Jonathan Kweku Awote-Mensah (born 27 March 1992), known professionally as Jae5, is a British-Ghanaian record producer and mixing engineer from Plaistow, East London. He is a Grammy Award-winning producer and is signed to Black Butter Records.
Jonathan Mensah grew up in London as a child and moved to Ghana from age 9 to age 12 with his brothers. He is the older brother of NSG members Kruddz and OGD.[1] When he moved back to London, he did courses at the program APE Media, where he developed production and engineering skills. His older brother also had a DJ program where he learned how to use Fruity Loops and other software tools.[2]
Career
Jae5 was part of a production company called JOAT Music Group, started by his uncle Blemish and artist Randy Valentine.[2] He began working with J Hus with JOAT in 2015 and produced the mixtape The 15th Day to widespread acclaim.[3] He later began producing for other British artists such as MoStack and Dave. In 2017, he executive produced the album Common Sense by J Hus, spawning the successful single "Did You See".[4] Following that success, he worked with Burna Boy on the songs "Sekkle Down" and "Calm Down". Also in 2018, he worked with Geko, Shakka, Mr Eazi, Rudimental, and Young T & Bugsey, as well as producing NSG's most successful single "Options". In 2019, he produced the multi platinum single "Location" and "Disaster" by Dave. His producing credits earned him accolades such as the GRM Rated Awards and MOBO Awards for Best Producer.[5][6]
In 2021, Jae5 released his debut single as a lead artist called "Dimension" featuring Skepta and Rema.[7][8]
Artistry
Jae5 was credited by many publications as a producer for pioneering the fusion genre of afroswing.[2] His sound is described as a fusion between grime, afrobeats, bashment, and dancehall.[9]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
