“I've never had a huge collection of records; I've never been a beat digga. I never been one of these guys who drives cross-country and knows some one-legged sailor who has a boat parked off some pier with a thousand Russian funk records that he stole from the Red Army in 1972.”

American rapper, songwriter, and record producer

El-P, born Jaime Stuart Meline, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer active since the 1990s. He first came to prominence as a member of Company Flow, and later became widely known as one half of Run the Jewels. He has been a major figure in alternative hip-hop, both as a solo artist and as a producer. His credits include work with Aesop Rock, Cage, and Mr. Lif, and he was also a member of The Weathermen and a co-founder, owner, and CEO of the Definitive Jux record label.