Music Karp was raised in
Calabasas, California. After a brief stint in hip-hop at 11 years old signed for management to
Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate, where he lasted a record 45 days on air to become the show's all-time champion. Karp created a demo exhibiting his satirical style and tightly wound rhymes. He eventually signed with
Interscope Records for what he said was a million dollars, where he recorded what was to be his debut album,
Your Housekeeper Hates You, which included
guest appearances by
Redman,
Kanye West,
will.i.am,
DJ Quik,
Fabolous,
Mýa,
Sugar Ray,
DJ Clue, and
MC Serch. However, Interscope informed Karl that his album could not be commercially released due to scheduling conflicts and he decided to leave Interscope. In 2013, Karp recorded his first song in 10 years for his favorite basketball team, the
Los Angeles Clippers, at the request of DJ Dense, the team's in-arena DJ. In 2016, Karp recorded a song titled "Like Riding a Bike", featuring
Mike Shinoda from
Linkin Park, which is available on
SoundCloud.
Books Karp co-wrote the book ''Just Can't Get Enough: Toys, Games and Other Stuff from the '80s that Rocked
for Abrams Books with Matthew Robinson. Jensen released his memoir, Kanye West Owes Me $300 (and other true stories from a white rapper who ALMOST made it big)'', detailing the entire experience in June 2016 with
Crown Books.
Radio In October 2018, Karp joined the cast of the
Kevin and Bean morning show, hosted by Kevin Ryder and Gene "Bean" Baxter on alternative rock station
KROQ 106.7 FM in
Los Angeles. He had a regular segment called "Get Up on This", based on his podcast. On March 18, 2020, it was announced that the entire morning crew had been let go by KROQ, over the phone at the start of the
COVID-19 pandemic. It was reported that the station lost half its audience in the 2 weeks after letting them go as office and car listening fell rapidly across America as the pandemic emerged.
Television Karp was a writer for
WWE Raw for seven months during 2006. He also appeared on Season 1 of VH1's
Barely Famous playing Erin Foster's boyfriend and was seen numerous times on the final season of
Candidly Nicole. Karp also appeared on
Comedy Central's
@midnight. Karp wrote a sketch on
The Late Late Show with James Corden called
Drop the Mic, where Corden goes head to head battle rapping a different celebrity each installment. After
Late Late Show installments with
Anne Hathaway,
Kevin Hart,
David Schwimmer, and
Usain Bolt, TBS bought the concept, which aired 31 episodes starting in 2017. Karp was credited as an executive producer for 7 episodes. Karp has written for Sacha Baron Cohen's
Who Is America? The Grammys, The ESPYs, The MTV Movie Awards, The Masked Singer,
Art From 2004 until 2026 Karp co-owned and operated
Gallery 1988, a
pop art focused galleries in Los Angeles, California. Gallery 1988 was well known for its annual show,
Crazy 4 Cult, where 100 artists reinterpret classic
cult movies in their own style. At one time, Karp was also the brand manager and designer for
Pete Wentz's
Clandestine Industries. His marketing company, Tyson/Givens Design & Marketing created the LOST Underground Art Project for the show's final season and worked with the TV show
Breaking Bad. The gallery has also hosted exhibits for
The Avengers,
Rick and Morty and
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Podcasts Karp hosted a podcast called
Hype Men in which he, Eric Rosenthal, and Jeff Rosenthal, aka
Itsthereal, discussed hip-hop. It ran from August 2010 to July 2011. He hosted a show on
Earwolf called
Get Up on This, in which he,
Matthew Robinson, and a guest discussed things they think they should know about. Robinson and Karp also hosted
Get Up Off This, the podcast within a podcast where they discuss things that people should not like and other replacements. The show ran from August 2011 until October 2018 with 371 episodes made. Karp and Robinson choose Ali Segel and Erin Mallory Long to replace them as hosts. He was a frequent guest on
Pistol Shrimps Radio, a podcast on
Earwolf following a women's recreational league basketball team in Los Angeles. In the halftime "Sock Report" segment, Karp discusses the socks of Pistol Shrimps and opposing players. In the second season of
Pistol Shrimps Radio, Karp's character changed to "Greg Escalante," who later revealed he was Jensen Karp hiding from the
Church of Scientology. On July 1, 2020, Karp and his wife,
Danielle Fishel, started a new podcast called ''Talk Ain't Cheap
, where they analyze and dissect the Cameo accounts of celebrities. They also launched a Patreon account that grants early access to the show, as well as other podcasts and an interactive Instagram game show called Scorantine. The podcast has drawn criticism as the idea was stolen from the Canadian podcast Blocked Party.
The show was originally called Word Up!
which is a direct copy of Blocked Party'
s segment title. Since the summer of 2022 Karp has been producing the podcast Pod Meets World in which three cast members from the 90s sitcom Boy Meets World'',
Rider Strong,
Will Friedle, and Karp's wife
Danielle Fishel, watch episodes of the show, and share behind the scenes stories of what it was like to make the show. ==Personal life==