After releasing ‘Minerals & Gems‘ and the Anderson Paak-featured ‘Green Light‘, the Los Angeles, Stones Throw MC and producer Jonwayne returns with his newest mixtape, Jonwayne Is Retired.

The follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 album, aptly titled ‘Rap Album One’ which was released through the iconic label who helped launched the careers of Madlib, Dilla and Aloe Blacc, Jonwayne returns with his effortlessly laid back style of rapping, trademark sweatshirt and poetically brutal verses.

Coming up in LA’s hip-hop scene, Jonwayne announced his presence with a series of tapes – Cassette, Cassette 2 and Cassette 3. Each was unplanned, the releases prompted by Jon’s prolific output. And by this time even lawyers for the tobacco conglomerate Phillip Morris took notice of Jonwayne, serving him with a cease and desist notice for a cassette that looked like a pack of Marlboros.

Jon Wayne is the MC/producer’s birth name. The Hollywood cowboy, John Wayne (real name Marion Morrison) took his famous screen name from Jonwayne’s great-great-great-great-great uncle, General “Mad Anthony” Wayne, a player in the American Revolutionary War. True story. Now Jonwayne’s taking back the name – what goes around comes around.

Check out the criminally underrated ‘The Come Up’ feat. Scoop Deville below and ‘Jonwayne is Retired’ is available now through iTunes.