Draft:Earofemo

Laquinton Jarrell Harper (/LaQuinton Harper/; born December 31, 2000) known Professionally as EAROFEMO is an American Artist and Musician who first gained stardom in 2023 through the works of his mood based abstract style paintings and massive cult like social following. Fader magazine declared him one of the world's most influential people.

= Painting Career = Earofemo developed a love for art an elementary age. His teachers described him as a gifted quiet child who learned fast. Stating that some of his favorite things to draw were rocket ships and sketches of dragons. At youth Harper studied Picasso.

As his passion for the arts grew he became fond of the abstract drawing concept. This intuitively led him to creating paintings that have become worldly accepted. The value of his original paintings is estimated to be $448 Million USD.

= Early life =

Harper was born at Cooper Green Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama on New Year's Eve to his mother (Marilyn Barnes) and his father (Billy Harper) who were unmarried at the time. He is one of his parents 9 children. At the age of 13 he and his parents moved to Atlanta, Georgia for what they sought as better opportunity. This is where he would graduate High School and develop his articulate talents.

= Music = Always a fan of rap music due to his father's introduction to it as a youth. He began serious writing at the age of 15. He classifies his first works as raps that developed into poems. Earofemo started recording music at 18 as suggested by close friend (Lukaine) a known rapper in his neighborhood. With his vocals being popular amongst his peers he noticed he was more comfortable performing rock music in the studio. First reluctant to let his friends know he had developed a love for an unfamiliar genre, he released five new singles between 2022- 2023. "Train Station ", "Crowd ", "Lizards ", "Storm is Coming " and "Welcome Home " all which received mainstream success. His quick rise to fame was a shock to some due to lack of musical catalog. His reply to this was, " I was always working on my music no matter what was going on". In August of 2023, American rapper (Future) co-signed him as a Freebandz artist.

= Education = West Hills Elementary School - Bessemer, AL

Mount Zion High School- Jonesboro, GA

Eagle's Landing High School (Graduated)- Mcdonough, GA

= Influences = He credits musicians Tupac Shakur, Bob Marley, Nipsey Hussle, Migos, Artic Monkeys, Nirvana, Future, Alecia Keys, OutKast, Lil Wayne, Chief Keef, Young Thug, Lil Bow Wow, The Eagles, Lauren Hill, Beyonce, Weezer, Rich Homie Quan, Post Malone, Snoop Dogg, and Wiz Khalifa as early inspiration to him. He is also affiliated with 4L member 21 Savage, whom he claims took him under his wing as a celebrity protege.