Bio
Jake Drew - Born Jacob Andrew Gomes on July 25th 1991 (22). Jake was born
in Medford, Oregon and has spent most of his life bouncing back and forth
between there and Aurora, CO. He got into music at the early age of two
years old when he would pick up his father's bass-guitar and pluck at it
for hours at a time. Being raised around music, Jake held no loyalty to one
genre. Although he had been a self taught musician on just about every
instrument he played, Jake's musical journey didn't truly begin until he
moved to Aurora, CO at the age of 11. When Jake was 14, he had been picked
up as the bassist for a local pop/punk band called "Touch Me Not", that he
formed with some of his High School friends. After that first show, Jake
knew that music was only half of his heart; Performing was the other half.
When Jake was 17, he was expelled from Eaglecrest High School for his
truancy issues and moved from Colorado back to his hometown Medford,
Oregon. After 3 months of being in Oregon, Jake had once again explored a
new genre and kick-started his career as a Hip Hop artist. After recording
and producing songs in basements and garages for over a year, Jake moved
back to Colorado to expand his hip hop career. From Oregon to Colorado,
Jake's inspiration was set in the dynamic of big city suburban life, and
the opposing spectrum of a lower class, trailer park community of Medford.
At the age of 18, Jake had been playing exclusive shows on Tuesday nights
at "Club Deep" located in Denver, CO. Jake was invited to join his brothers
new-found hip-hop project called "Down In Action" which was founded by Niko
Evans and Kier Gomes (Brother) as a home studio created and engineered to
make money from up-and-coming artists. After Jake joined the team, it
didn't take long for the three to build a rapid chemistry in the studio.
The next couple of years would consist of Jake, Kier and Niko rapping and
recording over free Soundclick mp3 downloads and working hard to expand
their craft. After investing thousands of dollars into a new studio, Jake
got into producing and crafting hip hop beats. In the process of writing
and recording his songs and producing beats, Jake was noticed by Minnesota
rapper, Prof. The two put together a sequel to Prof's "Baby Jacob" song,
which soon would be featured on Jake's latest mixtape, "Slumburban
Beautiful." Shortly after, Jake linked up with fellow independent artist,
SwizZz (Funk Volume), who is best known for his work with booming hip hop
pioneer, Hopsin. Now with two High-Profile artists involved in the making
of Jake's project, the motivation was at an all-time-high. While still in
the process of getting everything ready for the mixtape, all of the tracks
can be found on his Soundcloud account (Soundcloud.com/jakedrew). Thank you
for supporting this artist and please continue to do so, as he will
continue to work as hard as he possibly can to reach his goals.
