![]() That was about to be rehearsal week and at the end of the week rehearsal the tour would’ve started.” “We had rehearsals from 12 in the morning until 4 A.M. JP and the rest of the world hardly had a month to mourn the fallen star before they had to mourn the world they once knew when the COVID-19 pandemic crushed the old normal with a lethal grip. In a matter of weeks, JP was a DJ without the artist he made his living with in a world that now deems his living non-essential and a threat to the public safety. DJ JP spoke with about his last conversation with Pop Smoke, how he’s adapted during a pandemic and what the future holds for a man forced to reinvent. “Last year, I thought we’d be on tour, or at a crazy show, or a crazy concert by now. Now, there’s COVID and all these things going on.” This time last year, Pop Smoke’s 2020 ubiquity was a safer bet than a Tesla stock. Pop went from not doing a single show for the vast majority of 2019 to JP recalling three-show performance nights being a regular by the end of the year. That sort of increase in demand changes everyone’s life around the star. In a May interview on Instagram Live show Candid COVID Convos, JP admitted his financial situation changed considerably due to deejaying for Pop, explaining how the money he got from three Pop Smoke shows alone could pay his car note, rent, and still leave him with extra money to go shopping. Pop’s passing took JP off the tour, but for a while, COVID-19 took JP off everything. ![]() ![]() Stay-At-Home orders swept across the nation blanketing the nightlife scene in a proverbial Do Not Enter tarp. JP estimates to that he had 150 events postponed due to COVID-19 from late March until July resulting in over $80,000 of deferred potential revenue. “When this pandemic started, I was thinking, ‘Alright, now you really have to do this. ![]()
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