Jaydes

**Jayden Yen Dumont** (born February 24, 2006), known professionally as **Jaydes** (stylized in all lowercase), is an American rapper, singer, record producer and songwriter in Pompano Beach, Florida. He later gained popularity in the underground hip hop scene in the 2020s, began to upload tracks from social media to streaming platforms, such as SoundCloud.

## Early life

Jayden Yen Dumont was born on February 24, 2006, in Pompano Beach, Florida. During his early life, his father was a Haitian descent, preserved as his mother became a Puerto Rican of Dominican descent. Dumont's haitian father was an Rhythm and blues artist. When Dumont was a child, his parents often upon playing Jodeci and Erykah Badu around that house multiple times. Dumont grew up his passion for music, he started playing and writing music. Dumont took piano lessons as in elementary school and growing up his teenager years.

### 2019-2021: Career breakthrough and release

On the underground rap blog interview Masked Gorilla, Jaydes stated that in 2019, he began to recording music, he claimed that he was recording on Audacity, and since then recorded mixed, producing his music in FL Studio. In the early 2020s, Jaydes began to release music on SoundCloud, by the name of "Evvls". His songs "HighSchool", "Trust Issues", "South", and "Clueless", his singles later gained traction online. He was best known for soft vocals, which it popularized the Pluggnb genre four years later. In 2021, Jaydes would release his Extended play (EP) _!?_ (2021), it later rose to prominence to his third track "Scam Likely".

### 2022-present: Romanticism & Heartpacing

In 2022, Jaydes released a 4-track extended play (EP) studio "Romanticism". His project was made with positive criticism, with listeners praising the project like his angel-vocals, acoustic guitar playing, and fusion of his sound, though it was criticized for its short runtime, and it was similar to his other EP !?. Jaydes would make a guest appearance on the title track on Rich Amiri's second extended play (EP), _For The Better_ (2022). On August 2022, Jaydes would released his pacing self-produced (EP) _Heartpacing', which it received a significant attention and considered a turning point to Dumont's career._

#### Lyrical concerns

In the opening track of _Count Up Dracula_, the single titled "Junkie", Dumont says "Killed my girlfriend and it felt so good/I opened up her body and i ate her guts". These lyrics from Dumont's song were seemed shock value initially, and it was questioned by the Broward County Sheriff's Office from Dumont's arrest in 2024.

### Aggravated battery with a deadly weapon

On November 3, 2024, a warrant for Dumont's arrest was issued issued by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office after reportedly stated that Dumont had killed and stabbed his 17-year old ex-girlfriend in the neck and arms with scissors and box cutter when she had advances to denied sexual intercourse.  The victim who later got sent to the pediatric emergency room with stitches. They discovered of the lyrics in Dumont's song "Junkie”. Around a week later on November 10, 2024, a emergency 9-1-1 was called on Dumont at a Denny's in Oakland Park, Florida, where he had a mental episode, with holding a knife, threatening to kill someone, he would be charged with attempted murder.

### Studio albums

- _Ghetto Cupid_ (2023)
- _Count Up Dracula_ (2024)
- _Yen_ (2026)

### Extended plays

- _!?_ (2021)
- _Romanticism_ (2022)
- _Heartpacing_ (2022)
- _Sativa_ (2022)
- _Bipolar_ (2024)
- _Panic_ (2024)

### Singles

- Jug (2020)
- PayPal (2021)
- HighSchool (2021)
- 27 (with Riovaz) (2021)
- StayMadPussy (2021)
- Offensive (2021)
- Do 2 Much (2021)
- Trust Issues (2021)
- Wya? (2021)
- Slugs (2022)
- South (2022)
- Poison (2022)
- I Hate People (2024)

## External links

- Jaydes at AllMusic

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Jaydes
- **birth name**: Jayden Yen Dumont
- **birth place**: Pompano Beach, Florida
- **years active**: 2019-present
- **image**: Jaydes November 2025 Mugshot.png
- **caption**: Dumont in his 2025 mugshot