3/7/2024 0 Comments Dd form 214 jpegmafia![]() His role as villain or satirist, hood protector or nihilist is intentionally hard to put one’s finger on. If trap music is the sound of the street, then JPEGMAFIA is trap’s subconscious dark but not without a humor that makes things even more uncomfortable. Tracklist A5, Baby Im Bleeding A6, My Thoughts On Neogaf Dying (Radio Edit) A7, Rock N Roll Is Dead A8, DD Form 214. Operating out of Baltimore Maryland but born in New York to Jamaican parents, JPEG spent the bulk of his childhood in East Flatbush, Brooklyn-a neighborhood deeply rooted in West Indian culture and black pride-and the majority of his mid teens in deep south rural Alabama-bouncing from place to place due to rough circumstances at home and after a short stint in prison due to a racially-charged altercation in his late teens, JPEG joined the military where he’d be deployed to different parts of the world, meeting fellow artists and adding new elements to his producing and rapping repertoire. ![]() JPEGMAFIA is a reminder that in a dangerous world, sometimes nowhere is safe. sampled Why Not by Yoko Ono (1970) Interview by Kanye West and Charlamagne Tha God (2018) Nice Marmot Scene from The Big Lebowski (1998) NO NO NO NO NO NO. ![]() Often, art is considered the safe space for dangerous ideas. 3 Tearz (2019) by Danny Brown and Run the Jewels Producer credit: JPEGMAFIA. ![]()
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