JPEGMAFIA is the stage name of Barrington DeVaughn Hendricks, an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer born in New York and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He emerged in the 2010s and built a reputation for abrasive, experimental hip-hop with heavy self-production. Before his music career accelerated, he served in the U.S. Air Force, bringing a unique perspective to his uncompromising sound.
His main studio-album run includes Black Ben Carson (2016), Veteran (2018), All My Heroes Are Cornballs (2019), LP! (2021), I Lay Down My Life for You (2024), and Experimental Rap (2026). His 2018 album Veteran is one of his best-known releases and helped establish his cult status. He has also collaborated extensively, releasing Scaring the Hoes with Danny Brown in 2023 and We Live in a Society with Flume in 2025. I Lay Down My Life for You arrived on August 1, 2024 via AWAL, with a deluxe Director's Cut following on February 3, 2025 that expanded the album with fourteen additional tracks. In 2025, he also issued Veteran: Director's Cut after regaining the album's master rights.