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Birth name | Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés[1] |
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Born | Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico[2] | April 9, 1993
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Years active | 2013–present |
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Partner(s) | Mia Khalifa (2021-2022) |
Website | 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]
Cortés was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Later, he moved to Camden, New Jersey. As a result, Cortés had a bilingual childhood.[6][7]
He began composing songs at age 15, gaining the interest of producer Eddie Dee. Cortés was introduced to producers Lele el Arma Secreta and Eliel, with whom he began to write songs, and they connected him with the duo Zion & Lennox. Cortés composed three songs which featured on Zion & Lennox's 2011 album Los Verdaderos: "Como curar" ,"Detective de tu amor", and "Soltera" (under the pseudonym Jay el Superdotado).[8][9]
Cortés composed five singles for Tito El Bambino, including "Llama al sol", which featured on his 2011 album Invencible, which won a Latin Grammy for Best Tropical Album.[7]
In 2013, Cortés began as a singer for Latin pop group Stereo 4, which featured four young Puerto Rican singers: Jafet Cortes, Eduardo Esteras, Rubén Chinea and Jesús M. Nieves.[10] Some time later, Cortés launched his career as a soloist.[10] He collaborated with the group for the last time in 2016 with the song "Te quiero ver".[11]
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. He released his first single "Donde no se vea" under this label, collaborating with Jory Boy and Pusho.[12]
On March 16, 2018, Cortés performed at a concert that benefited victims of natural disasters under the name SXSW as one of the artists of the Port Relief Showcase.[7]
Cortés helped in the composition of the songs "Criminal" by Natti Natasha with Ozuna and "Mi Religión" by Yandel.[7][12] On May 16 2018, 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, 2019, 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]
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]
In 2021, Cortez dated Mia Khalifa,[36] but the pair split in 2022.
On May 12, 2020, Cortez released a song called "24 horas", a diss track for fellow rapper Bryant Myers, after they had a strong argument on Twitter. During that argument, Cortez challenged Myers to respond to him in less than 24 hours.[37] After three days Myers replied with the track "El que no escribe". He explained that he did not publish it in less than 24 hours because no one tells him what to do, in a direct video on Instagram.[38] This was 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 have matured. A year later, he released a diss track on fellow artist Rauw Alejandro titled "Enterrauw".[37]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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US [17] |
US Latin [40] |
SPA [41] | ||||||||||||
Famouz |
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164 | 5 | 54 | ||||||||||
Famouz Reloaded |
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— | — | 54 | ||||||||||
Timelezz |
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70 | 2 | 4 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | EP details |
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Eyez on Me |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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US [44] |
US Latin [45] |
ARG [46] |
MEX [47] |
SPA [48] |
WW [49] | ||||||||||
"Deseos" (with Bryant Myers) |
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Eyez on Me | ||||||
"Se Supone" (remix) (with Darell and Ñengo Flow featuring Miky Woodz, Almighty and Myke Towers) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Están Pa' Mí" (with J Balvin) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Costear" (with Almighty) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
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Famouz | |||||||
"No Me Conoce" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
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"No Me Conoce" (remix) (with J Balvin and Bad Bunny) |
71 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
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"Deséame Suerte" (with Karol G and Haze) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
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Famouz Reloaded | |||||||
"A Tu Manera (Corbata)" (with Sofía Reyes) |
— | — | 85 | 25 | — | — | Mal de Amores | ||||||||
"Easy" (remix) (with Ozuna) |
— | 33 | — | — | — | — | Famouz Reloaded | ||||||||
"Medusa" (with Anuel AA and J Balvin) |
2020 | —[A] | 12 | 57 | — | 5 | — | Non-album single | |||||||
"Dispo" (with Brytiago) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
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Orgánico | |||||||
"Dime a Ve" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album single | |||||||
"Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) |
5 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | — | El Último Tour Del Mundo | ||||||||
"Kobe en LA" | — | 44 | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album single | |||||||
"Los Bo" (with Myke Towers) |
2021 | — | 40 | — | — | 46 | — |
