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29 unusual facts about John "Jay" Traynor


Armand de Brignac

An appearance in the Jay-Z music video of "Show Me What You Got" prior to the launch of the Armand de Brignac brand sparked wide discussion on sites covering hip-hop and popular culture, following his public fallout with the makers of Cristal.

The brand first gained worldwide visibility in the music video for the Jay-Z song "Show Me What You Got", which debuted in late October, 2006, and featured Jay-Z being presented with the distinctive gold bottle in a silver briefcase.

Babatunde Gwandoya

Throughout his time as an agent he has managed some of the largest stars of African Football including Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Jay-Jay Okocha.

Balaam and the Ass

Balaam and the Ass is a 1626 painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, dating from his time in Leiden and now in the Musée Cognacq-Jay in Paris.

Black-throated Magpie-Jay

This species interbreeds with the White-throated Magpie-Jay in Jalisco and Colima, where intermediate birds are common.

The binomial commemorates the Scottish naturalist Alexander Collie.

A Black-throated Magpie-Jay is featured in The Big Bang Theory Season 5 episode 9, The Ornithophobia Diffusion, although incorrectly referred to as a "Blue Jay."

A Black-throated Magpie-Jay is also featured in several slow-motion close-ups in Drake and Rihanna's music video for the single "Take Care".

Blue Jay, California

The naming of the town is something of a misnomer: the local variety of jay is actually the Steller's Jay, not the closely related Blue Jay.

Dodgeville, Wisconsin

John "Weenie" Wilson, Hall of Fame football, basketball, and baseball coach

Festus Onigbinde

After the World Cup, some Nigerian players, like Jay-Jay Okocha and Julius Aghahowa, criticized Onigbinde for nominating the wrong players.

HipGuide

Over 562,300 hipsters, including various celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Jay-Z read it.

Jay Miller

J. D. "Jay" Miller (1922–1996), American record producer, musician and songwriter

Jay-Jay Johanson

The same year Johanson also composed the soundtrack to French director Ilan Duran Cohen's film La Confusion des Genres, and in 2001, Johanson emerged with "Cosmodrome", a sound-and-image installation first exhibited in the French city of Dijon.

Jay-Z–Nas feud

Just days after Stillmatics release, Jay-Z put out "Supa Ugly" which Hot 97 radio host Angie Martinez premiered on December 11, 2001, a freestyle over "Got Ur Self A..." and Dr. Dre's song "Bad Intentions."

Jay-Z made the first public overtures toward a conflict at New York hip hop station Hot 97's Summer Jam concert in 2001.

It was characterized by comments (both on- and off-record, figuratively as well as literally) between Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Nasir "Nas" Jones from 2001 until resolved in 2005.

After Hot 97 would not let Nas lynch Jay-Z's effigy at 2002 Summer Jam, Nas appeared on Hot 97's rival, Power 105, and attacked both the music industry's control over hip hop and the rappers who he saw as submitting to it.

Jay's Journal

Some critics have challenged the authenticity of the story, noting that the editor of this book, Beatrice Sparks, has filled the same role on many other "actual, anonymous diaries of teenagers" that explore such sensational themes as drug addiction, teenage pregnancy, and prostitution.

John 'Dusty' King

A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Everson travelled the country working a variety of jobs, such as chauffeuring motorcars from Detroit to Cincinnati, lumberjacking in New Mexico, and working as a ranch hand in Arizona.

Masta I.C.

The B-Side of the single was "Time to Build", which featured guest appearances by then unknown DMX, Jay-Z and Ja Rule, each of whom would become multi-platinum superstars shortly after.

Mihaela Mitrache

Zamfirita - The jays (slang for Jay) by Alexandru Kiritescu, directed by Lia Niculescu - debut

My Uncle Rafael

When not broadly riffing about love, commitment, and Jay-Z and Kim Kardashian, Rafael heals everyone around him (all of them dull types, including the angry goth teen and misbehaving young son) via advice like "When you learn to love someone without condition, you will be loved in return"—nauseating platitudes that turn the film into a comedy of corny homilies.

Online music store

These agreements gave the company online digital distribution rights for artists such as U2, Madonna (entertainer), Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias and Jay-Z.

Phil Gartside

He has seen a number of high-profile footballers arrive at the club including Nicolas Anelka, Youri Djorkaeff, Jay-Jay Okocha, Fernando Hierro and Iván Campo.

Takeover/Cloud 9

In June 2010, Takeover Entertainment went into business with Jay-Z by signing a Joint venture with Jay-Z's Roc Nation to create a European record label and entertainment company.

TP-2.com

The album was most notable for two #1 R&B hits: the tribute song "I Wish", and the remix of the party anthem, "Fiesta", which featured Jay-Z.

Young Gunz

The feud stems from The Game's beef with Memphis Bleek, which escalated into a beef with the entire Roc-A-Fella camp with the exception of Kanye West, Jay-Z and Just Blaze.

