He was born in
Peshawar,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to Nilofar Aziz, a furniture designer and the former
Chief Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khalid Aziz. His family belongs to the
Mohmand clan of the Pashtuns and they own the ancestral furniture manufacturing business M. Hayat & Brothers in Peshawar. The youngest of the six children, he was described as a sensitive and shy child while growing up as a teen. Hayat showed an interest in music at the age of nine when his sister was taking piano lessons in a private school. Later, Hayat stated that the coup had a profound impact on his life and had channeled the lyrical and melodic content in his compositions. While in his early teens, Hayat released a demo tape which was circulating around Peshawar. Subsequently, the demo was heard by
Fasi Zaka, a music critic, and was positively perceived. In the following months, Zaka met with Hayat's father at a gathering where Zaka discussed the possibility of Jehangir pursuing his interest in music by making a music video for his track "Never Change". Zaka recommended his cousin,
Zeeshan Parwez, as a video director for Hayat. ==Career==