Dilan Jay

Dilan Jay (formerly DeLon) is a Sri Lankan-American actor, producer, singer, rapper and activist from Los Angeles, California. He was the first artist from his country of heritage (Sri Lanka) to place on the U.S. Billboard charts and have a No. 1 on MTV's Most Popular Music videos. He is considered one of the top artists in Sri Lanka with six No. 1 musical hits, 4 hip hop albums, 2 new acoustic albums, and more than 18 years as a professional DJ. Dilan started his rapper career under the pseudonym "DeLon" with the hit single "Jeevithe" that became one of the featured tracks on Yes FM’s official Sri Lankan tsunami release CD, followed with multiple No. 1 radio hits and accolades[citation needed] awarded to him by Derana’s Award show. His musical style ranges from rap, dubstep, acoustic guitar, piano and pop. Dilan spent 10 years as a rapper under his former pseudonym, DeLon, producing 4 albums and 2 mixtapes. He is known by his fans as the "King of Ceylon" — "Ceylon" representing Sri Lanka – and has collaborated with American songwriter Jacob Luttrell, singer Ty Dolla $ign, and other prominent producers in Sri Lanka. Dilan retired from his rapping career, and simultaneously dropped his DeLon pseudonym, in 2018. Adopting Dilan Jay to help represent his new musical direction, Dilan released his debut singer-songwriter album 3.14 in 2018 and Songs About Love and Other Stuff in 2019.