Daye Jack

Early life and education

Daye was born in Nigeria and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was originally from Nigeria but grew up in California. His father later returned to Nigeria to marry Daye's mother and then moved back to Atlanta. Daye got involved in programming while in high school and went on to attend New York University. It was during his time at NYU that he began his music career.

Career

Daye released his first mixtape, Hello World, at the age of 18 while attending NYU. He released it on SoundCloud and was soon contacted by numerous blogs who asked him to submit new music. Daye was contacted by producer Mike Elizondo and he flew to Los Angeles to perform some demos, eventually leading to a contract with Warner Bros. Records. In 2015 he released the EP Soul Glitch under the Warner Bros. label.

After the release of Soul Glitch, Daye collaborated with Killer Mike in 2015 for the release of the single Hands Up. The video was released exclusively on Billboard which called it "emotionally charged" with a "powerful message of solidarity." The video was released on the first day of Black History Month in 2016 and the song peaked at #14 on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart.

In addition to his collaboration with Killer Mike, Daye has worked with numerous other artists. In 2015 he was featured on the song Expensive from Tori Kelly's album Unbreakable Smile. Daye also sang background vocals for Ariana Grande's 2016 album Dangerous Woman. In early 2016, Daye toured nationally with Pell on the Only In Your Dreams tour, and also toured with Lukas Graham.

Musical style

Daye attributes his musical style to his family background and has been described as a "hip-hop singer." He describes himself as making experimental hip-hop with rapping, singing, and speaking all being part of it. Daye cites some of his influencers as being André 3000 and 50 Cent.