five singles for Tito El Bambino, among them: "Llama al sol" for his album Invencible published in 2011, which would be the winner of a Latin Grammy in the category of best tropical album.

Musical career

2013–2016: Beginnings and productions

In 2013, he began as a singer as part of a Latin pop group called Stereo 4, which was born as an idea of Joel Báez who takes on the task with Roberto Sánchez and his inseparable working duo, Jhay Nieves (vocalist of the group), to find those who would soon be part of this musical group. Stereo 4 was the mix of four totally different voices. The youth group was made up of four young Puerto Ricans: Jafet Cortes, Eduardo Esteras, Rubén Chinea and Jesús M. Nieves. Some time later, Cortés launched himself as a soloist. He collaborated with the group for the last time in 2016 with the song "Te quiero ver", which was a collaboration with his former group and with which he debuted as a soloist.

2017–2019: Signing to Universal Music Latino and Famouz

On August 22, 2017, Cortés signed a contract with the Universal Music Latino discography under the House of Haze movement in alliance with the producer Fino como el Haze, with which he released his first single under this label, "Donde no se vea", with the collaborations of Jory Boy and Pusho.

On March 16, 2018, Cortés performed at a concert that benefited victims of natural disasters with the name of SXSW as one of the artists of the Port Relief Showcase. Later he helped in the composition of the songs "Criminal" by Natti Natasha with Ozuna and "Mi Religión" by Yandel. On May 16 he released the EP Eyez on Me under the Universal Music Latino record label. At the end of 2018 he released his single "Costear" with Almighty, which led to the release of two remixes.

On February 22, 2019, he released his single "No Me Conoce" which reached the top of several Latin American music charts. It was certified triple platinum by PROMUSICAE of Spain; the song also featured a remix with J Balvin and Bad Bunny, and was certified 20 platinum by the US RIAA. In that same year, he also released the song "Deseame suerte" with the collaboration of Karol G. On May 24, he released his first studio album, Famouz, under the Universal Music Latino label. It was ranked 164 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

2020–present: Timelezz

At the beginning of 2020, Cortez published a special edition of his first studio album with unreleased songs under the name Famouz Reloaded, and released a new single "Dime a ve", which would be part of his second album, Timelezz. He was also the winner of five ASCAP awards as composer and two Tú Música Urbano Awards in the category of composer of the year and New Generation Album by Famouz. He received nominations for the Billboard Awards of Latin music, Premios Juventud, Lo Nuestro Awards and the Latin Grammys. On October 30 he released the song "Dakiti" in collaboration with Bad Bunny which reached number one on the Billboard Global 200 charts; it also reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 9. At the end of that year, he collaborated on the remix "La Curiosidad" by Jay Wheeler and Myke Towers. It also appeared on Yandel's album Quien Contra Mí 2 in the collaboration of the song "Ponme al día".

At the beginning of 2021 Cortés participated in a production of Los Legendarios with the song "Fiel" with Wisin, which reached number 9 globally on the Spotify music platform. On March 14 he appeared with Bad Bunny performing "Dakiti" at the Grammy Awards ceremony. He also received another IHeartRadio Music Awards nomination in the iHeartRadio Music Award for Latin Pop / Reggaeton Song of the Year category for "Dakiti".

Personal life

In 2021, Cortez dated Mia Khalifa, but they broke up in 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted and certified songs

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Jhayco para niños