Jesse Boykins III

Jesse Boykins III (born February 20, 1985) 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 (2008) Zulu Guru (with MeLo-X) (2012) Love Apparatus (2014) Bartholomew (2017) New Growth (2023)

Extended plays Dopamine: My Life on My Back (2008) Way of a Wayfarer (2011)

Writing credits

"Playground" from Apollo XXI (2019) - Steve Lacy

Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Make Me a Fool" 2010 The Foreign Exchange, Median Authenticity "A Place Where Lovers Go" 2013 The Jet Age of Tomorrow JellyFish Mentality "Higher Times" The Internet Feel Good "Magic" Vic Mensa Innanetape "Tribe" 2014 Theophilus London Vibes "Heartbreak in Motion" 2015 Anna Lunoe "Go" Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, Mike Golden, Joey Purp Surf "Paradise" Logic The Incredible True Story "Just a Dose" Little Simz, Tiffany Goucheé, SiR, Isaiah Rashad, Kent Jamz Age 101: Drop X "Celestial Levels" 2016 Machinedrum Human Energy "Purple Tuesday" 2017 Rejjie Snow, Joey Bada$$ The Moon & You "Annie" 2018 Rejjie Snow Dear Annie "Twogether" Sango In The Comfort Of "You're Gonna Need It" 2019 Lophiile To Forgive "Wait 4 U" 2020 Machinedrum A View of U "Intelligent Design" 2022 Kilo Kish American Gurl "Silence of Love" 2023 Tiga, Hudson Mohawke L'Ecstacy "Stand for Something" 2026 Dahi, Ant Clemons, Baby Rose Black Boy (Alternative)