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Dyalekt, an MC from the Denver hip-hop collective known as the Diamond Boiz, has decided after a long period of contemplation to officially change his name to his longtime nickname Jay Class. The decision comes more than a year after his appropriately titled album, Death By Ego, and precedes his upcoming projects, a Life by Humility EP and the Diamond Boiz’ R 4Ever, both slated for release this summer.
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“Dyalekt was a name I came up with in probably tenth grade because it looked good when I wrote it on a notebook and I’ve been calling myself Jay Class for a long time,” says the Diamond Boiz MC. “But I didn’t change my name because, in my mind, it was already too late. I already had my music on MySpace and Sound Click and all these other things, and I thought people knew me at that point.”
But in the end, a change just made the most sense. “I’ve been referring to myself as Jay class for a long time,” he points out. “It’s simple. People can remember it. You can spell it correctly….I think it’s a little more mature. Maybe it just fits me more… I feel like my music will be a bit more mature than Dyalekt.”
Although the Dyalekt moniker had been wearing old for a while, the tipping point for Jay Class came around his 26th birthday. “It was like a reality check, like, ‘Woah. I’m older than the both of the greats, [Biggie and 2Pac,] as far as hip-hop is concerned … I’m four years older than Aliyah was when she died,’ and then you still feel like you haven’t done much, and it’s that kind of almost depressing [laughs]. It’s a little depressing, and you kinda have that reality check. I’m the type of person who’s not a pity person, like, ‘Oh, no, I’m old. Nothing’s happening.’ I’m more of like a, you know, I’ve gotta keep going.”
For Dyalekt, Jay Class is a way to keep moving forward.
