Sometimes all it takes is one night to change everything. For Tayvon Clarke, better known as xtaye, that moment came in a packed venue watching Yeat tear the stage apart. “I seen how everyone was going crazy in the crowd, so I wanted to see if I could do the same thing with hard work,” xtaye remembers. That thought didn’t fade. It became fuel.
By April 2023, he was recording songs of his own, experimenting with a sound that mixes rage, glo, and melodic rapinto something that feels personal but explosive. “I ended up having the best time of my life making music,” he says, proof that what started as curiosity quickly turned into passion.
The stage came calling faster than expected. In January, xtaye performed for the very first time at Roselawn in Toronto. Nerves were real, but the adrenaline drowned everything else out. “It was such a rush,” he says, a memory he carries as both an accomplishment and motivation.
That first stage might have been a milestone, but it’s nowhere near the finish line. The real dream? Rolling Loud. It’s a goal that pushes him every day, reminding him that what feels far away can become reality with consistency and grind.
For fans, xtaye’s message is simple but powerful:
“If you feel like doing something in life nobody is stopping you — just go for it. Life is too short and not every day is promised.”
From Halifax roots to Toronto energy, xtaye is an artist building his own momentum, turning a moment in the crowd into a movement on the stage. And if his journey so far shows anything, it’s that this is only the beginning of something much bigger.
