I’m always just gonna do whatever I want. I don’t feel any pressure to appeal to anyone in particular. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
When I first heard ‘Pearly Gates’ by Mobb Deep and 50 Cent growing up, the rapper Prodigy had a line about wanting to beat Jesus up. I wasn’t religious, but I’d never been introduced to something like that. I was scared and mad, but then I asked why I felt like that. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
The only real thing I took away from the military is that it just reinforced all the things I already thought about the underbelly of America, like how racist it is. So, it didn’t really affect my music literally, but it affected the way I work on it. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
My dad used to play old dancehall records – Cutty Ranks, Ranking Dread, Michael Prophet, these type of dudes. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
In my opinion, the most dangerous thing an artist can do in this day and age is not embrace the present. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
I’m going to shock you with the truth. I’m just going to give it to you raw, and however you take it, I’m just going to watch your reaction. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
Liberals allow right-wingers on their platforms to have a ‘civilized discussion,’ but there’s no reasoning with racists. I don’t want them to have a platform that humanizes them. I want to talk down to them and meet them exactly where they are, with absolutely no respect. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
Whoever likes my music, I’m gonna reciprocate that same love back to them. I’m not trying to alienate anybody. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
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 there. He can’t even reverse that himself, because it’s just so ingrained in me. JPEGMAFIA Read Quote
