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Even if his music is West Coast gangsta rap,
Jay 305 is named after the Miami area code where he used to live, spending four years there beginning at the age of 11, avoiding gang members who were trying to kill him. After he returned to South Central,
Jay reunited with old friends like
Joe Moses and made some new ones like
Dom Kennedy, who signed
305 to his label Other People's Money.
305 landed his track "Youzza Flip" on the 2012 label compilation Young Nation, then in 2013 it was released on its own as a single.
Juicy J and
Wiz Khalifa jumped on the remix, then a weapons charge put
305 behind bars for a few months. Upon release in 2014, he joined
YG on the aptly titled album
Blame It on the Streets. That same year he landed a feature on
DJ Mustard's album
10 Summers, while 2015 saw him reunite with
Joe Moses for the single "Thuggin'." That track appeared on his Inner City Hero LP, which arrived the same year. The album featured appearances by
Dom Kennedy,
K Camp,
Suga Free, Joshua Mock, and
Ty Dolla $ign. The following year, he issued the "Yuck It Up" single, while "When You Say" with
Omarion arrived in 2017. ~ David Jeffries