Japhia Life was born and raised in Philadelphia. He released several mixtapes and two independent releases. He has had much media exposure plus worked with some of the big names in the hip hop industry. Powerful music Although Japhia knows that he is a gospel artist, he prefers not to be put in a box. In his own words “I just make life changing music. I’m from the hood so I just wanna make powerful music inspired by God that will affect the world.” Beatmart Recordings In 2005 Japhia Life signed to Beatmart Recordings after initial interest of Warner Brothers and started on the "Fountain of Life" project, that would be released in march 2006. Independant On June 5th, 2007 the rapper announced he was breaking with Beatmart Recordings and is an independant artist again: "There is no bad blood between Label, and Artist. We appreciate what the label has done to enhance the Japhia Life brand, and we do wish them the best!" Own Label A press release is issued on August 28th, 2007 stating Japhia Life launched his own label Arms Out Entertainment. The label has an online division entitled "Arms Out Digital", which will use the imprint "Arms Out Ent. Online". New projects The MC is working on: - Westside Pharmacy: 2009 - The Heartsville Mixtape: 2009 Sources: Press release: He's back!/Beatmart Recordings, June 2005; Japhia Life a Free Agent?/MySpace Blog, June 5th, 2007; MySpace Bulletin: Breaking News!, August 28th, 2007. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.