Jaffar Byn

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

He resides in Rinkeby.[1]

In 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

Studio albums

Album Year Peak chart positions
SWE
[3]
Ghettokända[4] 2018 —
Guantanamo[5] 2021 7
[6]
JB AHSP del 2 2022 24
[7]

EPs

  • Trilogin (2021)[4]

Singles

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

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

  1. ^ "Greatest of All Time (Freeslaktish)" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[10]
  2. ^ "Ett paradis utan änglar" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[15]

References

  1. ^ Ismaïl, Agri (6 March 2020). "Agri Ismaïl: Kendrick Lamars könsorgan är förstås inte lika stort som Eiffeltornet". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Verkligheten bakom Spotifymiljonerna: Gängkrig, mördade kamrater och fängelse". Expressen. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 28" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "JB aka Jaffar Byn är tillbaka med projektet "TRILOGIN"". dopest.se. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. ^ "JB tillbaka med efterlängtade albumet 'Guantanamo'". dopest.se. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 29" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 28" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 24" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 43". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 43". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 28, 2023". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Discography Jb & Yasin". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Discography JB". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 7" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 29". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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