Barrington DeVaughn "Peggy" Hendricks (born October 22, 1989), better known by his pseudonym JPEGMAFIA, is an American rapper and producer, strongly influenced by the music scene in Baltimore, Maryland, having been based there for a number of years He is currently based in Los Angeles, CaliforniaHendricks was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, to Jamaican parents He spent the majority of his childhood in Flatbush before moving to Alabama at age 13, where he says he experienced a significant amount of racism, later affecting his music Hendricks moved to Louisiana and enlisted in the United States Air Force at age 18 He served a tour of duty in Iraq and also spent time in Kuwait, Germany, Japan, and North Africa before being honorably discharged Though he previously claimed to have a master's degree in journalism, Hendricks has since clarified that, though having studied the subject while deployed, he was not officially awarded a degree In April of 2021, Hendricks revealed through social media that he had "a sexually, verbally, and physically abusive childhood"Hendricks developed an interest in music production at the age of 15, and he began producing after he learned how to sample Describing his production, Hendricks says "When I was first making beats, no one liked the beats
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