Josiah Gillie, known professionally as J.P. and formerly as 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 mother Ramona Gillie. Gillie's brother Keenan-Hampton Duck 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 Derrick Simmons 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".
Discography Studio albums +List of studio albums with selected details Title Details Class Act Released: November 5, 2022 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Everything Your Not Released: January 3, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming No Discounts Released: March 18, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Highs and Lows Released: June 29, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Coming Out Party Released: June 7, 2024 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming
Extended plays +List of extended plays with selected details Title Details Party Mix Released: April 28, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Bad Guy Released: September 26, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, chart positions, and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album USR&B/HHAir. "Juicey Ahhh" 2022 — "Opp Anthem" — Class Act "$20 at the Door" — rowspan="11" "Show Me What You Got" 2023 — "Ratchet Shit" — "J.P." — "Ayoo Big Barney" — "Hey Huh Bow" — "Hounder" — "Super Saiyan" — "My Lips Are Parched" — "Fast Car" — "Throw It Back" — "Yessir" 2024 — Everything Your Not "Bad Bitty" 50 rowspan="3" "She Took" — "Mr Smackdown" —
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Bag" 2023 rowspan="5" "Fat Wham" "Oh Shi" 2024 "Fire Bittys Come Party" "Jungle Fever"
Guest appearances +List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album nameTitleOther artist(s)YearAlbum "Hts Part 2" Myaap 2023 Worth the Wait
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