It should be no surprise, then, that JPEG’s own new solo album uses the slight as fuel. “When they can’t read you like a book / They gon’ try to attack what you stand on,” he raps a few minutes into I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During JPEGMAFIA‘s rambunctious set at this year’s Governor’s Ball, I watched as a young teenager stumbled out of the crowd, caked ...

“This next song is called ‘Jesus Forgive Me, I am A Thot,’” said the gravelly voice of rapper, producer and singer JPEGMAFIA, an abrasive series of clashes and screams ringing out from the stage. The ...

JPEGMAFIA’s shows are controlled chaos. At any moment, he could burst into heavy rock, give Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” an R&B remix, or flood the stage with bars for the eager fans to absorb.

Sometimes the most talented artists have to work twice as hard to get out of the shadows of those who are more famous for their notoriety. One rapper who’s been grinding away for “like 15, 20 years” ...

New York’s Jpegmafia and Detroit’s Danny Brown transmit from hip-hop’s hinterland, in a bacchanal of inspired noise and topical chat that’s the definition of ‘not for everybody’ There are umpteen ways ...

Hidden among the flashy rappers hitting it big in the mainstream lie idiosyncratic music makers with a rebellious style that pushes the boundaries, unearthed by quirky lovers of the art form that is ...

While social media has been having a dunk contest at his expense, JPEGMAFIA’s latest album is solid on the first few listens. Peter A. Berry Peter A. Berry Peter is a writer and editor who covers ...

JPEGMAFIA has always been a provocateur, and one of his biggest provocations to date was his decision to associate with Ye last summer. The erstwhile Kanye West is, of course, several years into a ...

A few hours before he takes the stage for a show at NYU, JPEGMAFIA is in the green room vaping a strain of weed called “grape ape” and watching Girls Trip with his team and friends. It is somehow, ...

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Curiosity has revealed careers for countless people and—for the truly lucky—their life's calling. Baltimore rapper and producer JPEGMafia was lucky enough to find both. It all started when he was a ...