Elliot Michael El-Jay Woods

EL-JAY was born in Northridge, California. EL-JAY is the oldest of three children. He is the son of multi-platinum artist, Rome, whose big hit was "I Belong to You". Entertaining and music has always been present in EL-JAY's life. He began to show an interest in entertainment and music at a very young age, even before watching his father Rome. EL-JAY taught himself how to dance at the tender age of five years old. Michael Jackson was a huge inspiration in EL-JAY's life as he began mimicking Michael's every move and entertaining others with his adaptation of this well-known artist. That was the beginning of EL-JAY's talents, potential and creativity; truly a raw talent and a true natural. EL-JAY had the opportunity to sing on Rome's independent album "To the Highest", as well as appear in his dad's "People of This World" video. He was also an actor and model at a very young age; and considers writer/producer/director, Tyler Perry a huge motivation to his entertainment career. During his middle and high school years, EL-JAY's physique began to stretch and so did his talents and abilities as he began to break off into playing sports (which he excelled in) and put music on hold. EL-JAY was drawn back to his roots after his first year of college and began singing, writing, acting, modeling and dancing again. People are drawn to EL-JAY's delightfully charming personality as well as to his many talents with effective communication being one of his strongest qualities. EL-JAY's mother, who has always appreciated her son's personality and character, recognized his multi-talents from the time he was a young child. She supports EL-JAY in higher education and in his giftedness as a singer, actor, writer and model. She has also helped to shape his character and has always been a tremendous influence and grounding in his life. EL-JAY's childhood and teen years were peppered with a number of up and down challenges that have helped to shape him. El-Jay's high-energy Neo-Soul, R&B and Pop flow music captures the heart and transport audiences back in time as era of classic soul. Entertainment and music have always been present in El-Jay's life as he began to demonstrate creativity while showing interest in acting, music, and modeling at an early age. Apart from teaching himself how to dance at the tender age of five, El-Jay drew inspiration from Michael Jackson. He began to mimic Michael's every move and entertained others with his adaptation of this well-known artist. El-Jay was born in Northridge, California and being the oldest of three children of multi-platinum artist, Rome, whose big hit was "I Belong to You", he has a lifetime of musical influence from his father. During his middle and high school years, El-Jay put music on hold and jumped into playing sports. After his first year of college, he was drawn back to his musical roots and he picked up where he left off with his singing, writing, acting, modeling and dancing. Given El-Jay's raw talent and true nature, his real potential came to the fore when he had the opportunity to sing on Rome's independent album "To the Highest" as well as "People of This World" video. El-Jay was featured in the movie "Never Heard" directed by Josh Webber and his song was on the official soundtrack of the movie. He also appeared in major TV shows, countless commercials and music videos with over 700 million views including "Swang" by Rae Sremmurd, "F with Your" by KidInk, "Bio Terra Commercial", and "Jay The Cheater". El-Jay landed his first lead movie role in "Babylon" portraying a character named Legend. In 2018, El-Jay won the Hollywood Music Media Award for Best Rap/Hiphop, while his hit singles, "My Bae: Remix" with 10 million streams. His album "Intentions" is projected to come out 2020