Jhayco

Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés (born April 9, 1993), known professionally as Jhayco (formerly Jhay Cortez),[4] 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.[5]

Jhayco
Birth nameJesús Manuel Nieves Cortés[1]
Also known as
  • Jhay Cortez
  • La Presión
Born (1993-04-09) April 9, 1993
Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico[2]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
Years active2013–present
Labels
Websitejhayco.com

Biography

Cortés was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Later, he moved to live in Camden, New Jersey. As a result, Cortés had a bilingual childhood.[6][7]

He began composing songs at age 15, this made producer Eddie Dee interested in him and he was known by producers Lele el Arma Secreta and Eliel, with whom he began to write songs and who connect him to work with him. duo Zion & Lennox, for which he composed two songs, "Como curar" and "Detective de tu amor", in addition to producing "Soltera" under the pseudonym Jay el Superdotado, the three songs forming part of the album Los Verdaderos.[8][9]

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.[7]

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.[10] The youth group was made up of four young Puerto Ricans: Jafet Cortes, Eduardo Esteras, Rubén Chinea and Jesús M. Nieves.[10] Some time later, Cortés launched himself as a soloist.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

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.[7] Later he helped in the composition of the songs "Criminal" by Natti Natasha with Ozuna and "Mi Religión" by Yandel.[7][12] On May 16 he released the EP Eyez on Me under the Universal Music Latino record label.[13] 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,[14] and was certified 20 platinum by the US RIAA.[15] In that same year, he also released the song "Deseame suerte" with the collaboration of Karol G.[16] 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,[17] and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[18][19][20]

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,[21] and released a new single "Dime a ve", which would be part of his second album, Timelezz.[22] He was also the winner of five ASCAP awards as composer[23] and two Tú Música Urbano Awards in the category of composer of the year and New Generation Album by Famouz.[24] He received nominations for the Billboard Awards of Latin music,[25] Premios Juventud,[26] Lo Nuestro Awards[27] and the Latin Grammys.[28] On October 30 he released the song "Dakiti" in collaboration with Bad Bunny which reached number one on the Billboard Global 200 charts;[28] it also reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 9.[29] At the end of that year, he collaborated on the remix "La Curiosidad" by Jay Wheeler and Myke Towers.[30] It also appeared on Yandel's album Quien Contra Mí 2 in the collaboration of the song "Ponme al día".[31]

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.[32][33] On March 14 he appeared with Bad Bunny performing "Dakiti" at the Grammy Awards ceremony.[34] He also received another IHeartRadio Music Awards nomination in the iHeartRadio Music Award for Latin Pop / Reggaeton Song of the Year category for "Dakiti".[35]

Personal life

In 2021, Cortez dated Mia Khalifa,[36] but they broke up in 2022.

Controversies

On May 12, 2020, Cortez released a topic called "24 horas", a diss track for fellow rapper Bryant Myers after both had a strong argument through Twitter, which tried to offend and challenged Myers to respond to him in less than 24 hours.[37] After three days Myers replied with the subject "El que no escribe". However, he confessed that he did not publish it in less than 24 hours because no one tells him what to do, in a direct video from Instagram.[38] This would become the first strip that Myers put out, since on similar occasions with other artists, he had not decided to respond. Shortly after, Cortez published another diss track against him called "Game Over",[39] which Myers did not want to answer as he did not consider it good enough. Some time later, Cortez acknowledged in an interview that the two were disrespectful and said he could make amends in the future when time has passed and they had matured. A year after, he released a diss track on fellow artist Rauw Alejandro titled "Enterrauw".[37]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[17]
US
Latin

[40]
SPA
[41]
Famouz
  • Released: May 24, 2019
  • Label: Universal Music Latino
164554
Famouz Reloaded
  • Released: January 24, 2020
  • Label: Universal Music Latino
54
Timelezz
  • Released: September 3, 2021
  • Label: Universal Music Latino
7024
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

