From the beginning, his writing leaned toward the shadows: depression, death, and the strange places the mind goes when it's pushed too far. 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. Three albums, three characters, one story. It forms the core of his discography and the clearest map of his inner world.
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 let Jinx go 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 with no easy answers. His music does not comfort you. It confronts you. If you have ever felt lost in your own head, trapped by your own pain, or searching for a voice that understands what it's like to live on the edge, it is worth your time.
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 work keeps finding the people 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.
