J. Rawls

Jason Daniel Rawls, known professionally as J. Rawls, was born on February 27, 1974, in Columbus, Ohio. He is an American hip hop musician, producer, DJ, educator, and speaker. Rawls emerged in the late 1990s underground hip hop scene, contributing to projects such as Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star by Black Star. His solo albums include The Essence of J. Rawls (2001), The Hip-Hop Affect (2011), and The Legacy (2014). He is a member of the duo 3582 with Fat Jon, and has collaborated on projects such as Respect Game or Expect Flames (2012) with Casual and Youth Culture Power (2019) with John Robinson. Rawls also became the director the Hip-Hop OHIO Patton Education Program at Ohio University's Patton College of Education.