“What makes a party a real success?” asks Jipsta as he opens the first verse of his current single, “Party Of The Year.” Thanks to a string of dancefloor hits that keep getting bigger and better, one answer is, increasingly, Jipsta himself. His rise is notable not just for its trajectory, but its singularity within the circuit world.
Jipsta is a gay, white rapper, and unlike the Cazwells of the world, his sole focus thus far has been dance music and club culture. He paints himself lyrically as advanced in the art of having a good time, whether on “Middle Of The Dancefloor” or his clever cover of George Michael’s “I Want Your Sex.” Both singles reached the top five of the Billboard club chart, and “Nasty Boy,” a cheeky reworking of Vanity 6’s “Nasty Girl,” scored widespread play thanks to Jamie J. Sanchez’s bootleg mashup with Inaya Day’s own classic remake.
His fun, sexy rap style is a far cry from when 1980s-version Jipsta was on...