She moved to Florida, where she was primarily bartending and busking on the beach but returned to Toronto in 2014 after being accepted to The Remix Project's Academy of Recording Arts.

Her roots brought her back to Toronto during her sophomore year but after graduating she opted out of college and instead chose to pursue her music while doing other odd jobs on the side. She played guitar as a child and began writing her own music in high school. Reyez was born in Toronto, to Colombian parents. 'I was this close to selling my soul that night I was this close to breaking,' she says in the short film Gatekeeper: A True Story. She was recently presented with the Breakout Songwriter Award and received two SOCAN Dance Music Awards for her work with Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa and Sam Smith.Kiddo Jessie Reyez Jessie Reyez could've given up the night five years ago that she was propositioned and threatened by a 'big producer' whose name has never been revealed instead she is sitting here with a record deal with Island Records. Approaching half a billion streams worldwide for her own music and her debut full-length album on the way, Jessie Reyez is set to turn a great 2018 into a game-changing 2019. The summer of 2018 brought little rest for Reyez as she released multiple singles throughout the Summer leading to the EP’s autumn release.

In addition to these achievements, Jessie won Canada’s prestigious Juno Award for 2018’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year, which was followed this year with a win for her 2019’s R&B / Soul Record of the Year.

The news follows last year’s monumental accomplishments including a sold out dates across the UK, Europe and the US, the autumn 2018 release of her second EP, Being Human in Public, which gained wide-spread acclaim from fans and critics alike including Clash, New York Times, The FADER, NYLON and more and numerous performances at world renowned music festivals including Outside Lands, Lollapalooza, AFROPUNK, Made In America and Bonnaroo. Jessie Reyez is a Canadian singer and songwriter and will release a CD and vinyl of her combined 2 first EPs Kiddo and Being Human In Public.

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