Daye Jack is a Nigerian-American hip hop artist from Atlanta, Georgia]. He is best known for his single "Hands Up" featuring Killer Mike which peaked at #14 on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart. 　　Jack was born in Port Harcourt, the capital and largest city of Rivers State, Nigeria 1 February 1996. He grew up in Atlanta.His father was originally from Nigeria but grew up in California. His father later returned to Nigeria to marry Jack's mother and then moved back to Atlanta. Jack got involved in programming while in high school and went on to attend New York University. It was during his time at NYU that he began his music career.