23 year old rapper Vaughn Jo a member of HomeEase In Grief from Palmdale, California is dropping his mixtape “Devine Emxtixns” on December 11th 2021. “Devine Emxtixns is a reflection of my demons and mental conflict-ions I’ve had through out the years.” The mixtape has a variety of producers and features making it a very collaborative project. Jo never fails to bring on an arsenal of flows from fast to melodic which will make for a versatile and fun listen. Jo started his journey freestyling for fun then started writing around 14. Later he formed the collective HomeEase In Grief with his friends in 2019 and instantly knew it was his calling. “I want people feel what I feel in these lyrics and know reality is what you make it. I make music for those in touch with themselves.”
Jo grew up with hip hop music because of his dad playing it and influencing him since he was younger, loving the realness and raw type flows, and wants his music to speak like such while incorporating his own sound. His biggest inspirations right range from Isaiah Rashad, Wu-Tang Clan, Jedi Mind Tricks, And FBZ, to Earth Gang, ASAP Rocky, JID, and MicFright. Vaughn Jo has a collab tape with Machete on the way called “Lofi beats and Highlifes” dropping Spring 2022 and will be followed up with some singles and more collabs with other members of the clan. “Shout out to Machete for getting all this set up and pushing the dream with me. Shoutout to my other clan members ThaBigOzz, Turyz, and Vomspit, we gonna make it in this game son. One more shout out to Majic for giving hope and inspiration to young talented artists out in this city, we going up Fosho!”