Open Space: JPEGMAFIA | Mass Appeal

JPEGMAFIA started producing when he was 14, but after he heard Ice Cube's 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' when he was 17, he realized there was a whole world of topics he wanted to rap about. And though old school Cube explains his political bent, it's Ol' Dirty Bastard who's responsible for JPEG's more far out approach to music. "I feel like ODB, before the internet existed, this n*gga was a genuine weird dude," he says. "He wasn't doing it for clout or nothing, he was just weird naturally." JPEGMAFIA was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, but after a move to Alabama, he joined the military and was deployed around the world, including a tour in Iraq. But even in a war zone he was still making beats. Now back living in the United States, he's using his rhymes to target people like Ben Carson, Morrissey, Bill Maher, and, of course, Donald Trump, who JPEG predicted would win the election. "I've never been so sad to be right about something," he says.
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[@heybecca03]

He has really nice eyes

[@MajorAskew]

Was thinking the same thing oddly enough.

[@truvultur]

luna white you should see them in person

[@kevinv.3001]

It’s just brown eyes with the studio lights reflecting on them lmao.

[@kevinv.3001]

AblazeSky a true shame indeed

[@H41030v3rki110ny0u]

Paused the video at 0:03 to see if I could find this comment. Not lying though lol

[@tuulymusic3856]

this guy is a cool ass dude who makes weird ass music in a good way though

[@zhontigue]

best receding hairline in the game

[@sonikku956]

He doesn't even care about it, I admire that. That being said, he would probably look really cool with a shaved head.

[@leoveas9965]

sonikku956 But the comparisons between Peggy and MC Ride would go hard as fuck, and he don't really like that, lol

[@WodyHG]

@@leoveas9965 Yes you took the words out my mouth. that shit would be endless

[@coldbrewprods]

We Stan a balding king

[@jaredaldridge9310]

sonikku956 he used to be bald

[@kangy3213]

Why is it that the craziest music makers are always so well spoken?

[@turumaiakajust7461]

Maybe cause they're not so crazy..? but just perceived that way through the music they make.. considering how open for interpretation music can actually be... but that's just a guess.

[@arunistrying]

Their crazy is genius

[@neafeels3116]

*looks at mc ride*

[@user-ff7fg5hu1x]

@SAKE WRLD Believer 39/27 muh muh muh

[@johnindigo5477]

What's crazy to us has been thought about thoroughly in thier minds. Talking to yourself, being introverted, and ranting internally.

[@shawnscorner6703]

Veteran is album of the year so far

[@aaabaaab4915]

It’s amazing, but it ain’t no Jericho Jackson

[@sekouyansane3291]

No nigga, this was the hottest pile of trash of 2018. Except for 1539 N. Calvert and DoesThisSkiMaskMakeMeLookFat, he's trash.

[@Aaracksbest1234]

That Young Fathers album though

[@twite5462]

Sekou Yansane lmao shut the fuck up

[@sofacus9703]

until year of the snitch

[@carlosq1020]

THIS IS A CERTIFIED HOOODD CLASSIC

[@forniteisfun6355]

*TRILL TRAP SHIT*

[@alexbeastav]

Carlos Quinones no one in the hood really fucks with it tho lol it's mostly underground, Needledrop, Pitchfork fans

[@carlosq1020]

Alex Villalta ya I know, but he included that sample in the song I Might Vote 4 Donald Trump and I was just referencing that

[@the69thply]

TRAPA-HOLIC

[@epiczeke7620]

His eyes are so pretty

[@linkinparkblink182ro]

DAMNNNN PEGGY

[@bruckner6290]

What?!... Ha ha ha ha

[@joaquinrubio4866]

Ay dios mio peggy

[@Squarian33]

All these MC Ride comparisons are tired as shit. Didn’t know there couldn’t be more than one black person who makes experimental music.

[@brianban110]

Eric Galvan MF Doom, Del the funky homosapian , earthgang, killer Mike, p.o.s., bus driver, Danny Brown and Devin the dude among others....