Zos Kia

Zos Kia (also credited as Zoskia) was a British musical group initially formed by John "Zos Kia" Gosling along with John Balance and Min.


Blue Magic

The name of a high quality brand of heroin marketed by drug lord Frank Lucas, which later inspired the film American Gangster and the song of the same name by Jay-Z.

Campina Jay

The Campina Jay is endemic to the Brazilian Amazon where it is known almost entirely from within the Madeira-Purus interfluve in the state of Amazonas.

Christian Rich

They recently contributed to Drake's #1 Billboard album Nothing Was the Same on the intro of "Pound Cake" which features Jay Z and produced a song for Childish Gambino's upcoming album slated for a late December release.

Cilvia Demo

On October 18, 2013, the remix to "Shot You Down" featuring Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock was released via SoundCloud.

Colonization Societies

Jay (son of John Jay), An Inquiry into the Character and Tendency of the American Colonization and Antislavery Societies (New York, 1834)

Craig Schuftan

He has worked with Richard Kingsmill (The J-Files), Chris Taylor and Craig Reucassel from The Chaser (Today Today and The Race Race), Roy & HG (This Sporting Life), Myf Warhurst, Jay Whalley and Lindsay McDougall (Myf, Jay & The Dr) and Sam Simmons (Sam Simmons’ Precise History of Things).

Devashard

Kevin Grevioux of Underworld fame has come on board to oversee the script writing process and to act as Executive Producer on the film, with a screenplay by Heather Kenealy, Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta.

Dusty Saxton

In 2005 Dusty responded to a MySpace ad for a guitarist spot in Dallas, Texas based rock band, Analogue, fronted by eventual Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights bassist, Nick Jay.

EMI Music Publishing

EMI Music Publishing administers the publishing rights of over 1.3 million songs; controlling the libraries of artists including Jay-Z, Beyonce, deadmau5, Timo Maas, Dragon (band), The Prodigy, Megadeth, The Black Eyed Peas, Bloc Party, My Chemical Romance, Avicii, Cannibal Corpse, The Crystal Method, Quarashi, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, MSTRKRFT, and Sean Paul.

FreeSol

Most recently, FreeSol has been working with a variety of producers such as Cool & Dre (Lil’ Wayne, The Game), Jim Jonsin (Beyoncé, Pitbull), Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem), Dave Tozer (Jay-Z, Kanye West), and Timbaland in order to record their debut album No Rules.

GameGrumps

The video also featured other famous internet personalities Jesse Cox, Dodger, Mike "HuskyStarcraft" Lamond and John "CynicalBrit" Bain.

Great Gatsby curve

The name of the curve refers, somewhat ironically, to Jay Gatsby (born Gatz), the character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.

Horsenden

Singer Jason 'Jay' Kay from Jamiroquai resides at Horsenden and has his own private studio there.

J. J. Barnes

J. Barnes (born James Jay Barnes, November 30, 1943, Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B singer.

James MacLachlan

James MacLachlan (known as Jay) was born on 1 April 1919 at Styal in Cheshire, the second of six children of Hugh MacLachlan and his wife Helen (née Orr-Ewing).

Jay Acovone

Jay guest starred as a Casino owner with unconfirmed Mafia connections in a 2012 episode of The Mentalist entitled 'Pink Champagne on Ice', alongside fellow Stargate actor Christopher Judge.

Jay Bernstein

Jay Bernstein (June 7, 1937 – April 30, 2006) was an American producer and manager to actors like Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Landon and to actresses Farrah Fawcett and Suzanne Somers.

Jay Davis

Jay Davis is an American actor, stand-up comedian and comedy promoter/producer who garnered nationwide attention after appearing in Dane Cook's Tourgasm, a 30-day cross-country-tour-turned-reality-show which also included Cook, Gary Gulman and Robert Kelly, and was given a 8-episode run on HBO.

Jay Nady

Jay Nady (born August 23, 1947) is a championship boxing referee and the uncle of Kansas City Royals outfielder Xavier Nady.

Jay R Sings OPM Love Classics

Songs from OPM luminaries like Basil Valdez, Sharon Cuneta, Martin Nievera, Gary Valenciano, Regine Velasquez, Jaya, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Ogie Alcasid and even bands like Rivermaya, True Faith, I-Axe, South Border are given the "Jay R touch" and will surely appeal to his fans and OPM music lovers alike.

Jay Tummelson

Jay Tummelson was the top-ranked RPGA Judge, when Don Bingle and Linda Bingle brought him on as a third owner of their company 54°40' Orphyte after they purchased the product rights for Pacesetter Ltd's games.

Jay Warren

Jay Warren was elected Mayor of the last remaining British dependency in Oceania in the general election held on 15 December 2004, defeating Brenda Christian, who had held the Mayoralty in an interim capacity following the dismissal from the post of her brother, Steve Christian, by the British authorities on 30 October 2004, following his rape convictions.

