JPEGMAFIA Quotes

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Profession : Musician

Birth : October 22, 1989

For me, sampling is a high art. Most people don't see it that way, but it's a beautiful thing. I wouldn't know anything about music if it wasn't for samples.

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I have no history with 4chan.

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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 responsibility, but if you don't say something or be silent or avoid it, I believe it shows your true real character to the world. It's like, if no one wants to rap about gentrification then I am going to fill that void!

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I'm very much a person of free thought.

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I don't rely on the strength of my image.

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We need true free thinkers, people who really say what they feel and have good, genuine intentions.

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After the military, I floundered around between jobs for a while, and there was an opportunity for me to go live in Japan. I was living on the Okinawa Airport Base, off the grid, no real address.

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Baltimore has the hardest work ethic out of all cities. It makes you want to work harder.

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In my opinion, the most dangerous thing an artist can do in this day and age is not embrace the present.

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Whoever likes my music, I'm gonna reciprocate that same love back to them. I'm not trying to alienate anybody.

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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.

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My dad used to play old dancehall records - Cutty Ranks, Ranking Dread, Michael Prophet, these type of dudes.

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I'd rather be dead than work in a warehouse.

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Either people cling to the past and refuse to advance their ways, or they're always looking to future and not appreciating what's in front of them right now.

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When I first started rapping, I used to just jock Jay Z super hard. Back when I was like 14 and 15, it was, like, Jay Z, Ice Cube, and Lil Wayne.

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Everything I say is true and from the heart. I exaggerate some things, but the core base of it is just facts.

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Bjork for sure. Definitely, I would like to do like something with Tommy Genesis, too. There's a lot of people actually.

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So much of rap sounds the same, and that's okay, but that means some people want something that can be the complete opposite too.

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The idea of me being an icon or something is a very funny thing, just because of my own weird insecurities. But, yeah... probably because I toiled away being nothing for so long.

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The U.S. army is pretty terrible. Never join it!

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