Born Jahron Anthony Brathwaite in Mississauga, Ontario, in 1993, he joined up with Drake’s OVO crew in the early 2010s, helping shape the downcast, emotive sound that has more or less defined modern R&B. But the commitment to intimacy that makes PND protective of his music has also made him one of the more influential R&B artists of the 2010s and beyond, both as a solo performer (“LOYAL,” “BELIEVE IT”) and a writer/producer for Drake (“Preach”), Rihanna (“Work,” “Sex with Me”), DJ Khaled (“Wild Thoughts,” “Shining”), and others.

And they’re like, ‘Really? But she just left.’” “And how I deal with things is, OK, walk right upstairs to the studio and take it in one cut, and call my homeboys. “Like, maybe she walked out of the house,” he said. Describing his 2017 EP Seven Days to Apple Music, he said he often makes records right after the event that inspired them so as to keep the feeling as fresh as possible.

He just thought of music as a private thing, an experience that depends on a sense of vulnerability that big gatherings just can’t get across. It wasn’t because he hadn’t had the opportunity. The first time PARTYNEXTDOOR went to a show was when he performed onstage with Drake.

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