Jaffar Byn

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Jafar Ahmed Sadik (born 4 January 1996), better known as Jaffar Byn or JB, is a Swedish-Somali rapper.

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Personal life

Sadik was born in Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden. He resides in Rinkeby. [1]

In 2017, he was sentenced to four years imprisonment for the possession of weapons; he was released in October 2020 after serving three years of his sentence. [2]

Discography

Studio albums

AlbumYearPeak chart positions
SWE
[3]
Ghettokända [4] 2018
Guantanamo [5] 20217
[6]
JB AHSP del 2202224
[7]

EPs

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
SWE
[8]
"Pistol Whip"202011Non-album single
"Rea"202134
[9]
Guantanamo
"Greatest of All Time (Freeslaktish)" [A] Non-album singles
"Solvalla"202297
[11]
"Ambitions of a Rider"
(with Yasin)
202325
[12]

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsEP
SWE
[13] [14]
"Ett paradis utan änglar"
(featuring Iman)
2021 [B] Trilogin
"Bakom kulisserna"
(with Yasin)
202150
"Döden"202148
"Troublesome 21"202167
[16]
Guantanamo
"Oppblock"
(featuring Yasin)
202170
[16]

Notes

  1. "Greatest of All Time (Freeslaktish)" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [10]
  2. "Ett paradis utan änglar" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker chart. [15]

References

  1. Ismaïl, Agri (6 March 2020). "Agri Ismaïl: Kendrick Lamars könsorgan är förstås inte lika stort som Eiffeltornet". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. "Verkligheten bakom Spotifymiljonerna: Gängkrig, mördade kamrater och fängelse". Expressen. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. "Veckolista Album, vecka 28" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 "JB aka Jaffar Byn är tillbaka med projektet "TRILOGIN"". dopest.se. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. "JB tillbaka med efterlängtade albumet 'Guantanamo'". dopest.se. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  6. "Veckolista Album, vecka 29" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. "Veckolista Album, vecka 28" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  9. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 24" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 43". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  11. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 43". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  12. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 28, 2023". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  13. "Discography Jb & Yasin". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  14. "Discography JB". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  15. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 7" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  16. 1 2 "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 29". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 23 July 2021.