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 ...
Most recently we heard JPEGMAFIA call out fake rappers on his song “Puff Daddy”. The Baltimore-born artist is back today with “The Who”, in which he turns the focus on himself and his rising profile.
Prolific rapper, producer, and cultural disruptor JPEGMAFIA shares a new single, “PROTECT THE CROSS,” the first from a forthcoming DIRECTOR’S CUT of his critically acclaimed 2024 album, I LAY DOWN MY ...
“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 ...
Rapper, producer, and cultural disruptor JPEGMAFIA has released I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU (DIRECTOR’S CUT), an extended version of his 2024 critically acclaimed release. Executive produced, composed, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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” ...
If there are two names who’d seem like stylistic opposites, Raveena and Jpegmafia would fit the bill. One’s a dreamy, mellow pop-soul singer who’s deeply in touch with her spirituality. The other’s a ...
Jpegmafia’s third album is the sound of a million little puzzle pieces straining to come together. All My Heroes Are Cornballs, out since September, gathers countless discrete grimy, chopped-up noises ...
As a 29-year-old hip-hop artist coming off his first widely praised album, JPEGMAFIA is still processing his late-blooming success. At the top of his 2018 release, “Veteran” (Deathbomb Arc), he raps, ...