Jay Gwuapo is a hip hop artist from New York City who rose to fame in 2018 after the release of Downbad. The rapper, who signed a joint deal with Polo Grounds Music and RCA Records. Some of his top tracks include No Good For Me, From Nothing, One Chance, R8, Lifestyle, among others. ^{[12] [13]}

The Brooklyn rapper had a big start in his career in 2018, from releasing Downbad, his first track, on Soundcloud in February 2013, to releasing Too Late and Drip Sauce in April and May of the same year and wrapping it up with "Real" in December 2018. The year, was really a big success for the rapper. ^[12]

In 2019, building on the success and fame of the previous year, Jay Gwuapo express himself and his backstory on the path of becoming a rapper in the release of the single "Lifestyle". Lifestyle garnered a lot of streaming on Soundcloud and was the talk of the day for months. He backed this up with the visual of the song, a featured on DJ Porter's EP (No Disturbance) and premiering his "One Chance" track.

Things started working around real big for Jay after landing a joint record deal Polo Grounds Music and RCA Records. This pushes him to do more and he hasn't relented in dropping tracks for his fans. He has more than 28 tracks to his belt already and has collaborated with many great artists, like Young Nino, Shoneyin, Lil Dus, King Shooter and many more, in the industry.

Jay's net worth is believed to be around $150,000 after earning from successful shows and music released.

As of July 2020, Gwuapo has over 45, 200 Soundcloud followers and in excess of 90 million twists.^[15] As of July 2020, he has over 500,000 monthly supporters on Spotify. ^[14] His music can also be seen on stages like Apple Music, Google Play Music, Pandora Radio and Deezer. ^{[12] [1]}