Jahron Anthony Brathwaite (born July 3, 1993),[1] known professionally as PartyNextDoor, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the first artist to sign with Drake's record label OVO Sound, an imprint of Warner Records in 2013.[2] PartyNextDoor released his debut self-titled extended play in July that year to positive critical reception.[3][4][5]
Jahron Anthony Brathwaite was born on July 3, 1993, in Mississauga, Ontario. His father is of Trinidadian descent while his mother is of Jamaican descent.[9] Growing up in the Church, Brathwaite sung in the Church choir, alongside his mother, which he cites as his music roots.[9] Brathwaite began to produce music in his bedroom while in high school reaching out to record labels and creative directors who didn't see his vision as an artist, pushing him to learn to produce his music.[9] Brathwaite attended Applewood Heights Secondary School before dropping out at 16 years old to move to Los Angeles to pursue his music career.[10] Brathwaite began to post music under the alias Jahron B. to his Myspace account. At the time, all of his living costs were funded by his manager while he would receive $50 every two weeks from his mother to pay for groceries.[10]
His debut studio album PartyNextDoor Two was released on July 30, 2014. The record featured singles like "Her Way", "FWU", "East Liberty" and the Billboard charted "Recognize", featuring Drake. Later that year, on December 3, 2014, PartyNextDoor released the four-track EP titled PNDColours, with the follow-up Colours 2 released in 2017.[15] In 2015, he produced three songs on Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late: "Legend", "Preach" and "Wednesday Night Interlude".[9]
2016–2020: PartyNextDoor 3, Partymobile and Partypack
PartyNextDoor performing in 2016
PartyNextDoor earned his first number-one song as a songwriter when on January 27, 2016, Rihanna released the lead single "Work" from her eighth studio album, Anti.[16][17] The song maintained its spot at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks. He also penned the song "Sex with Me" on the same album.[2] On March 25, 2016, PartyNextDoor released "Come and See Me", which features fellow artist Drake, from his upcoming second studio album, PartyNextDoor 3 (also known as P3). A music video directed by affiliate and collaborator Adrian Martinez and featuring appearances by Kylie Jenner, Big Sean, and Jhené Aiko was released on Snapchat on June 23, 2016.[18] On June 15, 2016, Jeremih called into Real 92.3 LA to announce a joint album with PartyNextDoor called Late Night Party. On July 2, 2016, he released another single, "Like That", featuring Jeremih and Lil Wayne, on OVO Sound radio.[19] On July 21, 2016, PartyNextDoor announced the release date for his second studio album PartyNextDoor 3 for August 12, 2016, and released "Not Nice", the record's second single.[20]
He and Jeremih toured in 2016 and had plans to release a joint project.[21]
On June 4, 2017, PartyNextDoor released Colours 2 without any prior announcement. Additionally, instead of releasing separate videos for each of the EP's individual records, Party opted to surprise listeners and fans by sharing a single short film released on June 12, 2017 featuring snippets from all four records.[22]
On September 29, 2017, he released an EP titled Seven Days, which included guest appearances from Halsey and Rick Ross.
After a lead artist hiatus, PartyNextDoor returned in December 2019 with two singles "The News" and "Loyal", with the latter featuring Drake. They served as the lead singles of his album Partymobile which he tweeted would be released in February.[23] The album was eventually released on March 27, 2020, following delays.[24] He also released a remix of "Loyal" featuring Bad Bunny, with Drake also appearing on the remix as well.[25]
On October 15, 2020, Party surprise-announced the release of Partypack, a seven-song EP containing previously unreleased songs like the 2014 song "Persian Rugs". The EP was released the following day.[26]
2021–present: PartyNextDoor 4 and Some Sexy Songs 4 U
On January 29, 2021, Party released his 2014 EP, Colours, to streaming services for the first time. It includes four extra tracks that were previously released as Colours 2 in 2017.[27][28]
On October 6, 2023, Party appeared as a guest appearance on "Members Only", the fourteenth cut of Drake's For All the Dogs.[29] The track debuted at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Party's third entry on the chart.[30]
On April 26, 2024, Party released his highly-anticipated studio album, PartyNextDoor 4 which debuted at number 13 on the Canadian Albums Chart and number 10 on the Billboard 200, moving 37,000 copies in its first week.[31] The album was preceded by four singles: "Her Old Friends",[32] "Resentment",[33] "Real Women",[34] and "Lose my Mind".[35] Following the release of the album, Party embarked on his twenty-four date, Sorry, I’m Outside tour in Canada and the United States.[36] The tour was later extended to the United Kingdom and Europe, adding fifteen dates.[37]
On November 4, 2024,[38] Party released his 2015 single "Dreamin" after much anticipation without prior announcement due to a copyright issue, though previously mentioning that the song, along with Some of Your Love (and other popular unreleased songs) would never be released.
On February 3, 2025, Party and Drake announced the release of their collaborative studio album, Some Sexy Songs 4 U, which was released on February 14.[39][40][41][42][43] It peaked at number one at the Billboard 200, his first number-one album on the chart.[44]
Brathwaite has credited Jodeci, Boyz II Men, Blackstreet, 112, and NSYNC as his earliest musical influences. During his interview with The Fader, he revealed that those were the primary artists that his father would play around him, stating, "Slim from 112 is part of the reason why I pitched up my music, because he sounded so young when he was getting older".[9][10] However, Brathwaite's newer music is influenced heavily from Caribbean-influenced dancehall music.[45]
Musical style
Brathwaite’s music often covers the topics of relationships and sex, usually consisting of "drug use, screwed-up vocals, [and] gloomy sax riffs".[9] In his interview with The Fader, he revealed that at the time of his come-up, the music coming out of Toronto "were darker at the time", pushing him to flip the darkness, stating that he's "all about colours". He noted that he would "flip samples where one's a completely dark song and the next one is a complete sexual song".[9]
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