JPEGMAFIA & DANNY BROWN

JPEGMAFIA

JPEGMAFIA makes confrontational, experimental rap that challenges both the left and right wings. His scathing lyrics target subjects including racist Internet trolls, hipsters, cops, and numerous rock and pop stars, calling out cultural appropriation as well as token nods to diversity. While unflinching and direct, his verses are delivered with a dark sense of humor; he sometimes evokes the perspective of the people he’s taking shots at without clarifying his intentions, potentially confusing the listener. His song titles, including “I’ll Never Forgive Hipsters for What They Did to Brooklyn” and “I Cannot Fucking Wait Until Morrissey Dies,” speak volumes. His productions are fittingly abrasive and fractured, puncturing trap beats with glitches and noise bursts. After releasing several tapes beginning in 2015, JPEGMAFIA first began receiving widespread attention for his 2018 full-length Veteran and its 2019 follow-up, All My Heroes Are Cornballs. His success carried into the next decade with a series of 2020 EPs and a full-length titled LP! Scaring the Hoes, a long-promised collaboration with Danny Brown, was released in 2023.

Danny Brown

Detroit rapper Danny Brown embraced his unique hood/hipster personality, took full advantage of social media, and — fueled by his experiences with drug dealing and drug taking, as well as a wicked sense of humor — has delivered some of the most vivid, vulgar, and side-splitting rhymes of his era. The eccentric’s most notable releases include the Billboard 200 Top 20 entry Old (Fool’s Gold, 2013) and the Warp-released albums Atrocity Exhibition (2016) and uknowhatimsayin¿ (2019), projects bolstered by production from the likes of Paul White, Oh No, Black Milk, the Alchemist, and Q-Tip. While working towards new solo music, Brown teamed up with the ever-frenetic JPEGMAFIA for collaborative release Scaring the Hoes, which also cracked the charts.

w/ special guests tba

Produced by
MNM Presents