Rapper Jhayco jailed in Miami-Dade on drug charges after traffic stop: MDSO

Puerto Rican singer and rapper Jhayco was jailed early Tuesday in Miami-Dade County on drug charges after deputies say he was driving a red Corvette extremely slowly along Southwest Eighth Street near West Miami before coming to a complete stop.

Jhayco, whose real name is Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés and who lives in Pembroke Pines, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center around 4:25 a.m.

A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy following the Corvette and saw it traveling about 5 mph before stopping, according to Jhayco’s arrest affidavit…

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