Singer, MC, and percussionist J Pope fell in love with music at church. The semi-regular Sunday morning appearances by The Fleming Sisters inspired her desire to connect with people through musical performance. “The way they would perform, the emotion they would give, and the emotion it would evoke in the people who were there was so powerful,” Pope remembers. “They made me want to become a performing artist.”

In her home, J’s parents often played the records of classic soul artists… more