Jayy Von Monroe

Jayy Von Monroe was born on August 17, 1991, in Orlando, Florida. Little is known about his family and early life. His mother is active on Twitter and goes by the moniker Mom Monroe. He was a rebellious kid and got into many troubles. He dropped out of high school to join Dahvie Vanity in his new musical act, Blood on the Dance Floor. He reportedly has half-sisters.

Monroe is openly gay. He had a very public relationship with a man named Daniel. They dated from 2009 to 2012 and were even engaged before splitting up. They got together again later only to part ways once more.

Monroe is also a male-to-female cross-dresser and his cross-dressing persona, The Dahli, has an Instagram account with over 60 thousand followers. He has set up a website from which he sells merchandise for his two personas.

Jayy Von Monroe aspired to become a musician since he was a child. Originally, a group named Love the Fashion was set up in 2006 by Dahvie Vanity, whose real name is Jesus David Torres, with Christopher Mongillo and Rebecca Fugate. They later changed their name to Blood on the Dance Floor and released their debut studio album ‘Let’s Start a Riot’ in 2008. Mongillo and Fugate quit the band during the recording of the group’s second album, ‘It's Hard to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World’. Vanity brought in Garrett Ecstasy to replace them. Ecstasy was in turn replaced by Monroe sometime in 2009.

Monroe’s first album with Blood on the Dance Floor was ‘Epic’, the group’s third album overall. Released on October 5, 2010, it was also their first album to make appearances on the US Billboard music charts. It peaked at number five on the US Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart and at number 12 on the US Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.Blood on the Dance Floor’s fourth album, ‘All the Rage!!’ was put out on June 14, 2011. Compared to ‘Epic’, it was a disappointment, peaking at number 13 on the US Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart and at number 26 on the US Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.

They got back on track with ‘Evolution’, their next album. It was released on June 19, 2012, and topped the US Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. It is also their best-selling album as of 2018.

Shortly after the release of ‘Evolution’, the group released their sixth EP, ‘The Anthem of the Outcast’ on October 30, 2012. It reached the number one spot on the UK Kerrang! Chart. Their sixth studio album, ‘Bad Blood’, came out a year later, on September 3, 2013. Peaking at the number two spot on the US Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart, it was not as successful as ‘Evolution’ but it did garner significant attention.

Their album ‘Bitchcraft’ was put out on June 10, 2014 through Dark Fantasy Records. Their seventh studio album, it is comprised of ten tracks and features additional personnel Rusty Wilmot on drums, bass, synths, and programming and Brandy Wynn on violin besides Monroe and Dahvie.