Busting onto the worldwide music scene in 2007 with the viral power of the internet behind him, Jay Electronica is often referred to in popular music media as the next big thing in hip hop. A somewhat mysterious figure in the music world, Jay Electronica downloads are the primary way of obtaining this young artists work.

Still having not released a full album, Jay Electronica music primarily consists of singles and mixtapes made available online via Twitter, MySpace and linked fan pages. Though Jay Electronica’s methods of releasing his work may be unconventional, his popularity continues to grow regardless.

The most widely discussed of the singles include Jay Electronica Exhibit A. This particular single was released in 2008 via the internet. The internet release of Jay Electronica singles is the standard, beginning with his now widely known first release, Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), which was made available on the MySpace page of the artist in 2007.

Jay Electronica Exhibit C, released in 2009, was an instant hit with fans and also garnered the artist a great deal of popularity in the hip hop world. The track was awarded "Instant Classic" status by MTV2 in the 2009 Sucker Free Summit, and generated quite the buzz in the media, resulting in numerous magazine articles and other interviews with the young American rapper.

With this entire buzz surrounding him, where exactly did Jay Electronica come from? The fact is that the Jay Electronica biography is a bit of a mystery, and likely it will stay that way. It is the mysterious rise of this artist that makes him so very interesting to so many fans, with the periodic new track popping up online, driving renewed interest in the emcee and making diehard fans feel as though they are part of something truly special.

Many of Jay Electronica mixtapes and singles have featured well-known hip hop artists and have been produced by some of the biggest names in the industry. How is it that such a mysterious figure as Jay Electronica has managed to gain so many powerful contacts within the music world?

The rapper was born in New Orleans in 1976s but has called a number of cities home over the years, including Washington D.C., Denver, and Detroit. It was in Detroit that his contacts within the industry boomed, beginning with acclaimed producer Mike "Chav" Chavarria, and growing to include Mr. Porter, J Dilla, Tone, Mos Def, and most notably, P Diddy and Jay-Z.

In fact, Jay Electronica is now an official member of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. He is on the verge of releasing a major production in 2011, and tracks began making their way across the internet in 2010. The first of these to appear was A Million in the Morning.

As more and more individual songs and videos of appear online, the buzz surrounding this young artist continues to grow. Jay Electronica lyrics and downloads are among the most common of hip hop related internet searches and for good reason, as Jay Electronica is bound to be the next big hip hop star, given his continued success and powerful foothold in the industry.