Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US black) an affectionate dimin. of homeboy n. (4), usu. as a term of address, e.g. Hey, homes...

1971		D. Wells Night People 117: Homes. A nickname for someone from your home town.
1985		(con. 1969–70) D. Bodey F.N.G. (1988) 167: I’ll worry about it when I get back there, homes.
1993		Tarantino & Avery Pulp Fiction [film script] 108: [They]’ll go to work on homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch.
2002		J. Lerner You Got Nothing Coming 123: When appropriate, he substitutes ‘Whachu need, ese?’ or ‘Whachu need, homes?’ for ‘Whachu need, dawg?’.
2019		C.D. Rosales Word Is Bone [ebook] ‘Watch your fucking mouth, homes’.
2020		S.A. Crosby Blacktop Wasteland 214: ‘Be gone, homes’.