User:Capcap29/Jaiko

17-year-old Jaicko [pronounced Jay-ko] is a native of Barbados, who is known for his Caribbean infused music. Jaicko has been quoted saying his sound is, "A bit of Barbados brought to America. Music fans will want to listen to me all day. Caribbean fans will want to listen to me all day." In this vein, Jaicko is a far cry from the current wave of teenybopper talents. Jaicko writes and produces much of his own music, ontop of being the performer. His father Phillip Forrester is a longtime nightclub musician in Barbados, and therefore the father and son team make a formidable songwriting team. Jaicko has commented on the father and son duo, "My dad has always been a good friend, and a creative partner, so it's never realy been difficult to work as a father and son team. We write alot of our songs together; most of the songs that got me my deal were songs we wrote and produced." Because of such a musical environment, Jaicko has been performing on stage since the age of nine and recording songs in the studio since age ten. Jaicko reports that he was rapping before singing, "I always knew i could sing but I never took it serisouly. Back then, if you were a rapper, you couldn't be a singer. that's changing now though." Jaicko's first stage performance as a singer was at a club called the Ship In on the St. Lawrence gap. Due to instant overwhelming positive response, Jaicko went on to cut an independent album that sold 6,000 copies islandwide, which is considered a remarkable amount considering that the population of the island is under 300,000. Jaicko quickly climbed the nation's two Top 40 stations. He also opened for Ne-Yo when Ne-Yo performed in Barbardos. Jaicko has also been nominated for numerous Barbados music awards, including five last year, often pitted in the same category as fellow breakout Barbadian Rihanna. Jaicko notes that Rihanna has been inspirational in that it used to be almost impossible for a Barbadian artist to get a record deal, however seeing Rihanna skyrocket to fame has, "made me believe more i could do it, it removed whatever doubt was there." Jaicko has stated.