Jesse Boykins III (born February 20, 1985) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Chicago, Illinois.

Boykins is a world soul artist originally from Jamaica, later relocating to Miami and finally Brooklyn.

In high school Boykins was invited to perform in the Grammy Jazz Ensemble and recorded an album with them.

He also studied with classical trainer Kamal Scott and Universal recording artist Bilal.

[1] Jesse received his first Grammy nomination for co-writing Steve Lacy's lead single Playground from his ApolloXXI album.