Birth name Jahkoy Palmer Instruments Vocals Genre Hip hop music Albums Foreign Water | Origin Toronto, Canada Years active 2012-Presents Record label Def Jam Recordings | |
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Genres Contemporary R&B
Hip hop Occupation(s) Singer
Rapper
Record Producer Similar ScHoolboy Q, Ella Mai, Kehlani, ELHAE, 6LACK Profiles | ||
Jahkoy Palmer (known mononymously as Jahkoy or JAHKOY) is a Canadian R&B singer and rapper currently signed to Def Jam Recordings. He has released several projects, including the mixtape, Forward Thinking, and the singles Still In Love, Hold Your Hand, and Odd Future. His most recent single, "Odd Future," premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show in January 2016 and played by Drake on OVO Sound Radio.
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Early life
Palmer was born in Toronto, Canada. Growing up, Palmer lived in both the Lawrence Heights and Jane and Finch neighborhoods in Toronto. In order to keep him out of trouble, his parents transferred him to a Catholic school. As young as age 11, Palmer began writing poetry and turning those poems into raps. He began recording and rapping under the name Raheem by age 14. Palmer counts Pharrell and Andre 3000 among his early influences.
Career
Under the alias, Raheem, Palmer performed at numerous events throughout Toronto including the Manifesto Arts Festival and the 106 and York Urban Arts Festival before he turned 16. By age 19, Palmer decided to return to his birth name, Jahkoy, for his music career. He released his first mixtape under the name JAHKOY in December 2013. The album, Forward Thinking, introduced what Jahkoy refers to as a "bipolar" sound and also marked a shift from predominately rapping to predominately singing.
JAHKOY has collaborated with Willow and Jaden Smith. In 2015, he released singles, which included songs like "Still in Love," "Hold Your Hand," and"All The Things You Do." "Still in Love" and "Hold Your Hand" were often in the regular rotation on Zane Lowe, Drake, Elton John, and Pharrell's Beats 1 radio stations.
In early 2016, Jahkoy was signed to Def Jam Recordings. He released his first single under the Def Jam banner in January 2016. The song, "Odd Future," was premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio station and played by Drake and OVO Sound Radio.
Mixtapes
. Forward Thinking II (2017)
EP's
. Foreign Water (2016)
Songs
California HeavenForeign Water ยท 2016
Still In Love2015
Odd Future2016