J57 On How To (Sustainably) Be A Multi-Hyphenate
The head-turning rapper, producer, singer-songwriter, label owner, music video director, fiancé and father just dropped his new album, 'THE HYPHENATE: DISC 1'.
J57
James Victor Heinz, known professionally as J57, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive, and music video director that infuses hip hop with indie rock, pop, folk & Americana music. He is a member of the Brown Bag AllStars, a group of emcees he helped create while working at Fat Beats in 2004, and Jamo Gang, a hip-hop group along with Ras Kass and El Gant. J57 cites DJ Eclipse and his mentor DJ Premier, as his musical influences. He owns a record label called FiveSe7en Collective which is the home of a lot of new, promising talent in different genres of music.
Albums
2010
Digital Society
2014
The Ports
2016
I’m the J57
2020
The Analog Tape 3.3
2023
San Gennaro
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