Jesse Boykins III

Jesse Boykins III
Jesse Boykins III
	Jesse Boykins III performing in May 2009
Background information
Birth name	Jesse Boykins III
Also known as	JBIII; JB3;
Born	February 20, 1985 (age 40); Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	World; soul; neo soul; R&B; electronic; reggae; spoken word; hip hop;
Occupations	Singer; songwriter; record producer;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar;
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Ninja Tune; Def Jam;

Jesse Boykins III (born February 20, 1985) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Chicago, Illinois.

Career

Boykins is a world soul artist originally from Jamaica, later relocating to Miami and finally Brooklyn. His first EP, Dopamine: My Life On My Back EP was released February 14, 2008 and his follow up The Beauty Created LP was released November 25, 2008 through NomaDic MuSic.

In November 2017, Boykins revealed that he was signed to Def Jam Recordings. His first album under his major label deal was a physical release of his mixtape Bartholomew, which was previously released for streaming on SoundCloud in 2016.^[1] Boykins received his first Grammy nomination for co-writing Steve Lacy's lead single Playground from his ApolloXXI album.^[2]^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

The Beauty Created (2008)
Zulu Guru (2012)
Love Apparatus (2014)
Bartholomew (2017)
New Growth (2023)

Extended plays

Dopamine: My Life on My Back (2008)
Way of a Wayfarer (2011)

Writing credits

Apollo XXI: Playground - Steve Lacy

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Make Me a Fool"	2010	The Foreign Exchange, Median	Authenticity
"A Place Where Lovers Go"	2013	The Jet Age of Tomorrow	JellyFish Mentality
"Higher Times"		The Internet	Feel Good
"Magic"		Vic Mensa	Innanetape
"Tribe"	2014	Theophilus London	Vibes
"Heartbreak in Motion"	2015	Anna Lunoe	—
"Go"		Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, Mike Golden, Joey Purp	Surf
"Paradise"		Logic	The Incredible True Story
"Just a Dose"		Little Simz, Tiffany Goucheé, SiR, Isaiah Rashad, Kent Jamz	Age 101: Drop X
"Celestial Levels"	2016	Machinedrum	Human Energy
"Purple Tuesday"	2017	Rejjie Snow, Joey Bada$$	The Moon & You
"Annie"	2018	Rejjie Snow	Dear Annie
"Twogether"	2018	Sango	In The Comfort Of
"You're Gonna Need It"	2019	Lophiile	To Forgive
"Wait 4 U"	2020	Machinedrum	A View of U
"INTELLIGENT DESIGN"	2022	Kilo Kish	AMERICAN GURL
"Silence of Love"	2023	Tiga, Hudson Mohawke	L'Ecstacy

References

^ Penrose, Nerisha. "Jesse Boykins III Talks New Album 'Bartholomew' & Signing With Def Jam Records". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
^ "Find Out Who's Nominated For Best Urban Contemporary Album | 2020 GRAMMY Awards". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
^ "Steve Lacy Debuts Prince-Influenced 'Apollo XXI' Single "Playground"". Hypebeast. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

External links

Youtube.com/jboykins3

[1] Penrose, Nerisha. "Jesse Boykins III Talks New Album 'Bartholomew' & Signing With Def Jam Records". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

[2] "Find Out Who's Nominated For Best Urban Contemporary Album | 2020 GRAMMY Awards". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

[3] "Steve Lacy Debuts Prince-Influenced 'Apollo XXI' Single "Playground"". Hypebeast. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

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