[@purodeathcore]

I personally don't see the Ride comparison

[@nolongerinuse915]

@@brianban110 don't forget Kool Keith!

[@andreja9425]

@A Boii Called Sunni I think its literally just cuz they’re bald, have beards, are black and make experimental music. They don’t even look similar, they don’t make similar music, nothing and yet people always like “IS THAT MC RIDE”

[@emuhaha]

JPEG for the people man

[@massappeal]

Shout out to our guy JPEG for stopping by. What’s the best track off Veteran?

[@jaidsalgado]

Mass Appeal 1539 N. Calvert and Thug Tears

[@1DjJmoney]

Mass Appeal real nega

[@sZvrthaunruly]

thug tears or curb stomp

[@tylerhachadorian5250]

Baby im bleedin

[@marcoramirez-vs3gu]

Thug tears

[@serifvoid]

Peggy for Rhythm Roulette?

[@djdeadhorses]

PLEASE

[@malcolmnotinthemiddle]

Would be the most unorthodox installment yet.

[@beepbeep2446]

Malcolm Hughes oh u should’ve seen Parker Corey’s lmao

[@ZambatoMaster2o]

He would probably rip his samples from KZbin and pirate bay.

[@KATZFEY]

y e s

[@supremecrowbar5736]

Man it’s kinda sad to see that Peggy has been rapping for about 10 years and is just now getting a bit of fame. Keep it up Peggy!

[@zjdelmar]

Jpegmafia and Vince Staples should collab Edit: It’s funny that I said this almost a year ago and now these 2 are on tour lmao

[@sekouyansane3291]

Zachary Jeremiah finally! You said who I've been never been able name. Vince and Peggy have almost the same style.

[@UnDEADBishop138]

Vince is a bitch nerd

[@IFUCKEDYOURBITCHHARD]

UnDEADbishop138 nah Vince cool af

[@fuzzydunlop4513]

Sekou Yansane not really . how do they?

[@fuzzydunlop4513]

theres a lot of rappers with that vibe my dude. Veteran is way more experimental than anything vince has done. I feel like vince and jpeg have very different styles, in terms of production and rapping

[@davidsabethai2633]

this guys is mad talented and you can tell he s a good person he has a very sober aware stare

[@yungmentalproblems]

Except he smokes and drinks

[@zealous-247]

He does ket

[@nolancao2878]

Craziest prod.

[@noahschoder8228]

That one dread is attracting all my attention

[@Dookie5495]

I’m glad Peggy is getting some light. Veteran is definitely one the top 10 of the year.

[@noahharris9093]

Finally they got a good rapper on here

[@eliotf204]

Noah Harris forreeaallll

[@inalingthedead]

Umm RTJ?

[@marjobones]

peggy got some beautiful eyes. wow

[@endderpgaming]

PEGGY X DENZEL CURRY WOULD BE THE BEST COLLAB ALBUM

[@godsent2000]

Holy shit

[@HDONOVLEPSIAS737]

epic meme he is in Taboo

[@shunk8278]

He’s on VENGEANCE now, the best song off TA13OO imo

[@nobody563]

bald

[@sprb4725]

nah it would be whack

[@mxxmm4365]

I'm hooked on his sound, this man needs drop to more music videos btw.

[@7000skeletons]

This guy might be my favourite person in hip-hop right now.

[@alialak9446]

You think you know me.

[@earlsweatpants2395]

@Climbing Up The Sounds *edge cums*

[@earthboundforever777]

genuine dude 💪

[@GRIMM2197]

LOVE this dude for real wow. Can’t wait to check his music out! By reading the comments I see he has good rapport

[@ebbtide4233]

WHITE BOY BETTER PUT HIS HANDS UP

[@Brandon-me2qr]

No I won’t

[@nonono7973]

I just saw Peggy in Seattle at a sold out show on the Arena Tour with Injury Reserve, and he was easily the best opening act I've ever seen. He was full of energy for every song and he was in the mosh pit for literally all but 2 of his songs. Not just that, but he stayed in the venue for probably another 45+ minutes talking and hanging with his fans. He's one of the nicest guys and I'm probably gonna be a fan for life after that experience.

