The Spotlight is On Toronto, and JAHKOY Has Been Added to the List of “Making It”

By: Lyndsay Brown

JAHKOY, artist originally from Toronto has been making music from a very young age with the support, and encouragement from his family. I personally have had the pleasure watching him grow as an artist for a long time online. Over the years he has made some major changes as he grew as an entertainer. JAHKOY started out as a Rapper, evolved into a Singer, changing his alias from Raheem to JAHKOY, went from living in Toronto to moving to L.A!

When I learned he moved to L.A I just knew big things would happen for him. Not sure if you noticed, but I also follow Def Jam Records news, and seen signs that he was on their radar. Currently, JAHKOY is now under the Def Jam Records umbrella promoting his love/heartbreak song “Odd Future”; how they picked “Odd Future” from his hugely successful catalog of music I don’t know! Bet it was like picking candy from a candy shop (not easy)! All of his songs are great! His sound can largely be compared to R&B, but has an electric zing to it bringing attention to his work. Another thing that has stood out to me is his choice of cover art/promo art; it matches his music like a puzzle. JAHKOY has of late been choosing leafs, trees, flowers images for art using them in such a way where it’s not too girly, more like a natural/nature like Caribbean classy touch. JAHKOY will be kicking off on a North American tour soon see dates & locations on the poster to the left (for more information go to www.jahkoy.com ). I have attached a Spotify link to JAHKOY song “Odd Future” below if you haven’t heard it yet.