Jay White

Now 1989, after an audition and a seven-week run in Reno, Nevada, Jay moved with his wife and three children from Utica, Michigan to Las Vegas to perform with Legends in the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino.

Jay Williamson

Justin Arch "Jay" Williamson IV (born February 7, 1967) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

John Dunton

He had early success with Thomas Doolittle's The Lord's last-sufferings, the topical Stephen Jay's Daniel in the Den, and a sermon by John Shower.

John Robson

John "Jack" Robson (1860 – 1922), English full-time secretary manager of football clubs, including Middlesbrough and Manchester United

Juggy D

He, Mehta, and Jay Sean also have guest appearances in the Hindi film Kyaa Kool Hai Hum.

Landscape of the Body

It was directed by John Pasquin, and Shirley Knight starred as Betty, F. Murray Abraham as Holahan, Paul McCrane as Bert, Rex Robbins as Durwood Peach, Jay O. Sanders as the Bike Messenger/Dope King/Bank Teller, Bonnie Deroski as Margie, Alexa Kenin as Joanne, Anthony Marciona as Donny, Richard Bauer as Raulito, and Peg Murray as Rosalie.

LIVE from the NYPL

Since 2005, guests such as Tina Brown, Spike Lee, Umberto Eco, Jay-Z, Salman Rushdie, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Werner Herzog, and many others have appeared in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building to talk about subjects such as literature, art, popular culture, philosophy, and music.

Louise Palanker

For approximately two years, Palanker co-hosted a weekly podcast with comedian Laura Swisher titled Weezy and the Swish, but due to the latter's increasing lack of involvement that show ended its run in July 2007 and a new show was established called Talk It Over Radio with Diane Dimond and Lee Jay.

Nancy Morgan

She is a niece of John "Red" Morgan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during World War II in 1943, events which were later fictionalized in the movie Twelve O'Clock High.

Norman Jay

Jay describes himself as a primarily house music DJ, but the Good Times sound includes 1970s and 1980s funk, soul and jazz-funk, previous carnival tracks have typically included Estelle's 1980; and tracks featured in recent radio shows have included Billy Griffin's "Hold Me Tighter In The Rain" and more contemporary tracks in the form of Heavy's track "Wonderlove".

Pay Ya'Self or Spray Ya'Self

Pay Ya'Self or Spray Ya'Self is a group album from J. Stalin, Shady Nate, and Jay Jonah, released on Livewire Records.

Princess Party

Jay and Gloria arrive, but Mitchell and Claire see that Gloria is drunk, because she downed a Xanax with a shot of Tequila, which prompts her to make no sense.

Qwanell Mosley

The song was both written and produced by HyerHytz Production League and engineered by Ken Lewis whose work includes albums such as Jay-Z and Kanye's Watch the Throne, Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Usher's Confessions Album.

Take This Job and Shove It

Another cover version, "Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee", performed by Canibus with Biz Markie, appears in the film Office Space.

The Heart of Christmas

The Heart of Christmas is a 2011 American Christian drama feature film directed by Gary Wheeler and starring Candace Cameron Bure, Erin Bethea, Jeanne Neilson, Eric Jay Beck, George Newbern and Matthew West in his film debut.

The Mystics

When Paul Simon left the group to pursue other projects, The Mystics chose John "Jay" Traynor, who later went on to form Jay and the Americans.

The Tale of the Tape

Although no songs from the album reached the charts, the song "The Big Beat" has been notably sampled by hip hop artists, including Run-D.M.C.'s "Here We Go", Big Daddy Kane's "Ain't No Half Steppin'", Jay-Z's "99 Problems", Dizzee Rascal's "Fix Up, Look Sharp", U.T.F.O's "Roxanne, Roxanne" and Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire".

Thorsten Legat

Legat then spent one season at Eintracht Frankfurt, playing as a defensive complement to playmaker Augustine Okocha, then moved south for VfB Stuttgart; with the latter, he began suffering from injuries, undergoing two Achilles tendon surgeries.

Tricia Penrose

She is married to TV presenter Mark Simpkin, with two sons, Jake (born 10 September 2003), and Freddy Jay (born 8 August 2008).

Tufted Jay

The Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.

WDLT-FM

(Before they settled on the Top-40 format, the station began a "stunting" campaign, which lasted for a couple of weeks, playing bits and pieces of almost every type of music - listeners heard music from Jay-Z to Hank Williams to Lynyrd Skynyrd - and asking the radio listeners to call in and let them know what format should be played.

William Jay Bolton

Jay was a mason's apprentice during the construction of Fonthill Abbey.

Young Thug

In January 2014, Thug announced that he has upcoming mixtapes with Rich Homie Quan, Chief Keef and Bloody Jay.