Jafar Ahmed Sadik, better known as Jaffar Byn or the initials JB (born 4 January 1996 in Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish-Somali rapper.
Personal life
editLegal issues
editIn 2017, he was sentenced to four years imprisonment for the possession of weapons; he was released in October 2020 after serving three years of his sentence.[2]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Album | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [3] | ||
| Ghettokända[4] | 2018 | — |
| Guantanamo[5] | 2021 | 7 [6] |
| JB AHSP del 2 | 2022 | 24 [7] |
EPs
edit- Trilogin (2021)[4]
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [8] | |||
| "Pistol Whip" | 2020 | 11 | Non-album single |
| "Rea" | 2021 | 34 [9] |
Guantanamo |
| "Greatest of All Time (Freeslaktish)" | —[A] | Non-album singles | |
| "Solvalla" | 2022 | 97 [11] | |
| "Ambitions of a Rider" (with Yasin) |
2023 | 25 [12] |
Other charted songs
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | EP |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [13][14] | |||
| "Ett paradis utan änglar" (featuring Iman) |
2021 | —[B] | Trilogin |
| "Bakom kulisserna" (with Yasin) |
2021 | 50 | |
| "Döden" | 2021 | 48 | |
| "Troublesome 21" | 2021 | 67 [16] |
Guantanamo |
| "Oppblock" (featuring Yasin) |
2021 | 70 [16] |
Notes
edit- ^ "Greatest of All Time (Freeslaktish)" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[10]
- ^ "Ett paradis utan änglar" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[15]
References
edit- ^ Ismaïl, Agri (6 March 2020). "Agri Ismaïl: Kendrick Lamars könsorgan är förstås inte lika stort som Eiffeltornet". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Verkligheten bakom Spotifymiljonerna: Gängkrig, mördade kamrater och fängelse". Expressen. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 28" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ a b "JB aka Jaffar Byn är tillbaka med projektet "TRILOGIN"". dopest.se. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "JB tillbaka med efterlängtade albumet 'Guantanamo'". dopest.se. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 29" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 28" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 24" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 43". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 43". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 28, 2023". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Discography Jb & Yasin". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Discography JB". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 7" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 29". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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