{"id":295048,"date":"2023-02-05T08:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T07:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=295048"},"modified":"2023-02-05T08:39:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T07:39:04","slug":"jaywon-biography-age-career-net-worth-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/jaywon-biography-age-career-net-worth-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaywon Biography: Age, Career, Net Worth, &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaywon has been active in the Nigerian music scene for over thirteen years now, right from when he was a Kennis Music signee to being the CEO of Next World Music Record Label. As you read through this article, we&#8217;ll be discussing the biography of this Kogi State-born singer, songwriter, performer, record producer, and actor. We&#8217;d tell you about his childhood, career, and awards he&#8217;s won, as well as mention the songs, EPs, and albums he released in his decade-plus music career.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-295049\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jaywon-Biography.jpg\" alt=\"Jaywon Biography\" width=\"605\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jaywon-Biography.jpg 605w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jaywon-Biography-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biography of Jaywon would be discussed below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Early Life and Education\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaywon, whose real name is Oluwajuwonlo Iledare, was born in Egbe, Kogi State, on June 6, 1986. He is a native of Egbe Mekun in Kogi State. He had his primary school education at ECWA Primary School before proceeding to Government Secondary School in Kogi State to obtain his secondary school education. After obtaining his SSCE, Jaywon went on to receive his tertiary education at Federal Polytechnic, Bida, where he graduated with a higher national diploma degree (HND) in Accounting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Age<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaywon will turn 37 years old on June 6, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Music Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2005, Jaywon moved to Lagos State to pursue a career in music. In his second year in Lagos, Jaywon, then as an independent artist, had secured collaboration with artists such as Ray G, Sound Sultan, 2face, Slizzy E, and W4. In 2009, Jaywon secured a record deal with Kennis Music Record Label, months after he had impressed the label executive with his performance at the 2009 Kennis Music Fiesta.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaywon released his first official body of work in 2009 titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet Jaywon, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and two years later he dropped <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet Jaywon Reloaded, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both released through Kennis Music. His first major song that enjoyed critical and commercial success was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Year (Odun Yi)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was released in December 2012. The song earned him an endorsement arrangement with PZ Cussons, allowing the company to use the song for promotional purposes. In 2013, he released an EP titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Year (Odun Yi)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which housed five tracks which include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Year (Odun Yi), From Anambra, Angelina, Madantin, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tanawole.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After about 4 years in Kennis Music,\u00a0 Jaywon departed the record label to form his indie record label tagged Next World Music. Through his label, Jaywon released some songs which featured artists like Vector, Reekado Banks, and Reminisce, in preparation for his third music album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oba Orin. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In 2016, Jaywon released his much-anticipated third album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oba Orin. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album was the first album that was released through his record label, Next World Music.\u00a0 The album enjoyed support from guest appearances from Reekado Banks, May D, Phyno, Oritse Femi, Obesere, Mode 9, and 9ice, among others. Some songs in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oba Orin <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">album include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Way, Fog, Back to Sender, Kule Lori, Back Home, Gbadun, Paraga, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFM (Mama).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On June 25, 2020, Jaywon released a 10-song extended playlist (EP) tagged <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aje, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which featured Save Fame, Zlatan, Phyno, Barry Jhay, IDYL, QDot, Keke Ogunde, and Umu Obiligbo, among others.\u00a0 The team that was involved in the production of the EP consist of Blaq Jerzee, Irockclassic, Soularge, Don Adah, Tefa Phynest, and Xsmile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Jaywon&#8217;s fourth studio album tagged <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jahbalee <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through Next World Music, in March 2022. The 14-track album features several artists, including Seyi Vibez, Raybekah, Jaywillz, Timaya, Portable, Femeye, Medikal, Donna, Namenji, Kerwin Du Bois, and Tanashe. Some of the songs of the album include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember, Don&#8217;t Leave Me, City of Love, Don&#8217;t Stop, Caribbean Queen, So in Love, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On God.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from being a singer and songwriter which he is widely known, Jaywon also produces songs and even acts. Jaywon was part of the cast of\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Army of the Thieves.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Discography<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a breakdown of the albums, EPs, and songs credited to Jaywon as the lead artist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the studio albums of Jaywon:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet Jaywon (2009)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet Jaywon Reloaded (2011)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oba Orin (2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jahbalee (2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the extended plays (EPs) of Jaywon:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Year (Odun Yi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aje\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the songs Jaywon is credited as the lead artist:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Year (Odun Yi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Anambra<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angelina<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madantin Remix (featuring Olamide, Phyno, and May D)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tanawole (featuring Reminisce)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give Me (featuring Stormrex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gbadu (featuring Reekado Bank)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Show Me (Bami Tale)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intro (featuring Kris D&#8217; razor)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly Muke (featuring 9ice)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back Home\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofun Won\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fog (Favour of God)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Champion (Akogun)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kule Lori (featuring Reminisce &amp; Seriki)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okun United (featuring Kefchild)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paraga (featuring Small Doctor &amp; Obesere)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back to Sender (with Vector tha Viper)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another Level (featuring Mr. Eazi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another Christmas is Here<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sugar (featuring Jaywillz)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Last (featuring Seyi Vibes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banuso (featuring Oritse Femi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Way (ft. Tiwa Savage)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PFM (Mama) (featuring Mode 9)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Thinking (featuring Medikal)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On God (featuring Fameye)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albarka (featuring Namenj)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kati (featuring Kati)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in Love (featuring A Pass)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caribbean Queen\u00a0 (featuring Kerwin Du Bois)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t Stop\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t Leave Me (featuring Raybekah)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The City of Love (featuring Timaya)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Next World Music Record Label\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaywon left Kennis Music in 2013 to form his indie record label, Next World Record Label. Through this imprint, Jaywon released his third and fourth albums, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oba Orin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jahbalee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> respectively, as well as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aje<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a mixtape that he released in 2020. He signed the record label&#8217;s first artist named Twist Da Fireman in 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a list of awards Jaywon has won in his career:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best New Act Award at the 2009 Nigerian Entertainment Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Recording Award at The Headies 2013 Edition<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Indigenous Act Award at the 2016 Edition of ACIA\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Recognition Award at the 2016 Edition of Tush Awards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h2><strong>Net Worth<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaywon has been in the music industry for over a decade, and within that time he&#8217;s been able to accumulate a substantial amount of wealth from several income streams, including album sales, streaming royalties, show performances, and more. Although we can&#8217;t say for a fact how much Jaywon is worth, we are inclined to state that his estimated net worth falls between $1.5 million and $3 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaywon has been active in the Nigerian music scene for over thirteen years now, right from when he was a &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Jaywon Biography: Age, Career, Net Worth, &#038; More\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/jaywon-biography-age-career-net-worth-more\/#more-295048\" aria-label=\"More on Jaywon Biography: Age, Career, Net Worth, &#038; More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2534,"featured_media":295049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jaywon-Biography.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6w1sx-1eKQ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295050,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295048\/revisions\/295050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}