John Bradford Brewington Jr., known professionally as JLAV, is an American artist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Valley Stream, New York. At the age of five, he had already started playing the piano, in addition to the saxophone at nine, which he would later go on to play with many jazz bands, including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra in high school, and tour in various locations, including London, England. His love for singing, rapping, and producing came from a deadly ski accident in 2013, where he spent many months in the hospital. It was during this time that he began re-creating songs on GarageBand with an iPad. His breakout single Space came during his freshman year in college, following his second single Bands Too coming before summer 2020. During that summer, Pittsboro, NC native JABU and him formed the east coast duo SUMMERZOVR, releasing their debut single FASHION in March 2021. On April 16, JLAV dropped his debut studio album Finding LAV. On October 28th, 2022, his sophomore album, Finding RAGE released. As of today, Brewington is 22 and currently attends SUNY Purchase in upstate New York.