Jaydayoungan sadly passed away in 2022, but his legacy will remain a fixture through his extensive catalog of music including his posthumous, full body of work, Forever 23 2X. The album release date, 2/3/23, holds significant importance to Jaydayoungan and his family, as he proudly touted the saying #BIG23. The album is accompanied by a touching music video for "Goodbye," honoring the young artist. Forever 23 2x is a follow up from his 2018 mixtape, Forever 23, which peaked at #37 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #86 on the Billboard Top 200. Forever 23 currently has 494 million US streams, 359K album equivalents, and is currently garnering over 1.5 million weekly streams. Jaydayoungan's fanbase has proven to be loyal, as the late-great rapper's catalog has amassed 4 billion streams. After casually writing rhymes in class, he started to take hip-hop seriously in 2016. He first joined forces with FG Famous for "Stick Up," generating 1.4 million YouTube views. Turning heads locally, he ignited a prolific string of projects, including his breakout mixtape Ruffwayy [2017], The Real Jumpman 23 [2017], Wake Up [2018], 23 [2018], Forever 23 [2018], Endless Pain [2019], Can't Speak On It [2019], Misunderstood [2019], Baby23 [2020], 23 Is Back [2021], Scarred-EP and All Is Well-EP [2022]. Early in his career, he inked a deal with Atlantic Records, as single "23 Island" became 3X RIAA Certified Platinum with over 420 million streams. Singles "Thot Thot," and "Elimination" became RIAA Certifierd Platinum while his records, "Opps" & "Purge" became RIAA Certified Gold.
