James Cohen Jr. (Jay Lyriq) is an R & B artist from Tallahassee the Capital of Florida. Jay Lyriq is a former member of Nappy Boy founded by T- pain. Jay Lyriq has appeared on The Jay Leno Show, The Jimmy Kimmel, Show 50th Grammy Awards Show, 51st Grammy Awards Show, The 2006 London Mobo Awards, BET's 106 & Park, and the BET Awards.

Jay-Lyriq's vocals proceeded to be featured on T-Pain's first ablum "rappa turnt sanga" in which Jay Lyriq co-wrote but it did not stop there.  Jay Lyriq co-wrote on Epiphany & Three Ringz you can hear his soulful vocals on Tallahassee Love, 69, Tipsy, and Reality Show. Jay Lyriq teamed up with Sophia Fresh to record "In da Club" for Step up 2 sound track. Jay lyriq teamed up with T pain to collabrate the hit single "UP Down." Jay Lyriq's hard work has earned him so many accomplishments and the title as a platinum song writer and vocalist. 

Jay-Lyriq has worked with several well-known producers. Producers include Jim Johnson, Dave " Preach" Balfor, T -Pain, Jimi Kendrix, Luxx Durty and Don Destin just to name a few. Jay-Lyriq also has worked with several major artist to include Musiq Soul child , Raheem Devaugh , Sammie, Yung Joc, T-Pain, MYA, Trey Songs, Tay Dizm, Sophia Fresh, Flo -Rida, Chilli (TLC), Short Mack, Gorilla Joe Young, & Don Dinero, just to name a few. Jay Lyriq looks forwarded to working with different artists in the near future.

Jay Lyriq is currently working on various projects including a new ablum and several collabrations.