JADEN TAFAYE

Representing Vienna, Austria, Jaden was born into a Christian household in a small township outside of the Austrian capital. Trialed by topics such as the divide of his family, religious struggles and depression at a young age, these factors have directly influenced his artistry to this day. At age 11, the rapper got into songwriting through his inspiration stemming from Battle-Rap competitions in the German scene. In the same year, Jaden moved to Vienna to join his father who had already been living there since Tafaye's parents divorce. Being introduced to the street culture and ethnical variety the capital offered was a huge shift from the relatively quiet life in his township in Lower Austria. After honing his craft for many years, in which his style underwent many drastical changes, from Battle-Rap to Trap to Boom Bap and now finally to his Soul-inspired style of hip-hop, attempting to fuse the styles of influences such as Kendrick Lamar, Isaiah Rashad, Baby Keem and Yung Senju, the young artist uses alternate personalities to tell stories about leftism, social injustice and religious struggles. Jaden Tafaye packages these tales into easy to digest music, delivering them with smooth, refined flows over laid-back, soul/jazz-inspired instrumentals.