Jason Mraz was born and raised in Virginia, where he was a fan of the Dave Matthews Band.  A singer-songwriter, Mraz set out for the big city, attending a performing arts college in New York City. But it wasn’t until his participation in musical theater that he first developed a love for music.  He graduated high school and moved to New York where he attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.  However, he dropped out a year later, took up guitar and began to focus on songwriting.  He returned to Virginia for a short while, but felt called to the warm coast of California and moved to San Diego in 1999.

“My Drive Thru” is a collaborative single by The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter Santogold, and The Neptunes producer and N.E.R.D. member Pharrell Williams. The song was created for Converse’s centennial and was released in June 2008. The Times made “My Drive Thru” their track of the day, calling it “a three-headed Frankenstein monster of coolness” that was “a lovely attempt to allow guitar music, beats and R’n'B to come together in one happy bundle.”