[@brandonp.9371]

Bout Time. Super Underrated!!!!!!!

[@popdanish4969]

Wow u can hear that 14 yrs in the beats. Maestro

[@Ryan-fm3eb]

I have never gained so much respect for someone in under 10 minutes before

[@HYBRED247]

So nice the way he talks about ODB, nothing but facts, Jpeg is a cool guy.

[@handsomesquidward121]

He’s got some beautiful eyes 😳🤔

[@MilkPatonai]

ayyyyy hes reppin Milo what a tru brother

[@k4lternate]

Jack Francis lyrically, yes, musically, no.

[@JohnnyGraves_]

Jack Francis literally sounds nothing like Death Grips

[@milodelgado5882]

Milos been putting in work for years

[@paolomolinelli666]

Very bizarre to watch this now with all the controversy

[@texasBMXer]

I love that this guy just told Morrissey to pull up on him. Haha.

[@makeosksjbooslaljs8694]

Glad I’m on the same planet as this dude

[@davidcrescencio4483]

JPEG LIKED MY INTAGRAM COMMEENNTTT

[@opshon]

He's cool and i respect his story. May have found a new artist..

[@Noizedas]

I waited outside specs music for hours the day return of the 36 chambers came out. It was parental advisory so I had to wait till I saw some cool older kids to buy it for me. Two girls bought the cassette for me and I bought them a cheeseburger at checkers after. They changed my 15 year old life that days

[@letsgonowxd]

Bro did NOT sample ODB!! 😢😢😢😢😢

[@arturobandini808]

made up story… so disappointed😢

[@soar_on]

all my heroes are cornballs ig

[@UnDEADBishop138]

I love it when rappers can talk in full sentences and have interesting thoughts and opinions on things not just trying to act like a clown all the time. What the fuck world do we live in where I'm impressed by people for being able to speak properly and coherently?

[@aze4964]

You sound like the problem because their are plenty of rappers who can speak perfectly fine 🙄

[@horhay133]

Been following jpeg for 5 years now happy to see em get some love

[@AdamAce98]

Beat em like rhythm roullette

[@tylerblair318]

This year has been incredible for music so far. I've already got a well rounded top 3 with the new MGMT album, that Young Fathers album, and this. Look at all the other rumored releases and this year is gonna be hard to pick an album of the year.

[@jayjay2452]

myke c-town thinks he slick

[@jimmydean9388]

Jay Jay LMAOOO

[@laylover7621]

Whether it's his music or him just talking I could listen to this dude for hours

[@matthewl2375]

This guy should've been more well known in 2018. I didn't even know about him, even tho I know about lots of rappers that were famous that year, only later I find out.

[@rashi9k795]

Shout out to JPEG coming up man. Remember years ago when he went by DeVon Hendryx. One of my favorite artist, then I found out he was living in my area and I was happy to add him to the list of people blowing up out of the DMV

[@steezyedit101]

Ben Carson wasting his melanin LMAOOOOOO

[@yungstigmatamanne]

man his mustache is weird if you stare at it for long enough, looks like fake

[@dannyboy1167]

That bandanna and one earring look was dope

[@fraicheness]

Cool dude. Would love to hear an in depth podcast interview like Kinda Neat wirh him

[@hebrewsfl]

I haven’t gotten into yo music yet. But he’s done work with my homies. I wanna see yo shine.

[@fuzzydunlop4513]

got the 4th pressing of Veterean on cassette. album is so good

[@Amangiechsin]

I fuckin love Peggy man, he isn't afraid to speak his mind or talk his shit because you know he can back it up.

[@lorddirt5532]

Look up his devon hendryx projects it’s just as good as his stuff today

[@hour7141]

I'm so happy I found his music

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

The words on that James Baldwin shirt were, I believe, "I wear black on the outside because black is how I feel on the inside", from the Smiths song Unloveable (he definitely is). The film "I Am Not Your Negro", based on an unfinished book by James Baldwin, was in cinemas at the time. You'd think a title like that might clue Morrissey in but no, no, no....

