Spotlight Artist: Jun Fargo
Jun Fargo, hailing from Massachusetts has transitioned from underdog to one of the most versatile up and coming R&B artists. He first surfaced in 2014 under the name Ja Junum and dropped his first project “Here and Now” in the same year.
In the summer of 2015, he dropped “Aquarius Lounge” and later dropped “Here and Now 2” which is the second installment to his first project. It was around this time where he branched out and started doing performances in the local area. Continuing his work as an artist, he joined So 802 in 2016 with other local artists like Yung Breeze, Jibba the Gent and Brad Vazy. He was featured on the song “Maple Syrup” which got him first noticed with over 100k views on YouTube.
Also in 2016, Jun Fargo had reached out for management in which Cassondra Tibbits, the owner of Legit Lioness became his manager. Summer 2016, he would go on to drop his first joint mixtape “Levels of Henny” with artist, Yung Breeze. Later in the fall he dropped another mixtape “Progression” however, before dropping that mixtape he changed his name from Ja Junum to Jun Fargo.
In December 2016 Jun reached out to Boston promoter, Chaz Ray, for the first ever underground competition, winning the top prize with an all expense paid trip to New York City and a radio interview on Shade 45 Sirius XM Radio with DJ Lord Sear in January 2017. While at Shade 45, he was greeted by Sway, from Sway in the morning and after would meet with Wyclef and obtained his contact.
After the radio interview, he would continue working on his biggest project “The Realist Shit I Ever Wrote.” While working on this project he dropped another joint mixtape “New Lane” with New Hampshire artist, Gho$t.
In January 2018, mixtape “The Realist Shit I Ever Wrote” was released and took extremely well to the community. Now Jun goes on to work on another project “Here and Now 3” which was his first project to drop on all major DSP‘s with features from Yung Breeze, Selfish Presley, Sig Roy and others.
Also, while putting work in, he had dropped a single, “Skin” which features Yung Breeze and “End” which features Sig Roy.
After dropping his project “Here & Now 3” Jun Fargo linked up with New York based R&B artist Ny’asia Chanel and her management team. Jun has since collaborated with them on many projects and more in the works.
During the COVID pandemic, Jun Fargo dropped his second project on major DSP’s titled “The Storm” while trying to navigate his way through the new wave of artists as the TikTok platform blew up and music became over-saturated.
Jun Fargo would take his talents to the Lil Baby x AXE Competition in August 2022. While patiently waiting to see the results, his trophy for the competition was delivered to his front door. In July 2024 Jun Fargo garnered a sponsorship from Kaotica Eyeball.
On Valentine’s day 2024 he dropped his highly anticipated project “Love Fargo.” After dropping he took no breaks and continued with his series of drops called “Forgiato.” His series Forgiato Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4 are available on all major platforms. Stay tuned because Forgiato Volume 5 is on the way.
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