Jay Scøtt is the stage name of Pier-Luc Jean Papineau,Charles-Éric Blais-Poulin
"Sur la grande route"
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musician from

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, most noted as a winner of three

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at the

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in 2022. Papineau began his musical career in the early 2010s, performing as a rapper under the stage name PL3. Changing his stage name to Jay Scøtt, he subsequently formed a duo with collaborator Smitty Bacalley,"Les Francouvertes accueillent Jay Scott X Smitty Bacalley"
''Journal La Revue'', February 21, 2018. with whom he released the albums ''Stockholm'' in 2017 and ''Un chevreuil'' in 2018, and competed in the

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competition in 2018. He also released the solo EP ''EM0G0D'' in 2018. During this time, he also released a number of

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-oriented demos on

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and

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, breaking through to wider popularity when rapper

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released a collaborative remix of Scott's song "Copilote" on his 2020 album ''Grignotines de luxe''. The song became a major radio hit in 2021, and Scott released the album ''Ses plus grands succès'', compiling several of his YouTube and Patreon songs including "Copilote", in late 2021. In 2022 he followed up with ''Rap Queb Vol. 1'', an album of covers of other significant Quebec hip hop songs.Philippe Renaud
"Jay Scøtt, un pont entre deux scènes"
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'', March 25, 2022. At the 44th Félix Awards "Copilote" was the winner of the awards for Song of the YearStéphanie Nolin
"Gala de l'ADISQ 2022 : Hubert Lenoir et Roxane Bruneau sont roi et reine de la soirée"
''Showbizz'', November 6, 2022. and Video of the Year,Marissa Groguhé
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'' La Presse'', November 2, 2022. and ''Ses plus grands succès'' won the award for Folk Album of the Year. Scott was also a nominee for Revelation of the Year, and ''Ses plus grands succès'' was nominated for Bestselling Album of the Year.

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