Daye Jack is a Nigerian-American hip hop artist from Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for his single "Hands Up" featuring Killer Mike which peaked at #14 on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart.^[1]

Jack was born in Port Harcourt, the capital and largest city of Rivers State, Nigeria 1 February 1996.^[2] He grew up in Atlanta.^[3] His father was originally from Nigeria but grew up in California.^[3] His father later returned to Nigeria to marry Jack's mother and then moved back to Atlanta.^[3] Jack got involved in programming while in high school and went on to attend New York University.^[3] It was during his time at NYU that he began his music career.^[3]

Jack released his first mixtape, Hello World, at the age of 18 while attending NYU.^[3] He released it on SoundCloud and was soon contacted by numerous blogs who asked him to submit new music.^[4] Jack 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.^[4] In 2015 he released the EP Soul Glitch under the Warner Bros. label.^[5]

After the release of Soul Glitch, Jack collaborated with Killer Mike in 2015 for the release of the single Hands Up.^[6] The video was released exclusively on Billboard which called it "emotionally charged" with a "powerful message of solidarity."^[7] The video was released on the first day of Black History Month in 2016^[7] and the song peaked at #14 on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart.^[1]

In addition to his collaboration with Killer Mike, Jack has worked with numerous other artists.^[8] In 2015 he was featured on the song Expensive from Tori Kelly's album Unbreakable Smile.^[6] Jack also sang background vocals for Ariana Grande's 2016 album Dangerous Woman.^[8] In early 2016, Jack toured nationally with Pell on the Only In Your Dreams tour,^[6] and also toured with Lukas Graham.^[8][9]

Jack released his first full length project No Data in March 2017.^[10]

Jack attributes his musical style to his family background and has been described as a "hip-hop singer."^[3] He describes himself as making experimental hip-hop with rapping, singing, and speaking all being part of it.^[3] Jack cites some of his influencers as being André 3000 and 50 Cent.^[3]

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