Sunspot Jonz

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Sunspot Jonz
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Jonz in 2022
Background information
Birth nameCorey Johnson
Also known asBFAP, Dusty Black, Vision
BornSeptember 16
California
Origin Oakland, California
Genres Underground hip hop
Occupation(s) Rapper, producer
Years active1994–present
LabelsOuthouse
LL Crew
Revenge Entertainment
Legendary Music
Battle Axe Records
HBD
Universal International
Website suniverze.com

Corey Johnson (born September 16 in California), known professionally as Sunspot Jonz, is a hip-hop artist from Oakland, California. A founding member of the underground hip-hop collective Living Legends, he has spent decades pushing writing and producing hip hop music.

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Early life and education

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Oakland, California 2024

Corey Johnson entered the state’s foster care system at an early age. He was adopted at age four by a couple from Monroe, Louisiana. However, the home environment became abusive, leading to further instability during his formative years. Johnson often ran away from home, finding temporary shelter in parks, laundromats, and abandoned vehicles, before being returned to foster care. Throughout these hardships, he turned to imagination and creativity as a means of survival, frequently drawing, inventing characters, and making music—practices that would later form the foundation of his artistic career.

After his adoptive father, Cleotha Johnson, left the family, Johnson was primarily raised by his mother, Brenda Johnson, while continuing to navigate the foster care system. He attended Berkeley High School but flunked the ninth grade and was subsequently sent to live with relatives in Louisiana, where he enrolled at Ruben McCall High School. There, he became an honor roll student and was eventually allowed to return to Oakland, California. He completed his secondary education at Skyline High School in the Oakland Hills.

Following high school, Johnson enrolled at Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he studied for two years. During his time at Chaminade, he met DJ Blast at a campus event. This connection led him to travel to Maui, where he recorded his first demo at DJ Blast’s home studio. Shortly afterward, Johnson left college to pursue a full-time career as a writer and musician.


Career

Sunspot Jonz has gone by other names before, tsuch as BFAP, which stands for Brother From Another Planet, and Vision. [1]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Guest appearances

See also

Filmography

References

  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Sunspot Jonz- ASMR Talk Show 9-30-15. YouTube .
  2. Dakini (God's Eye Mix), 2021-12-12, retrieved 2022-11-30