[@yungmentalproblems]

I swear though that's what emos say about wearing black. Not saying that was the intention but itd be funny if it was all just a misunderstanding

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

@@yungmentalproblems in Morrissey's autobiography he complained that he was accused of racism even though he'd written the lyrics to unloveable which said he felt black on the inside. Goths and emos seem to say things like "black...like my soul" nowadays. Although now I think you can buy shirts that say "So Goth I Was Born Black"

[@purodeathcore]

PEGGGGGGYYYYYYY

[@alc5742]

2:58 So you could say that Peggy is EX-Military...

[@alc5742]

Fanitullen there are ways to reply to these things, and yours wasn’t one of them 😂

[@leeleeleelee420]

tour de force. if you havent seen him live yet, fucking drive for that shit. undeniable stage presence.

[@tyklerr]

Kinda disappointed he claimed to sample odb even though he took the beat from chf without paying him or giving credit to him

[@gxbrxxl9626]

Is that frida kahlo on his earring ?

[@nitingowda1921]

He talks so much about how he sampled odb cus of this and that but he didn’t even make the beat? He stole it from another producer and claimed it as his own bruh

[@Rombs]

0:28 he could probably make a album cover off that card

[@everyvillainislemons7583]

The greatest artist working today

[@prod.byfarhan4775]

Experimental done right

[@archersghost2012]

Love this dude!! I thought the “I wear black on the outside because black is how I feel on the inside” was a reference to Morriseys’ depression.

[@imlosingtime2801]

damn peggy

[@Mars08111]

Is JPEG wearing a Milo hoodie??

[@herdenq]

He opened for Milo at a show in 2018, so probably

[@settolintang]

This dude's literally put an anime sticker on his jumper. This is tight.

[@PastorVJR]

Have JPEG do Rythm Roulette!

[@dog_____ravine]

Artist of the decade.

[@Nicofromtheweb]

JPEG is the bomb. Best album of the year. ( and the year isn't even finish yet )

[@dogsandyoga1743]

That thing ODB was doing with his throat, we were doing that in the early 80s. 😀

[@zjdelmar]

Peggy funny as hell

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Veteran is definelty a great fucking album. One of the best this year.

[@Ringowasprettygood]

This guy out here just being the best rapper of his generation nbd

[@kevinfitzsimmons1258]

damn i never noticed his eyes before

[@paynekaufmann403]

Damn he was in the military

[@leoveas9965]

I strongly believe that the only thing between his receding hairline and a shaved head are the MC Ride comparisons xd

[@jibrish4802]

Yo that milo sticker fresh as fuck though

[@soar_on]

4:58 we thought the same thing this year too, guess we didn't learn

[@jonbalderh]

it's pretty interesting listening to him talking about his army days

[@brianban110]

I wanna see him and Flatbush zombies collab

[@yungrefugee5469]

if he doesnt talk about his hairline in this video i will be very disappointed

[@samwalie]

Peggy is so fucking intelligent. This whole interview is amazing

[@andrewwolverton3762]

JPEGMAFIA: I was offended! also JPEGMAFIA : can't remember the shirt, and probably hasn't read James Baldwin.

[@ForeverGambino3]

o fuck for a second i though he said "fuck bill murray" and i got really nervous like what would bill murray have done

[@jimmybrungus]

peggy reppin milo. I'm into it.

[@KoreanWizard]

Bills payed, time to go to Disney Land.

[@matthewhausman]

inspiration

[@cacholulu6749]

them eyes god damn

[@511bugsy]

Just found out about this guy and I'm loving all of it. He seems so much more artistic than most rappers. Way more complex and original. BEST TRACK IS CURB STOMP.

[@ddevito]

lol peggy really just taped a milo sticker to his shirt and called it a day. respect

[@abhey8739]

what a beautiful man

[@kieronhoysted7415]

These questions & answers are way too familiar.... Hm, have I seen this before haha

[@miguelj7636]

Kieron Hoysted Melon got in early lol

[@yanniboyNC]

With the Milo sticker on the hoodie ;)

[@docklife4696]

Album is fire