My art is very personal so whatever I’m going through will be translating either physically or sonically
Jaylan Tucker, known professionally as Opiumbaby, and formally known as Jayxkreased, was born on July 19, 1998, in Columbia, South Carolina. He is an Atlanta-based creative, most known for his work with the record label and creative agency, Opium.
Before his mysterious Opium persona, he was a Hollywood actor, beginning his career at the age of six. His mother made the sacrifice of moving their whole family from Atlanta to Los Angeles so he could pursue an acting career, leading to him appearing in many commercials, films, TV shows and print advertisements.
In 2015, Jaylan started hanging around John Ross, who through his connections, introduced him to the likes of Ian Connor and Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti, becoming the longtime friend of the former.
The two joined forces in 2019 to create Opium, a record label and creative agency based in Atlanta. Opiumbaby, working as an A&R, eventually helped sign Atlanta rapper Destroy Lonely to the label in late 2020.
On April 3, 2020, his life took an unexpected turn when Carti and he were arrested by the Atlanta PD for the illegal possession of drugs and weapons in an unregistered vehicle. Opiumbaby took the fall for his friend, taking all the weapons charges as well as the majority of the drug charges, facing up to 50 years in prison, only to be sentenced to 6 months.
Ever since then, his relationship with Carti and Opium artists has only grown, being involved in the creative direction of albums such as Whole Lotta Red, with production credits on “F33l Lik3 Dyin” and co-writing credits on Kid Cudi’s verse on “M3tamorphosis.” He has also worked on the production of many music videos such as “MDMA,” which he directed.