Jesse Boykins III

Jesse Boykins III (born February 20, 1985) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Chicago, Illinois.

Jesse Boykins III
Jesse Boykins III performing in May 2009
Background information
Birth name	Jesse Boykins III
Also known as	JBIII JB3
Born	(1985-02-20) February 20, 1985 (age 40) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	World soul neo soul R&B electronic reggae spoken word hip hop
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Ninja Tune Def Jam

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.^[1] Boykins received his first Grammy nomination for co-writing Steve Lacy's lead single Playground from his ApolloXXI album.^[2][3]

Discography

Boykins in 2014

Studio albums

• The Beauty Created (2008)
• Zulu Guru (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

• Apollo XXI: Playground - 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