hiː ɪz ðə sˈʌn ʌv ɡɹˈɛɡ nɐpˈoʊlɪən, ɐ sˈɔftwɛɹ ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ, ænd dˈævi nɐpˈoʊlɪən, ɐ θˈiəɾɚ hɪstˈoːɹiən ænd ˈɑːɹts dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪst, ænd ðə ɡɹˈændsʌn ʌv dʒˈæk skˈɜːnɪk, ɐ mjˌuːzɪkˈɑːlədʒˌɪst ænd fˈaʊndɚɹ ʌv ˌiːˌɛmˈɛs ɹᵻkˈoːɹdɪŋz, ænd fˈeɪ klˈeɪnmən, ɐ pˈeɪntɚ.
He is the son of Greg Napoleon, a software engineer, and Davi Napoleon, a theater historian and arts journalist, and the grandson of Jack Skurnick, a musicologist and founder of EMS Recordings, and Fay Kleinman, a painter.