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Birth name | Jason Cole Critchlow |
Born | Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. | February 25, 1998
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Years active | 2015–present |
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Jason Cole Critchlow (born February 25, 1998), known professionally as Jay Critch, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Brooklyn, New York City. He signed with Rich the Kid's record label, Rich Forever Music in November 2016, and first gained recognition following his numerous collaborations with the rapper. In a joint venture with Interscope Records, he released his debut solo mixtape Hood Favorite (2018), which entered the Billboard 200 along with his compilation albums with the former label— Rich Forever 3 (2017) and Rich Forever 4 (2019). [1]
Jason Cole Critchlow grew up in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He was born on February 25, 1998, to a Trinidadian mother and a British-Guyanese father. [2] As a child, he was fascinated by listening to his older brother rap. [3] Critch grew up listening to Fabolous, Lil Wayne, and Jay-Z, as well as other rappers from his hometown. [4]
Jay Critch's first major collaboration was with Rowdy Rebel on the song "Man Down" in 2015. [5] In 2016, he began uploading songs on SoundCloud. [6] He became the subject of widespread attention in 2016, when his song "Did It Again" was remixed by Rich the Kid, who signed him to Rich Forever Music in November. [7] Their collaboration went viral, with the music video gaining over a million views in the first week of its release. [6]
In November 2018, as a newly signed artist, Jay Critch released his debut solo mixtape, Hood Favorite. It features guest appearances from Offset, French Montana and Fabolous. [8] He also was featured on Lil Tjay's "Ruthless", which was certified platinum.
In December 2020, Jay Critch released his third mixtape, Signed with Love. [9]
On May 5, 2021, Jay returned with his mixtape, Critch Tape. Announced just hours before its release, the project contains 23 songs, with features from Fivio Foreign, Lil Tjay, and Drakeo the Ruler, among others. [9]
Title | Mixtape details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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US [10] | US R&B/HH [11] | |||||||||||
Rich Forever 3 (with Rich the Kid and Famous Dex) [12] |
| 93 | 42 | |||||||||
Hood Favorite [13] |
| 86 | 47 | |||||||||
Rich Forever 4 (with Rich the Kid and Famous Dex) [14] |
| 170 | — | |||||||||
Signed with Love [15] |
| — | — | |||||||||
Critch Tape [9] |
| — | — | |||||||||
Jugg Season [16] |
| — | — | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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