| Jaykae | |
| Birth Name: | Janum Khan |
| Birth Place: | Small Heath, Birmingham, England |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
Janum Khan, better known by his stage name Jaykae, is a British rapper and actor from Small Heath, Birmingham.[1]
Jaykae's start with music began when he started listening to other grime artists from London.
In 2017 he released a single, "Every Country," featuring Murkage Dave of the Murkage cartel. The song, produced by Skepta, was Radio 1's Tune of the Week.[2] He has featured on Charlie Sloth's BBC show, Fire In The Booth, where he performed a two piece set which reflected on life and the recent passing of fellow grime artist and friend, Depzman. He has performed on the BBC radio show segment, The BBC Live Lounge, where he performed two of his own songs, "Moscow" and "Toothache", and also a cover of Cameo's "Candy".[3] Jaykae has been described as the "essential voice of the city" of Birmingham.[4] [5] [6]
He featured on Skepta's All-Star Remix of the single '"That's not me". He collaborated with Mike Skinner (of The Streets) producing the tracks "CCTV" and "Boys Will Be Boys".[7] Jaykae has performed at Glastonbury, MADE, Reading Festival, Creamfields and Wireless Festival.[8] [9] [10] [11] He supported Skepta on his Konnichiwa tour, supported Stormzy at one of his gigs, and will also be supporting The Streets on their upcoming Greatest Hits tour. Jaykae was brought out at Drake's 2019 Birmingham concert. Jaykae completed his first solo headline tour in December 2017, where he performed in Manchester, London and Birmingham.
Jaykae's "Toothache" featured on the TV series Power.[12]
In 2021, he collaborated with Jorja Smith on "1000 Nights".
Khan plays Azaar, a cocaine dealer in Small Heath, in season two of the BBC Three comedy-drama, Man Like Mobeen.[13] [14] In 2018, he appeared as himself on season three of Chicken Shop Date.
In the Amazon Prime Video series, Jungle, Khan plays Willow, an associate of one of the show's main villains.[15] An Evening Standard review of the show states that Khan "lends a disconcerting lightness to his gangster role."[16]
Khan was born and raised in Small Heath, Birmingham, and has Afghan, Egyptian, Irish and Pakistani heritage.[17] He is an avid supporter of his local football club Birmingham City. He had a difficult childhood and was bullied as a young child
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| "Toothache" | 2016 | — | — | Where Have You Been? | ||
| "Pull Up" (featuring Bowser Boss) | — | — | ||||
| "No" (featuring Bowser Boss) | 2017 | — | — | |||
| "Every Country" (featuring Murkage Dave) | — | — | Where Have You Been? | |||
| "Moscow" (featuring Bowser Boss) | — | — |
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| "Heartache" | 2019 | — | 39 | rowspan="8" | ||
| "On the Way Home" (with Aitch featuring Bowser Boss) | 73 | 13 |
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| "Chat" (featuring Local) | — | — | ||||
| "Froggy 2" (with Dapz on the Map) | — | — | ||||
| "On Top" | 2020 | — | — | |||
| "Novocaine" (featuring Remtrex) | — | — | ||||
| "Chop (Henry the 8th)" | 2021 | — | — | |||
| "1000 Nights" (featuring Jorja Smith) | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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| "Boys Will Be Boys" | 2018 | — | rowspan="6" | |||
| "Honey Dew (FTSE Club Edit)" | — | |||||
| "Cheatin (UGK Remix)" | — | |||||
| "Toast to Our Differences (Remix)" | — | |||||
| "Dunya" | 2019 | — | ||||
| "Wicked and Bad" | — | |||||
| "Faded" | — | From My Sleeve to the World | ||||
| "Flowers" | 12 |
| If Heaven Had a Phone Line | |||
| "Take Me Back to London (Remix)" | — | rowspan="4" | ||||
| "Take Me Back to London (Sir Spyro Remix)" | — | |||||
| "Tears Don't Dry" | — | |||||
| "Bally" (Remix) | — | |||||
| "1AM" | 2020 | — | Nasty | |||
| "Again" | — | |||||
| "Mozambique" | — | Conflict of Interest | ||||
| "Believe Me (Remix)" | 2021 | — | rowspan="3" | |||
| "Playing Games (Remix)" | — | |||||
| "Lively" | 2022 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Year | Other artist(s) | Album | ||
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| "Grow Up" | 2019 | Slowthai | Nothing Great About Britain |