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Jay Rod

Jeffrey Rodriguez(born November 7, 1995), more commonly known by his stage name Jay Rod, is a independent recording artist and webshow host known locally in the city of Portsmouth, Virginia.

In May 2010, Jay Rod joined hip-hop artist MFA to make up the group formerly known as Pardon The Swagg aka PTS. In January 2011 the group name was later changed to Raw Talent. In August 2011, the group released their debut mixtape, Portsmouth's Finest. The mixtape proved successful, receiving 1000 views in the first week. The mixtape has since been listended to over 2000 times. On August 2, 2011 Jay Rod publicly announced that he was working on a solo mixtape, that he later named Hater's Motivation. The mixtape was set to debut in November 2011, but because of techinical issues, the release date was changed to January 2012. The mixtape will contain fifteen songs and two bonus tracks.

Since starting his musical career in 2010, Jay Rod has released over 15 songs, has been featured on many songs, and has joined four other groups(excluding Raw Talent); The Polo Team, Da Fynest, 50-50's, and Legacy. Jay Rod extended his talent to show busineess, creating and starring in the web show, Music Is Me. The first episode premieres on Jay Rod's birthday, November 7 ,2011 at 7:30 pm ET.