From the beginning, his writing leaned toward the shadows: depression, death, and the strange places the mind goes when it's pushed too far. His lyrics didn't just touch on darkness—they inhabited it, explored it, mapped its contours with unflinching honesty. In 2016, during a period of intense family and personal turmoil, Jinx wrote what would become his first three interconnected albums, a trilogy that would define his artistic legacy.
Those records evolved into the Book of Colors trilogy: Black (2020), Sanguine (2021), and Gold (2022). Recorded and released with his brother and longtime collaborator Bryan "Cryptic-X" Jenkins, the trilogy moves from numb darkness to blood-red rage to manic, golden light—a three-act journey through the spectrum of human suffering and survival. It forms the core of his discography and the clearest map of his inner world, each album a chapter in a larger story about what it means to endure.
Jinx and Cryptic-X pushed their partnership further in 2021 by forming enemyX, a duo project that built a reputation inside online cypher communities and expanded the Killing Field sound into colder, more confrontational territory. The project allowed Jinx to explore different facets of his artistry—sharper, more aggressive, more visceral. At the same time, Jinx's presence was felt across the growing KFR roster, both as a writer and as a voice that tied the label's releases back to a common emotional thread.
In December 2019, Jinx co-founded Killing Field Records in Lincoln with his brother Cryptic-X. The label's main tagline, "Legends Are Born Here," sits alongside Jinx's own artist stamp: "Legends Die Here." Together they frame his role not just as another name on the roster, but as one of the central reasons the label exists at all. His vision, his uncompromising approach to art, and his willingness to confront the darkest aspects of existence shaped the label's identity and set its creative direction.
Jinx passed away in May 2025, leaving behind a body of work that refuses easy answers and demands emotional engagement. His music doesn't comfort—it confronts. It doesn't escape—it excavates. And in doing so, it has become essential listening for anyone who has ever felt lost in their own head, trapped by their own pain, or searching for a voice that understands what it's like to live on the edge.
Although he has passed, Jinx's work continues to shape KFR's direction. The Book of Colors trilogy and his recordings with enemyX remain at the heart of the catalog, and ongoing projects like Shit Ain't What It Seems are being developed to preserve and extend the body of work he left behind. His legacy is not static—it evolves, it breathes, it continues to speak to those who need to hear it.
In the end, Jinx didn't just make music. He created a space for people to confront their own darkness, to feel seen in their suffering, and to know they weren't alone. That space remains, and it will continue to exist as long as his music is heard.
