J.P. (rapper)

Josiah Gillie, known professionally as J.P. or Jody P, is an American rapper and singer. He released his debut single "Juicey Ahhh" in 2022 and his breakout single "Bad Bitty" went viral on TikTok in 2024.

Life and career
Josiah Gillie was born in Milwaukee to parents Ramona Gillie and Antoine Buchanan. He has one brother, who,, works as his manager. As a child, Gillie performed in musicals and sang jazz, opera, and in his church choir; he also played basketball and joined an Amateur Athletic Union team in eighth grade. He attended West Allis Central High School. He began making music in high school, which he described as "horrible quality". , Gillie is attending the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point as a music performance major with a focus on vocal performance and a minor in communications. He also plays as a power forward for the school's basketball team, the Pointers.

As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, Gillie's cousin encouraged him to try making lowend music, a style of hip hop music from Milwaukee. He recorded his first song, "Juicey Ahhh", on his phone using BandLab and a lowend beat from YouTube that was produced by Milwaukee producer DDMakinHits. He released it under the name J.P. in December 2022. The song soon went viral on TikTok after being posted by the popular Milwaukee-based TikTok account @414hypehousetiktok. After it was endorsed by rapper Lil Uzi Vert on social media in January 2023, a remix of "Juicey Ahhh" featuring Sada Baby was released. In 2023, J.P. released the song "Get Down" and his debut album, No Discounts. J.P.'s breakout single, "Bad Bitty", was released in February 2024. It went viral on TikTok and other social media platforms the following month due to the song's choreography and a meme involving the song's ad-libs. His song "Freak Girl" was released in April 2024. J.P.'s album Coming Out Party was released in June 2024.

Musical style
J.P.'s music is primarily lowend, and he has described his music as a combination of lowend with R&B. He has named Otis Redding, Luther Vandross, and Sam Cooke as musical influences. He has stated that he does not write his music and that his lyrical process is "more of a feeling-type thing".

Personal life
J.P. is bisexual. Social media rumors about him having had sex with another man circulated in 2024, which he confirmed during an Instagram Live video, stating, "The same way you decide to crack a bad bitch, I made a decision to crack a [man]."