Jesse Boykins III


Jesse Boykins III 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. Boykins received his first Grammy nomination for co-writing Steve Lacy's lead single Playground from his ApolloXXI album.

Discography

Studio albums

  • The Beauty Created
  • Zulu Guru
  • Love Apparatus
  • Bartholomew
  • New Growth

    Extended plays

  • Dopamine: My Life on My Back
  • ''Way of a Wayfarer''

    Writing credits

  • Apollo XXI: Playground - Steve Lacy

    Guest appearances