Over the generations, the San Francisco Bay Area has been breeding grounds for some of the most revolutionary music to ever be released. Dating way back to the futuristic funk of Sly & the Family Stone all the way up to Too $hort, E-40 and Mack Dre, that cool Northern California flavor has consistently created the newest innovations in urban music. Born in San Francisco to a mother who migrated from New Orleans and father from Chicago, Jonah Melvon moved to Oakland with his family before he could barely walk. Now,
keeping true to the tradition of making classic material, this Bay Area native son is initiating the most cutting-edge musical movement to emerge from the region in decades.
Jonah is creating whispers throughout the industry as he released his third full-length EP, "Almond Mocha," produced by Carrtoons and featuring Adesha, Donnie Williams, with compositions by Bennett Roth, Lionel Briones, and Brian Sheu.
“This project was cultivated during the Pandemic; so everything from George Floyd, shelter in place, celebrating birthdays alone, and reevaluating what's most important in life, all reside in this project,” he explains. “My music is the Bay. The Bay lives in my music.”
Currently Jonah is working on a project with London based producer Jake Milliner.
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