Though Seattle-based rapper Jarv Dee first began his career as a crew member and hypeman of the Pacific Northwest rap collective Cloud Nice, Jarve Dee has since distinguished himself as one of the more forward thinking and experimentally minded rappers on the Emerald City's music scene. Dee released his debut LP, Ziplock Hip-Hop, in 2011 and the album helped establish him as a thought provoking lyricist with a strong vocal bombast.