Jayda G

Jayda Guy, known professionally as Jayda G, is a Canadian house music producer and DJ. She was nominated at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in the best electronic dance recording category for her song "Both of Us", and later remixed Dua Lipa's "Cool" for the album Club Future Nostalgia.

Early life

Guy grew up in Grand Forks, British Columbia, a small community of about 4,000 people just north of the Canada-U.S. border.

Education

Guy pursued an education in biology, working at a Vancouver aquarium, and later relocating to the city full time in 2013 to pursue a master's degree in Resource and Environmental Management, specializing in environmental toxicology.

While completing her master's degree, she pursued DJing at local Vancouver establishments as little more than a hobby, but she found with her connections to the local arts scene “everything kind of snowballed” and the DJ gigs started to become more frequent.

She released the EP Both of Us / Are You Down in July 2020.

Guy maintains connections to the science community, hosting the JMG Talks series in February 2020 while she was completing a residency at the London venue Phonox.

In 2023 through collaboration with CNN Films and Conservation International, Guy created a 60 minute documentary titled Blue Carbon which describes the importance of sea grasses and mangroves in coastal areas are critical to natural carbon capture, protecting wetlands and shorelines, animal habitats (particularly manatees and crocodiles) and human communities. Filming took place in Florida, Brazil, Viet Nam, Senegal, England and France.

Discography Albums Significant Changes (2019) DJ-Kicks (2021) Guy (2023)

EPs Both of Us / Are You Down (2020)