Hobo Johnson

Sacramento rapper Hobo Johnson was born Frank Lopes in 1996. As a teen, Lopes was kicked out of his family home and lived in his car for a time, adopting the nickname Hobo Johnson based on his homeless lifestyle. While working at a pizza place, sleeping in his Toyota Corolla, and showering at a nearby gym, Lopes, just 19 years old at the time, developed his musical persona. He crafted songs with sincere themes about chasing love and relationships and dealing with everyday trials and failures. In 2015 he relocated to Oak Park, California and released debut album 1994 Toyota Corolla, followed in 2017 with The Rise of Hobo Johnson. In March of 2018, along with a band of friends, he released a video online for the song "Peach Scone," participating in NPR's Tiny Desk submissions contest. The video quickly went viral, collecting millions of views in a few short weeks. The online interest in the project shot The Rise of Hobo Johnson into the Billboard charts.