JPEGMAFIA spent most of his childhood in Brooklyn, NY before relocating in his mid-teens to deep southern Alabama & dealing with racism head on. After graduating high school, JPEG joined the United States military, deploying to different parts of the world, before becoming a participant in the War in Iraq. These circumstances added new elements to his producing and rapping repertoire, which he takes on alone writing, recording, producing, mixing & mastering all of his own music. JPEGMAFIA’s sound is dark but not without a humor that makes things even more uncomfortable. See him live at Alter Stage, July 5.