Keidran Jones, better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a Virgin Islander singer and rapper. His song "Replay" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009. In December 2009, "Replay" peaked at number one on the Billboard Pop Songs chart. It also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on January 10, 2010.
He was born into a musical family and grew up on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Iyaz studied digital recording in college and recorded music. Island Girls found radio success in the Caribbean. Sean Kingston found Iyaz through his MySpace page back in 2008. When Iyaz first saw the messages from Kingston in his MySpace inbox, he didn't believe it was really him and ignored the messages. But after receiving three more messages, Iyaz thought he'd better respond and later signed a recording contract with Time Is Money/Beluga Heights, a record label owned by Warner Bros. Records. Kingston introduced him to producer J. R. Rotem. "Replay" was released as his first single. It received No. 1 on the iTunes British Download Chart. He also took part in "We Are The World 25 for Haiti."
Keidran Jones (born 1987, in Tortola, British Virgin Islands), better known by the stage name Iyaz, is a Caribbean singer and rapper signed to Beluga Heights Records. He was first contacted by Sean Kingston on MySpace, and after initially ignoring Kingston’s emails he finally replied, and was then signed a week later to Kingston’s Time Is Money Entertainment. Iyaz released his debut single Replay, which was co-written by Jason Derülo, in July 2009 and it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. He will release his debut album, My Life, in 2010, and his latest single off the album is Solo.
Iyaz makes lilting reggae-infused R&B melodies inspired by island shorties, wireless romance, and the anguish of unrequited love. The 22-year-old singer, songwriter, and rapper cranks out undeniably pop-friendly tunes, like his first single Replay and his second single, Solo.