List of EPs
Title EP details
Eyez on Me

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[44]
US
Latin

[45]
ARG
[46]
MEX
[47]
SPA
[48]
WW
[49]
"Deseos"
(with Bryant Myers)
2018
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
Eyez on Me
"Se Supone" (remix)
(with Darell and Ñengo Flow featuring Miky Woodz, Almighty and Myke Towers)
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
"Están Pa' Mí"
(with J Balvin)
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
"Costear"
(with Almighty)
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
Famouz
"No Me Conoce" 2019 4
  • PROMUSICAE: 4× Platinum[50]
"No Me Conoce" (remix)
(with J Balvin and Bad Bunny)
7144
  • RIAA: 20× Platinum (Latin)[42]
"Deséame Suerte"
(with Karol G and Haze)
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
Famouz Reloaded
"A Tu Manera (Corbata)"
(with Sofía Reyes)
8525 Mal de Amores
"Easy" (remix)
(with Ozuna)
33 Famouz Reloaded
"Medusa"
(with Anuel AA and J Balvin)
2020 [upper-alpha 1]12575
  • RIAA: 10× Platinum (Latin)[42]
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[52]
Non-album single
"Dispo"
(with Brytiago)
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
Orgánico
"Dime a Ve"
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
Non-album single
"Dakiti"
(with Bad Bunny)
511321
  • RIAA: 24× Platinum (Latin)[42]
  • PROMUSICAE: 8× Platinum[53]
El Último Tour Del Mundo
"Kobe en LA" 44
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
Non-album single
"Los Bo"
(with Myke Towers)
2021 4046
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
Timelezz
"Fiel"
(with Los Legendarios and Wisin)
62581
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum (Latin)[42]
  • PROMUSICAE: 5× Platinum[54]
Los Legendarios 001
"Christian Dior" 2827
  • PROMUSICAE: Gold[55]
Timelezz
"Fiel" (remix)
(with Wisin and Anuel AA featuring Myke Towers and Los Legendarios)
9
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[56]
Non-album singles
"911" (remix)
(with Sech)
11
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[57]
"Súbele el Volumen"
(with Daddy Yankee and Myke Towers)
262
"En Mi Cuarto"
(with Skrillex)
2231
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum (Latin)[42]
  • PROMUSICAE: Gold[58]
Timelezz
"Delincuente"
(with Sebastián Yatra)
94 Non-album single
"Ley Seca"
(with Anuel AA)
[upper-alpha 2]122
  • PROMUSICAE: 3× Platinum[59]
Timelezz
"Emojis de Corazones"
(with Wisin and Ozuna featuring Los Legendarios)
2268
  • RIAA: Platinum (Latin)[42]
Multimillo Vol. 1
"Súbelo"
(with Anuel AA and Myke Towers)
[upper-alpha 3]1215
  • PROMUSICAE: Gold[60]
Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren
"Sensual Bebé" 2022 2228 Vida Rockstar
"Ande con Quien Ande"
(with Myke Towers)
56 Non-album single
"En la de Ella"
(with Feid and Sech)
20 Vida Rockstar
"Cuerpecito" 2023 38
"Mami Chula"
(with Quevedo)
5
"Fantasma/AVC"
(with Tainy)
69 Data
"En To Lao"
(with Haze)
51 Non-album single
"Rockstar 2.0"
(with Duki)
26 Antes de Ameri
"Holanda" 354 Vida Rockstar
"Ex-Special"
(with Peso Pluma)[61]
[upper-alpha 4]58
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[44]
US
Latin

[45]
ARG
[46]
SPA
[48]
"Darte" (remix)
(Alex Rose featuring Casper Mágico, Noriel, Bryant Myers, Juhn, Jhayco, Miky Woodz, Ñengo Flow and Myke Towers)
2018
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum (Latin)[62]
Sexflix 1.5
"Only Fans" (remix)
(Young Martino, Lunay and Myke Towers featuring Joyce Santana, Brray, Jhayco, Darell, Arcángel and Ñengo Flow)
2020 94
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum (Latin)[62]
Non-album singles
"La Curiosidad" (Blue Grand Prix remix)
(Jay Wheeler, Myke Towers and Rauw Alejandro featuring DJ Nelson, Jhayco, Lunay and Kendo Kaponi)
14
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted and certified songs

List of other charted and certified songs, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[44]
US
Latin

[45]
ARG
[46]
SPA
[48]
"Easy" 2019 5
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum (Latin)[42]
  • PROMUSICAE: 3× Platinum[63]
Famouz
"Imaginaste"
(with Tainy)
4575
  • RIAA: Platinum (Latin)[42]
"Como Se Siente" 2020 6
  • RIAA: Gold (Latin)[42]
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[64]
Famouz Reloaded
"Como Se Siente" (remix)
(with Bad Bunny)
761 Las que no iban a salir
"512"
(with Mora)
2021 248
  • PROMUSICAE: 2× Platinum[65]
Primer Día de Clases
"Magnum"
(with Nicky Jam)
4178 Infinity
"Dile (Homenaje)" 5
  • PROMUSICAE: 2× Platinum[66]
Timelezz
"La Venganza"
(with J Balvin)
46 Jose
"Memorias"[67]
(with Mora)
2022 6 Microdosis
"Tarot"
(with Bad Bunny)
187522 Un Verano Sin Ti
"Llueve"
(with Wisin & Yandel and Sech)
92 La Última Misión
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations

Premios Tu Música Urbano

Year Nominated work Category Result
2020 Himself Top Revelation - Male Nominated
Songwriter of the Year Won
"No Me Conoce" (remix) Remix of the Year - New Generation Nominated
"Imaginaste" (remix) Nominated
"Easy" (remix) Nominated
Famouz Album of the Year - New Generation Won
No Me Conoce Video of the Year Nominated

Notes

  1. "Medusa" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[51]
  2. "Ley Seca" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[51]
  3. "Súbelo" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[51]
  4. "Ex-Special" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[51]

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