Watch JPEGMAFIA share his come up story in The First Time

JPEGMAFIA doesn't hold his tongue for anyone. And with a laundry list of locations he's lived in so far (New York, Alabama, Louisiana, Iraq, Germany, Japan, Maryland, California), he has plenty to share in his music and in person. To look back at how he got where he is now — an unapologetic, constantly evolving artist — he recounted his first album purchase, his first (horrible) job, and his first live show that didn't go according to plan.

Catch JPEG a.k.a. Buttermilk Jesus on tour in a city near you on The Reverse Christopher Columbus Tour and peep his album Veteran below.