Jared Evan

Jared Evan (born September 21, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and rapper. He was born in Great Neck, New York. He was signed to Zone 4 under Interscope Records. The song "Frozen" which Jared wrote and produced, appeared on the Lebron James documentary soundtrack entitled Music Inspired by More Than a Game. In 2013 his album Boom Bap & Blues with Statik Selektah peaked at No. 8 on the iTunes Soul charts independently. In June 2009, Jared decided to sign with Zone 4/Interscope, with the support of Jimmy Iovine. In October 2009, Jared was featured in Billboard as an "Under the radar artist with the potential to break into the big time. In August 2010, Interscope released the single, "In Love with You." In March 2011, the song was aired on the Greek television comedy show Radio Arvyla and because of this, it was met great success, reaching No. 1 overall on the Greek iTunes pop charts. During this time, he had also worked with some of his musical heroes such as Pharrell, Mike Elizondo, Chad Hugo, and Dr Dre. At the end of 2011, Jared officially opted out of his record contract with Interscope. He split ways with the label expressing that they were not supporting his true vision thoroughly. After leaving his label and becoming an independent artist, Evan has since then formed a passionate cult fan base. In 2012, Jared released his debut EP titled The 4th Chapter. It was released to fans for free online. Evan helped write and produced a large portion of Hoodie Allen's mixtape, Crew Cuts, before releasing his collaboration album with Statik Selektah entitled Boom Bap & Blues on February 26, 2013. It features artists like Joey Badass and Action Bronson, amongst several others. It was originally released as a free album through Jared's website. Although days later the album debuted at No. 29 on the Top R&B/Soul charts. Within a couple of hours it shot to No. 10. Boom Bap & Blues is said to be some of Jared's best work and has become critically acclaimed. In 2014, Jared produced a large portion of Hoodie Allen's debut album People Keep Talking. One of the songs, "Numbers," which Evan produced and co-wrote, was met great success reaching No. 5 overall on the iTunes charts. On June 3, 2015, Jared dropped a free album called The Art Form of Whatever.