J.Lerch is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter born and raised in Marietta, OH. Growing up in the small historic town of Marietta, Lerch was influenced early on by the growing culture of hip hop presented on the radio and television. His earliest memory of creating music was at 9 years old when he wrote his first song ‘Shutter Shades’ after seeing Kanye West star in Nick Cannon’s Wild’N’Out. After being well received in his hometown, J started to take his skills seriously enough to collaborate with a local media creator, which led to the completion of his first body of work ‘Almost Famous’ in 2015 released on all streaming platforms including Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, and YouTube. With his more popular song ‘Fingertips’ reaching far beyond his local listeners, J.Lerch has since gained over 550K streams across all platforms. At the closing of 2019, J.Lerch landed an opening act for major artist Lil Skies for a sold out show in Morgantown, WV, an opening act for major artist Mark Battles for an energetic crowd in Dayton, OH, and a spot in DJ Yemi's "Yemipalooza 3" featuring Jack Harlow & Kamrin Houser.