Jacob Taio Cruz (born April 23, 1983) in art Taio Cruz is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper and entrepreneur. In 2008 he released his debut album Departure, released Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. He achieved initial success in theUKand brought him a nomination for MOBO Award. In June 2010, she released her follow-up album Cruz Rokstarr including the number one single ”Break Your Heart” and “Dynamite”. Cruz has worked with Fabolous Kesha and the single “Dirty Picture”, as well as Kylie Minogue and Travie McCoy her single ”Higher”. In addition, Cruz wrote the song “Telling the World”, as the first single from the soundtrack to the animated film Rio 2011th