Meet Jason Ogbomoh

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jason Ogbomoh.

Jason, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
I’ve been creating for as long as I can remember. I’ve always been writing something, whether it was a book, a poem, a short story, or some lyrics.

I remember writing my first song in 2008 when I was ten years old. I thought I had wrote a hit, and my sister who was only 14 years at the time told me I should try to get Drake to use my lyrics.

I started producing when I turned 17 years and that’s how I created my first project, “BLOOM”. It was a really essential time period for me. I was learning so many new things and I had first gotten into audio engineering. It was really like that one moment that changes everything. Like beginner’s luck.

I continued to work on my craft while at college, determined to prove to the world that I am a born artist and not someone destined to work a 9-5 after graduation. I released my second project, “Grandma’s Boy” on all streaming services and used that opportunity to gauge how the new media works.

After “Grandma’s Boy” dropped, I seemingly began to kill my ego. It was a good album that my core fanbase could rock with, but I knew I had to recreate myself as an artist and person yet again. I started looking for inspiration in books, parks, music, magazines, pictures, etc.

Everything from 2016 has been a process towards who I’ve become today: just a black man from metro Atlanta who will unapologetically create because all he knows is creation.

We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
My art is very real. I create stories within my songs. They all have layers, like an onion. I’ve been called Shrek before so that comparison is also real. I try to be relatable more than anything else. I want whoever listens to my music to feel as if they know me.

I create everything out of the bedroom. I’ve been in studios and recorded there and trust that I love the sound of my voice hitting thousand dollar compressors, but the bedroom is still the most accurate way for me to convey my story. My messages are always intimate. I like to talk about love and family. That stuff is important. I hope people who listen to me understand that they deserve real love too. There is nothing more important than being surrounded by loving people.

Do current events, local or global, affect your work and what you are focused on?
I think that because the world seems to be moving so much faster nowadays that artists have to be more spontaneous. At least for me, I feel like I have to grasp any inspiration I get and use it up before just letting it go for the world to receive. There isn’t a lot of time for newer artists to spend engulfed in one project. As long as the quality is always of the standard, I’m offering much more content at a much more frequent rate than I ever have before.

Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
My work is on all streaming services and SoundCloud. Look up “Jay Spice”. You’ll find me.

Contact Info:

• Website: mobentertain.com
• Email: jayspice00@gmail.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/jayspicethedon
• Facebook: facebook.com/jayspicethedon
• Twitter: twitter.com/jayspicethedon

Image Credit:
Landon Guinther – Action shots; @xlchorty – Girls sing better than I do cover

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