Kendrick Lamar is 10-times the rapper I am, but I just feel I'm the best at getting my own point across. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
Everyone has a little niche in rap, and I just wanted to carve a piece out of it for myself. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
When I first started rapping, I used to just jock Jay Z super hard. Back when I was like 14 and 15,… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
I don't think rappers have a responsibility, but for me, I gotta say something. I can't just look at injustice and keep… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
So much of rap sounds the same, and that's okay, but that means some people want something that can be the complete… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
The first thing I ever put on the Internet was actually a beat tape, but the first thing I ever put on… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
When I first heard 'Pearly Gates' by Mobb Deep and 50 Cent growing up, the rapper Prodigy had a line about wanting… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
I am used to experiencing so much trauma, that when I see it, I have to speak out. I don't think rappers… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
If Kanye was not in the equation, I literally wouldn't even be here. His music pushed hip-hop - the man is a… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
Well, me and Freaky been knowing each other for a while, and he was always playing crazy music in his room, but… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
I don't know if there's anything Kanye West can do that can erase his influence on me, because it's here. It's already… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
People in rock had this idea that rappers aren't talented. In my opinion we're better writers, we think deeper, and our concepts… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
I am used to experiencing so much trauma, that when I see it, I have to speak out. I don't think rappers have a… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
I started producing when I was listening to The Diplomats. The first time I heard Cam'ron was 'Dead or Alive.' — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
America to me is where I grew up: in Brooklyn, around other black and Latino people who helped and loved each other. I just… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
Well, me and Freaky been knowing each other for a while, and he was always playing crazy music in his room, but he would… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
My music experience living in Baltimore was life-altering. To this day, there is no scene that works as hard or puts as much effort… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
Bjork for sure. Definitely, I would like to do like something with Tommy Genesis, too. There's a lot of people actually. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
Rick Rubin is interesting. He doesn't wear shoes, I think? No wait, he wears shoes. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
Back in the early 1980s when rappers couldn't perform in the fancy venues because the police were too racist and scared, it was the… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
The idea of me being an icon or something is a very funny thing, just because of my own weird insecurities. But, yeah... probably… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
The only real thing I took away from the military is that it just reinforced all the things I already thought about the underbelly… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
I've been watching anime for a minute, so I know like real weird deep anime that people probably don't care about. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
I don't think rappers have a responsibility, but for me, I gotta say something. I can't just look at injustice and keep quiet. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share
