An independent
artist. Singer songwriter. Born in Chicago.
Spent most of his childhood in the Caribbean. Style icon inspired by the 30’s, 40’s
and 50’s.
Jesse Boykins III (JB3), the 27 year old singer songwriter spent his
childhood in Jamaica and Miami where he discovered his talent, and enjoyment
for hearing different sounds. The Chicago born musician, then moved to New York
City to spend his teenage years. Clearly inspired by each environment, JB3 is
influenced musically by all types of genres. JB3 has been known to not specify
what genre he creates, but always aims for it to be something the audience can
connect to.
His first EP came out in early 2008 and was called ‘Dopamine: My Life On My Back’, and has a very D’Angelo
inspired feel to it. This heartfelt EP, reveals some personal and soul touching
feelings. He then went on to create ‘The Beauty Created’ album released in the
latter part of 2008, where he worked with producers such as afta – 1 and Steve Wyreman (who has
worked with the likes of American Artist, Common). Then JB3 went on to release
another EP in 2011 called ‘Way
Of A Wayfarer’ with a slightly different feel to previous releases. As a
listener it was like he had evolved, and found a new way to still be true to
himself and his music, but the sound and style was a little different.
Recently, Jesse Boykins III has paired up
with MeLo-X, to craft ‘Zulu Guru’. Rooted in soul music,
Jesse Boykins and MeLo-X have brought what they know to the hip hop and R&B
table. Released on a British independent
record label, Ninja Tune (Zulu Guru will be released on the 15th of October)
the boys will certainly take the UK by storm!
His aim as an artist is
to be remembered and spoken about, when he is no longer creating music. And I
think that this deep rooted artist has already made a nice footprint on us with
his heart driven music!
