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Jpegmafia review – hip-hop gunslinger blasts away at his many targets

Dressed like an extra from Deadwood, the US rapper showcases his dizzying eclecticism in an intense performance that lacks subtlety but has room for laughs

They feature prominently on Garbage Pale Kids, a brilliant cut from Jpeg’s collaborative album with fellow hip-hop left-fielder Danny Brown, Scaring the Hoes, which made many 2023 year-end lists. Next up is Don’t Rely on Other Men, which revolves around a sample from Succession – Brian Cox muttering “I hear you went down” – allied to thudding kick drum, church bells, found sound and a swell of guitar arranged like a string section. During his five-album solo career as Jpegmafia – more if you count the collaborations and emotional pre-Jpeg mixtapes as Devon Hendryx – it feels like this fierce artist now has all sorts of targets in his sights: other rappers, public figures, rightwingers, pearl-clutchers, phonies – and his own fans too.

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