The Reggaeton musician and songwriter, Jhayco, was arrested.
According to an arrest report obtained by a local NBC Miami, 32-year-old Jhayco — whose real name is Jesus Manuel Nieves Cortes — was arrested on drug charges Tuesday in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
The report claims the songwriter was driving a red two-door Corvette at 5mph along Southwest 8th Street before 3 a.m. The vehicle then came to a complete stop and did not move for over one minute, which led authorities to pull over Jhayco.
As an officer approached the car, they said they “smelled the strong odor of cannabis,” while the car’s driver had “white powder on his pants and white powder on his nose.”
After the Reggaeton artist was allegedly unable to give the authorities a driver’s license, he was asked to leave the car, where a records check could not find a driver’s license under his name, according to the report.
When police searched the Corvette, officers found two black pouches with seven grams of suspected cannabis in each one, the report stated. When they searched Jhayco’s pockets, the authorities claimed to have seen three “clear baggies with suspect powder cocaine,” totaling about two grams.
The musician was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 4:24 a.m. He was charged with cocaine possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis, with a bond set at $3,000.
Deputies said Jhayco had made a spontaneous statement, which was redacted from the publicly released arrest report.
No further information has been revealed at this time.
Jhayco, who was born in Puerto Rico, previously performed under the stage name Jhay Cortez. In 2019, his debut album, titled Famouz, reached No. 5 on the Top Latin Albums chart. He is most well-known for his collaborations with other Latin artists, such as Bad Bunny, and the songs “No Me Conoce - Remix,” “DÁKITI” and “CÓMO SE SIENTE.”
His most recent album from September 2024 was titled Le Clique: Vida Rockstar (X), which was recorded in studios across the world, including Paris, Madrid, Puerto Rico, Los Angeles and Miami.
