Iayze

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Jace in 2024
Background information
Birth nameJace Lavoer Salter [1]
Also known as
  • iayze
Born (2003-01-10) January 10, 2003 (age 21)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. [2]
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2019–present
Labels

Jace Lavoer Salter [1] (born January 10, 2003), known professionally as Iayze (pronounced as "Jace") or Jace!, is an American rapper from Fort Worth, Texas. He is better known for his song "556 (Green Tip)" which received traction on TikTok due to its quite jaunty, old-fashioned instrumental paired with the modern/violent lyrics that he uses. [4] He is currently independent.

Contents

Career

2016: Beginnings

Salter began recording music at age 13 and began releasing songs on YouTube under the alias "TGE Duwap", TGE standing for: Texas Gang Entertainment. He was inspired to start creating music after his friend, Almighty Jay convinced him to, whom of which Salter was creating cover arts for at the time. Salter claims to only have started taking music seriously with the birth of his daughter, Ela. [5]

2021–2023: Breakthrough

In 2021, Salter started releasing multiple mixtapes and extended plays before gaining traction after his song "C'mere" went viral on YouTube and TikTok. [6] In January 2022, he appeared on late rapper PnB Rock's mixtape SoundCloud Daze [7] before releasing the track "556 (Green Tip)" the following month. The song also went viral on TikTok, with multiple jokes being made about its instrumental. [4]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
Virtuous
Monarch 2
  • Released: January 11, 2023
  • Label: Simple Stupid, Geffen Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Reverence
  • Released: March 7, 2023
  • Label: Simple Stupid, Geffen Records, Top Kid Enterprise
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Reverence 2
  • Released: July 19, 2024
  • Label: Simple Stupid, Geffen Records, Top Kid Enterprise
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Mixtape

List of mixtapes, with selected details
TitleMixtape details
Demons 2
  • Released: July 28, 2022 [9]
  • Deluxe released: September 21, 2022
  • Label: Simple Stupid, Geffen Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

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