unlearning super negro syndrome music artist • podcaster • social advocate 💵 I crowdfunded $10K from 194 supporters to kickstart my music journey in 2015. From there I released my first project, GUAVAMATIC SPACE DREAM in 2016. 🎤 I built a 5 piece band, THE PEACE AND POWER BAND, which, at one point, grew to 13 pieces with an all-women’s horn section. We’ve been touring since 2017. 📅 I independently launched a national 12-city tour in the kitchens of my fans to promote my project RAP GUMBO, which dropped in 2019. #JPKitchenTour ✊🏾 I created, produced and hosted the Stir Crazy Festival, a free 2-Day IG Live conference of wellness conversations and music performances 11 days after the murder of George Floyd. The festival was supported by a house-inspired music project titled STIR CRAZY (with BACHTROY), which dropped on Juneteenth 2020. 🎙 The Stir Crazy Festival eventually transitioned into the STIR CRAZY PODCAST where I connect with movers-and-shakers about our uncertain, transforming world to discuss what's going on and what should be. 🎓 Yale (BA, MDiv) ♦️1911 📍Harlem 🖥 www.officiallyjp.com 📧 [email protected] he/him Photo Credit: Kolin Mendez