Jesse Boykins III

Jesse Boykins III (born February 20, 1985) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Chicago, Illinois. 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. The Beauty Created (2008) Zulu Guru (with MeLo-X) (2012) Love Apparatus (2014) Bartholomew (2017) New Growth (2023) Dopamine: My Life on My Back (2008) Way of a Wayfarer (2011) "Playground" from Apollo XXI (2019) - Steve Lacy Penrose, Nerisha. "Jesse Boykins III Talks New Album 'Bartholomew' & Signing With Def Jam Records". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 2017-12-10. "Find Out Who's Nominated For Best Urban Contemporary Album | 2020 GRAMMY Awards". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Retrieved 2023-09-14. "Steve Lacy Debuts Prince-Influenced 'Apollo XXI' Single "Playground"". Hypebeast. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2023-09-14. Schatz, Lake (21 May 2019). "Steve Lacy teases debut album with new songs 'Outro Freestyle' and 'Playground': Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 23, 2019. Montes, Patrick (21 May 2019). "Steve Lacy Debuts Prince-Influenced 'Apollo XXI' Single 'Playground'". Hypebeast. Retrieved May 23, 2019. Youtube.com/jboykins3