Jacob Dodge Lawson (born March 3, 2001), known professionally as JVKE (pronounced "Jake"), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and social media personality. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, he started creating TikTok videos for his songs, one of which, "Upside Down", went viral in 2021. His debut album, This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol. 1–4), peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200, while the song "Golden Hour" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lawson was named the MTV Push Artist for October 2022, and he performed "Golden Hour" live on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fa
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JVKE (pronounced Jake) was born on March 3rd, 2001 in Cranston, Rhode Island. He is a TikTok star and singer who is best recognized for his TikTok account where he posts mashups of popular TikTok songs. He has accumulated over 12 million followers on the video platform. He has also collaborated with famous musicians like Charlie Puth and Jenna Raine. His 2022 single "golden hour" has earned over a billion streams on Spotify. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/JVKE">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Jacob Dodge Lawson (born March 3, 2001), known professionally as JVKE (pronounced "Jake"), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and social media personality. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, he started creating TikTok videos for his songs, one of which, "Upside Down", went viral in 2021. His debut album, This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol. 1–4), peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200, while the song "Golden Hour" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lawson was named the MTV Push Artist for October 2022, and he performed "Golden Hour" live on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, as well as making several performances in Europe for MTV.
== Early life == Jacob Dodge Lawson was born in Providence, Rhode Island. The son of a music teacher named Pamela and a church pastor named John Dodge Lawson Jr, he began piano lessons at a young age and sang and wrote songs for his church. Before transferring to public high school in his home town of Cranston, Lawson attended Catholic school. He studied at the Community College of Rhode Island for a year and a half before dropping out to pursue music full-time. Lawson's mother is an elementary music teacher.
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