In 2023, he released his collaborative studio album Scaring the Hoes with fellow alternative rapper Danny Brown through AWAL.

[3][4] He spent the majority of his childhood in Flatbush[5] before moving to Alabama at age 13, where he experienced a significant amount of racism that later had an intense effect on his music.

He served a tour of duty in Iraq and also spent time in Kuwait, Germany, Japan, and North Africa,[8] before being honorably discharged after speaking up against his superiors' reported abuse.

[15] In 2015, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in which where he began to make music under his moniker of JPEGMafia,[17] before releasing his mixtape, Communist Slow Jams (April 2015).

Just a month later, he released his mixtape, Darkskin Manson, a tape of which was inspired by the Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore that were happening right as he had moved there.

[4] Following a number of mixtapes, Hendricks released his debut studio album, Black Ben Carson, in February 2016 via Deathbomb Arc, featuring a much harsher and more distorted sound than his other projects.

[19] After three years of living in Baltimore, Hendricks moved to Los Angeles, California into finishing his-then upcoming and untitled second studio album.

At the time of its release, Veteran was considered JPEGMafia's most experimental album to date, receiving widespread critical acclaim.

On February 24, 2022, Hendricks announced via Twitter that the songs not on the "Online" version had been released to streaming services as the extended play, titled OFFLINE!.

[41][42] On January 15, 2023, Hendricks made a hint on his social media that he was working on a collaborative project with fellow rapper, Danny Brown.

[44] On February 10, 2023, Hendricks announced on his Twitter that the collaborative project with Danny Brown was finished,[45] and is working on his second album for the year.

[51] On July 11, an EP of songs that didn't make the cut for the album, titled Scaring the Hoes: DLC Pack, which includes four tracks, was released on streaming services.

[52] He wrote and produced on the tracks "Stars", "Fuk Sumn", "Beg Forgiveness" and "King" from Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign's album Vultures 1 which was released on February 10, 2024.

[60][61] He has also cited Ol' Dirty Bastard, Throbbing Gristle, Skinny Puppy, MF DOOM, Lil B, SpaceGhostPurrp, Danny Brown, Chief Keef, Ice Cube, Rick Rubin, Cam'ron, Björk, Janelle Monáe, Radiohead, The Backstreet Boys, Dirty Beaches and Arca as influences.

[69] Artists that have featured on the vlog series include Danny Brown, Kenny Beats, Lykke Li, Orville Peck, Saba and more.

Hendricks competed along with Lil Yachty, Murs, Trippie Redd, and Zack Fox in a challenge to cross a platform while freestyling and dodging various attacks.