Jhayco

Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés (born April 9, 1993), known professionally as Jhayco (formerly Jhay Cortez), is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer. After releasing multiple EPs, his debut studio album Famouz was released in 2019.

Early life
Cortés was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Later, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where he learned English.

Cortés began songwriting at age 15, gaining the interest of producer Eddie Dee. Cortés wrote music with Lele el Arma Secreta and Eliel, who introduced Cortés to the duo Zion & Lennox. Cortés composed three songs that featured on Zion & Lennox's 2011 album Los Verdaderos: "Como curar", "Detective de tu amor", and "Soltera" (under the pseudonym Jay el Superdotado).

Cortés wrote five singles for Tito El Bambino, including "Llama al sol" featured on his 2011 album Invencible, which won a Latin Grammy for Best Tropical Album.

Career
In 2013, Cortés began as a singer for the Latin pop group Stereo 4, composed of four Puerto Rican singers: Jafet Cortes, Eduardo Esteras, Rubén Chinea, and Jesús M. Nieves. Cortés later launched his career as a soloist. He collaborated with Stereo 4 for the last time in 2016 with the song "Te quiero ver".

On August 22, 2017, Cortés was the first artist signed under House of Haze, a partnership established between Universal Music Latino and producer Fino como el Haze. He released his first single, "Donde no se vea" under this label, collaborating with Jory Boy and Pusho.

On March 16, 2018, Cortés performed at SXSW's Sounds from Puerto Rico showcase.

Cortés helped in the composition of the songs "Criminal" by Natti Natasha with Ozuna and "Mi Religión" by Yandel. On May 16 2018, he released the EP Eyez on Me under the Universal Music Latino record label. At the end of 2018, he released his single "Costear" with Almighty, which led to the release of two remixes.

On February 22, 2019, Cortés released the single "No Me Conoce" which reached the top of several Latin American music charts. It was certified triple platinum by PROMUSICAE of Spain; the song also featured a remix with J Balvin and Bad Bunny and was certified 20 platinum by the US RIAA. In that same year, he also released the song "Deseame suerte" with the collaboration of Karol G. On May 24, 2019, he released his first studio album, Famouz, under the Universal Music Latino label. It was ranked 164 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

In 2020, Cortés published a special edition of his first studio album with unreleased songs under the name Famouz Reloaded and released a new single, "Dime a ve," which would be part of his second album, Timelezz. He was also the winner of five ASCAP awards as a composer and two Tú Música Urbano Awards in the categories of Composer of the Year and New Generation Album by Famouz. He received nominations for the Billboard Awards for Latin music, Premios Juventud, Lo Nuestro Awards and the Latin Grammys. On October 30, he released the song "Dakiti" in collaboration with Bad Bunny which reached number one on the Billboard Global 200 charts; it also reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 9. At the end of that year, he collaborated on the remix "La Curiosidad" by Jay Wheeler and Myke Towers. It also appeared on Yandel's album Quien Contra Mí 2 in the collaboration of the song "Ponme al día".

At the beginning of 2021, Cortés participated in a production of Los Legendarios with the song "Fiel" with Wisin, which reached number 9 globally on the Spotify music platform. On March 14, he appeared with Bad Bunny performing "Dakiti" at the Grammy Awards ceremony. He also received another IHeartRadio Music Awards nomination in the Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year category for "Dakiti".

Personal life
Cortez was in a relationship with pornstar Mia Khalifa.

Controversies
In 2020, Cortez had a public spat with fellow rapper Bryant Myers on Twitter. The two rappers published diss tracks.