WHO IS JAY N.Y.C.E.?BORN JAIME ANDRES RODRIGUEZ ON FEBRUARY 2, 1978 IN PALMIRA, VALLE COLOMBIA WAS BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES TO RESIDE IN QUEENS, NEW YORK AT JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF AGE.
AN ONLY CHILD OF A SINGLE MOTHER JAY CAME UP WITH ONLY HIS HARD WORKING MOTHER AS A ROLE MODEL. JAY'S MOTHER WOULD WORK NIGHTS LEAVING HIM ALONE SINCE THE AGE OF TEN. IT WAS IN THIS ABSENCE OF AUTHORITY THAT JAY STARTED LOOKING TOWARDS THE STREETS FOR COMPANY.
GROWING UP AROUND DRUG DEALERS AND STICK UP KIDS WASN'T EASY FOR JAY WHOM TRIED TO FIGHT OFF THE HOODS NEGATIVE PEER PRESSURES . AFTER SEEING MOST OF HIS FRIENDS GET SEND OFF TO JAIL JAY STARTED LOOKING TOWARDS OTHER WAYS OUT. JAY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE HIS FRIENDS OVER THE HOUSE FREESTYLING TO KEEP OFF THE STREETS ,IT WAS THEN THAT AN IDEA OCCURRED TO JAY TO PICK UP A PEN AND START WRITING LIRICS.
SHORTLY AFTER TURNING 17 JAY FOUND A JOB AS A CLUB PROMOTER PUTTING HIM RIGHT BACK ON THE STREETS. ONLY THIS TIME WITH A MUCH MORE POSITIVE INFLUENCE. JAY BECAME ALL BOROUGH HANDING OUT FLYERS ALL OVER QUEENS,BROOKLYN,MANHATTAN,THE BRONX AND STATEN ISLAND WHICH EVENTUALLY LANDED HIM A SHORT GIG AT ROCKAFELLA RECORDS AS PART OF THE STREET TEAM. SEEING THE INNER WORKINGS OF A RECORD LABEL ALONG WITH MEETING THE GREAT LATE BIGGIE SMALLZ INFLUENCED JAY TO SOMEDAY BECOME MUCH MORE.
KNOWING THE STREETS WASN'T THE WAY JAY DECIDED TO ACTUALLY TRY WORKING A REGULAR JOB IN WHICH TAUGHT HIM HIS MUCH RESPECTED WORK ETHIC. WHILE WORKING AT HOME DEPOT JAY MET A COUPLE OF GUYS FROM NVEE PROMOTIONS WHOM SHARED HIS SAME IDEAS ABOUT BUSSINESS. AFTER SUFFERING AN ON THE JOB ACCIDENT JAY DECIDED TO AQUIRE HIS BARBERS MASTERS LICENSE AND OPEN HIS OWN BUSSINESS.
AFTER ONE YEAR OF SUCCESS JAY TRAVELED TO HOUSTON TEXAS FOR A VACATION. AFTER SEEING THE POSIBILITIES AND DIFFERENCE IN CULTURE JAY DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE. SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING TO NEW YORK JAY PACKED UP AND DECIDED TO MOVE. IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THAT HE MET UP WITH A D.J./PRODUCER BY THE NAME OF MASTA SHADOW. AFTER A FREESTYLE SESSION WITH JAY SHADOW FELT HE HAD FOUND THE SOUND HE NEEDED TO MATCH HIS BEATS.
SHADOW WAS CURRENTLY LOOKING TO ASSEMBLE A GROUP BY THE NAME OF MAESTRIYA. IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS THE GROUP WAS OPENING UP SHOWS FOR SUCH REKNOWN ARTISTS AS DADDY YANKEE,TEGO CALDERON AND IVY QUEEN. DUE TO CREATIVE DIFFERENCES THE GROUP SPLIT UP. JAY WENT ON TO RELEASE HIS FIRST MIX TAPE ENTITLED THE ROUGH DRAFT. IT WAS A CREATIVE EFFORT TO DISPLAY JAY'S VERSATILITY FROM HIP HOP TO LATIN HIP HOP TO REGGEATON. JAY IS NOW CURRENTLY WORKING ON HIS FIRST ALBUM SLATED FOR RELEASE IN FEBRUARY OF 0'8.
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