TheOneJP

Austin, TX, USA

Once a homeless man from Jackson, Mississippi, Mr. Jason Patrick aka The One JP started out his Hip Hop journey beatboxing for his brother Savage Priest's rap group The Republic of Rock in Jr. High. When the group decided to call it quits a year later, JP broke off into his own direction, still hungry for Hip Hop, and still beatboxing for other rappers, but also building up his skills as an equally talented rapper and producer himself whose sound can ride in cool company alongside Ice Cube, Tupac, and Outkast but with his own distinct flow and presence on the mic. After years of ups and downs financially, and a short time in the penal system, JP finally got some traction to his dreams when he opened up for Rap Legends Tupac Shakur and Grand Puba at Tougaloo College in 1991. But it was short lived as another stumbling block sent him back to jail again, slowing down his dreams even more and almost derailing his entire future. But the down time gave him time to think and put his life in p