Flatbush, Brooklyn-born rapper, singer, and producer Barrington Hendricks is better known by his stage name, JPEGMafia. After moving to Alabama and then Louisiana, he enlisted in the US Air Force and served a tour of duty in Iraq. During this entire journey, he became interested in music, first branching out into production. His unique style of creating beats confused other rappers so he began laying down raps on his own production. While stationed in Japan, he released several albums under the stage name of Devon Hendryx. After moving to Baltimore, Maryland, he began recording under the pseudonym JPEGMafia. That’s when things really began to happen for the artist formerly known as Barrington Hendricks…

JPEGMafia’s first release was the 2015 mixtape COMMUNIST SLOW JAMS. His next mixtape – DARKSKIN MANSON – was released only a month later. In 2016, he released his debut album, BLACK BEN CARSON, which was followed by THE 2ND AMENDMENT, a collaboration with Freaky. JPEGMafia’s second solo album, VETERAN, followed in 2018, but he came to prominence with the release of his third album, 2019’s ALL MY FRIENDS ARE CORNBALLS, which made the Top 100 in Canada and Ireland. While the album just missed the Top 100 on the Billboard Albums chart, it became one of the most talked about rap / hip-hop albums of the year. He followed that success with the album LP! In 2021.  Two years later, he collaborated with Danny Brown on SCARING THE HOES (2023).

In 2024, JPEGMafia takes a look back and celebrates the fifth anniversary of his third album ALL MY FRIENDS ARE CORNBALLS by releasing it for the first time on vinyl. With guest appearances from Abdu Ali, Helena Deland, Buzzy Lee, Refined Sugar, Vegyn, and Young Emoji, the album still sounds fresh in a genre that is continually changing and evolving. It doesn’t hurt that JPEGMafia creates Rap / Hip-Hop that has been called ‘avant-garde’ and ‘experimental,’ which explains why his music is always a few steps ahead of everyone else. In fact, even though this album is five years old, it STILL sounds ahead of its time. And with a new album coming soon, it doesn’t seem that anyone is going to be able to catch up with him anytime soon…

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ALL MY FRIENDS ARE CORNBALLS (vinyl)

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