Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah (born Timothy Elpadaro Thedford on September 19, 1976), better known by his stage name Jay Electronica, is an American rapper and record producer. He is from New Orleans, Louisiana and currently based in London, United Kingdom.

Electronica first gained significant attention after the release of the musical composition Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), which was made available on a MySpace page in 2007 and has been called a “timeless classic” by Vice Magazine. It is fifteen continuous minutes of music, without drums, built from Jon Brion’s soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In late 2009 he released two singles, both produced by Just Blaze, “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C”, the latter of which won a Sucker Free Summit Award for Instant Classic. In November 2010, it was announced Jay Electronica had signed to hip hop mogul Jay Z’s Roc Nation record label.

More than a decade after his last project, What the Fuck is a Jay Electronica, and almost exactly eight years to the DAY after he reportedly finished and turned in his album, Jay Electronica finally released his debut studio album A Written Testimony on March 13, 2020. The album features Jay-Z on eight of its ten tracks, leading some to label it a collab album between the two Jays. The-Dream also makes three appearances, and even Travis Scott makes a surprising appearance on “The Blinding.” On October 5, 2020, Jay’s sophomore studio album, Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) would be uploaded to Tidal by his team, after it was leaked in September and due to the overwhelming positive feedback from his fans.

Throughout 2021 and 2025, Jay would rarely appear in features from other artists such as Kanye West, Westside Gunn, Chance the Rapper, and more. Starting in September 2025, Jay would officially re-release both Act 1 and Act 2 to streaming platforms, to which he would eventually follow up with three EP’s under the A Written Testimony name: Leaflets, Power At The Rate Of My Dreams, and Mars, The Inhabited Planet.