About Jessie Reyez
Jessica Reyez was born in Toronto, Ontario on June 12, 1991 to Colombian immigrant parents. She launched her recording career in 2014 and signed with Island Records after early industry attention. Her EP Kiddo (2017) won the Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year in 2018. She has continued releasing material across multiple decades alongside extensive collaborations with Eminem (the singles Coffin and Good Guy on Music to Be Murdered By, 2020), Calvin Harris, and others.
Sound and style
Jessie Reyez's sound combines R&B, contemporary R&B, alternative R&B, pop, and Latin influences with her distinctive emotionally direct vocal delivery and lyrical content addressing relationships, identity, sexual harassment in the music industry, and personal experience.
Discography highlights
- Kiddo EP (2017, FMLY/Island)
- Being Human in Public EP (2018, FMLY/Island)
- Before Love Came to Kill Us (2020, FMLY/Island/Universal)
- Yessie (2022, FMLY/Island)
For collectors
Island Records pressings of the Jessie Reyez catalog have been issued in color variant editions.
Where to start
Listeners new to Jessie Reyez typically start with Before Love Came to Kill Us (2020) or Yessie (2022). Explore more: R&B And Soul