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Timelezz | ||||||
"Fiel" (with Los Legendarios and Wisin) |
62 | 5 | 8 | — | 1 | — | Los Legendarios 001 | ||||||||
"Christian Dior" | — | 28 | — | — | 27 | — |
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Timelezz | |||||||
"Fiel" (remix) (with Wisin and Anuel AA featuring Myke Towers and Los Legendarios) |
— | — | — | — | 9 | — |
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Non-album singles | |||||||
"911" (remix) (with Sech) |
— | — | — | — | 11 | — |
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"Súbele el Volumen" (with Daddy Yankee and Myke Towers) |
— | — | — | 2 | 62 | — | |||||||||
"En Mi Cuarto" (with Skrillex) |
— | 22 | — | — | 31 | — | Timelezz | ||||||||
"Delincuente" (with Sebastián Yatra) |
— | — | — | — | 94 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
"Ley Seca" (with Anuel AA) |
—[B] | 12 | — | — | 2 | — |
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Timelezz | |||||||
"Emojis de Corazones" (with Wisin and Ozuna featuring Los Legendarios) |
— | 22 | — | — | 68 | — |
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Multimillo Vol. 1 | |||||||
"Súbelo" (with Anuel AA and Myke Towers) |
—[C] | 12 | — | — | 15 | — |
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Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren | |||||||
"Sensual Bebé" | 2022 | — | 22 | — | — | 28 | — | Le clique | |||||||
"Ande con Quien Ande" (with Myke Towers) |
— | — | — | — | 56 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
"En la de Ella" (with Feid and Sech) |
— | — | — | — | 20 | — | LE CLIQUE | ||||||||
"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) |
— | — | 16 | — | 26 | — | Antes de Ameri | ||||||||
"Holanda" | — | — | 21 | — | 3 | 54 | LE CLIQUE | ||||||||
"Ex-Special" (with Peso Pluma)[61] |
—[D] | — | — | — | 58 | — | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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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 | — | — | — | — |
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Sexflix 1.5 | |||||||
"Only Fans" (remix) (Young Martino, Lunay and Myke Towers featuring Joyce Santana, Brray, Jhayco, Darell, Arcángel and Ñengo Flow) |
2020 | — | — | — | 94 |
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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. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US [44] |
US Latin [45] |
ARG [46] |
SPA [48] | |||||||||||
"Easy" | 2019 | — | — | — | 5 | Famouz | ||||||||
"Imaginaste" (with Tainy) |
— | 45 | 75 | — |
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"Como Se Siente" | 2020 | — | — | — | 6 | Famouz Reloaded | ||||||||
"Como Se Siente" (remix) (with Bad Bunny) |
— | 7 | 61 | — | Las que no iban a salir | |||||||||
"512" (with Mora) |
2021 | — | — | 24 | 8 |
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Primer Día de Clases | |||||||
"Magnum" (with Nicky Jam) |
— | 41 | — | 78 | Infinity | |||||||||
"Dile (Homenaje)" | — | — | — | 5 |
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Timelezz | ||||||||
"La Venganza" (with J Balvin) |
— | 46 | — | — | Jose | |||||||||
"Memorias"[67] (with Mora) |
2022 | — | — | — | 6 | Microdosis | ||||||||
"Tarot" (with Bad Bunny) |
18 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 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. |
Award | Year | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Category | Result | Ref. |
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American Music Awards | 2021 | "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | [68] |
Favorite Song - Latin | Nominated | ||||
2022 | Himself | Favorite Male Latin Artist | Nominated | [69] | |
Billboard Music Awards | 2020 | "No Me Conoce (Remix)" (with J Balvin & Bad Bunny) | Top Latin Song | Nominated | [70] |
2021 | "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Won | [71] | ||
Billboard Latin Music Awards | 2020 | Himself | New Artist of the Year | Nominated | [72] |
2021 | Male Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year | Nominated | [73] | ||
"Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Vocal Event Hot Latin Song of the Year | Won | |||
Hot Latin Song of the Year | Won | ||||
Airplay Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Sales Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Streaming Song of the Year | Won | ||||
Latin Rhythm Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
2022 | Himself | Artist of the Year | Nominated | [74] | |
Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male | Nominated | ||||
Grammy Awards | 2023 | Un Verano Sin Ti | Album of the Year[E] | Nominated | |
Latin American Music Awards | 2019 | Himself | New Artist of the Year | Nominated | [75] |
2022 | Artist of the Year | Nominated | [76] | ||
Favorite Male Artist | Nominated | ||||
Favorite Urban Artist | Nominated | ||||
"Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Song of the Year | Won | |||
Favorite Urban Song | Won | ||||
"Fiel" (with Wisin) | Nominated | ||||
Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Viral Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
2023 | Himself | Favorite Urban Artist | Nominated | [77] | |
"Sensual Bebe" | Favorite Urban Song | Nominated | |||
iHeartRadio Music Awards | 2021 | "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year | Nominated | [78] |