TEO Hendrix

Chicago-born Hip Hop polymath Teo Hendrix (formerly listed as Teo The Artist) is a rapper, producer, musician, writer, director, and the founder of ADHD Entertainment. which translates “Always Driven Having Determination”. Born Timothy Jones in 1997, he illustrates his life experiences navigating through environmental trauma , evolution, academia, maturity , loss, and substance abuse through reflective lyricism, introspection , storytelling, wordplay, genre-bending production, and hard hitting drums.

Garnering comparisons to Kendrick Lamar and Chance The Rapper, Hendrix grew up immersed in hip hop, jazz, and alternative rock music. Having released two mixtapes on SoundCloud: Senior Year and The Prodigal Son in his earlier days, Teo debuted in the Chicago underground music scene in 2016.

Building a name on Chicago alternative radio waves as an upcoming artist, in addition to being credited on critically acclaimed hip hop album: Jim Crow The Musical by Add-2, Teo released his streaming debut mixtape Open Mind in 2020 featuring the likes of Jasper Logan, Bianca Shaw, and Oswin Benjamin. Following the success of Open Mind, Teo continued his self produced OPEN series with the release of EP, Open Heart

, in 2021.  In 2022,  Teo concluded the series with the mixtape release, OPEN SOUL, which developed a local cult following among Chicago hip hop underground spaces. In 2025, Hendrix released his latest project,  FOR THE LOVE

Coming off a critically acclaimed collaboration with indie artist Bonzie with Spiritual Violence as well as having music featured on National Geographic Podcast Into The Depths with Tara Robert’s  , Teo Hendrix continues to be a rising hip hop gem by using his platform to convey a message of unity and authenticity through musicality.