Songwriter

PARTYNEXTDOOR

Jahron Anthony Brathwaite

Mississauga, Ontario·b. 1993-07-03

PARTYNEXTDOOR — Jahron Brathwaite — is the recording name of the first artist signed to OVO Sound in 2013 and a writer whose toplines and melodic phrases have shaped Drake records since Nothing Was the Same. He arrived in the OVO orbit as a singer-songwriter from Mississauga, Ontario whose self-titled mixtape circulated through Toronto industry channels before the OVO signing made the relationship formal. His writing credits on Drake records start with "Own It" and "Come Thru," continue across Views (where his hand is felt in the melodic R&B cuts), More Life, Scorpion, Honestly Nevermind, and culminate in the 2025 collaborative album Some Sexy Songs 4 U, which formalized more than a decade of behind-the-scenes co-writing into a billed joint project. As a topline writer he is best known for the bridge and pre-chorus phrasing he routinely passes to Drake before the lead vocal is cut. Outside Drake he has written hit toplines for Rihanna ("Work," "Wild Thoughts"), Beyoncé ("Bigger"), and several OVO roster releases. His own solo catalog — the PARTYNEXTDOOR series, Colours, PartyMobile — anchors a moody, slow-tempo R&B aesthetic that has informed Drake's pivot toward sung verses since 2013. Among modern OVO writers he is the longest-tenured topline collaborator in Drake's working circle, and the 2025 joint album marked the public acknowledgement of that role.