15 Facts About Jay Versace

Jay Versace began posting comedy videos onto Vine as a teenager, and amassed over three million followers on the platform before shifting focus onto a career in music production in 2018.

Jay Versace's moniker was inspired by a Vine video in which American rapper Riff Raff feeds his dog "Versace water from the fountain of life".

In 2014, Versace began making comedic videos onto the video-sharing platform Vine, usually involving reenactments of certain scenarios involving his family members, friends, and entertainers.

Jay Versace's work was noted to involve the amplification of the spirituality, creativity, and mental health of black people.

Jay Versace relocated to Los Angeles in 2016 at the age of 18.

Jay Versace was nominated for Viner of the Year at the 8th Shorty Awards.

Jay Versace had amassed over three million followers and two billion total views on Vine before the platform was discontinued in January 2017.

Jay Versace starred alongside American actors Danielle Campbell and Nathan Kress in his own Fullscreen web series, Jay Versace is Stuck in the 90s, which was nominated for Best Web Series at the 10th Shorty Awards.

Jay Versace started experimenting with music production for the first time in May 2018, with help from his musician friends Knxwledge and Pink Siifu.

Jay Versace began posting atmospheric, lo-fi music instrumentals to his SoundCloud account.

Jay Versace then produced all tracks on the mixtape, The Versace Tape by American rapper Boldy James, which became Boldy's first-ever release on Griselda Records in August 2020.

Jay Versace produced the song "Safari" off of American rapper Tyler, the Creator's sixth studio album Call Me If You Get Lost, which won the award for Best Rap Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

Jay Versace then produced the songs "SOS" and "Smoking on My Ex Pack" from American singer SZA's second studio album, SOS, which earned him critical acclaim and commercial success.

SZA credits her first attempts at rap music to Jay Versace, who encouraged her to "talk her shit".

Jay Versace came out as queer via a Snapchat post in 2016, claiming that "I love people in general idgaf what gender you are".