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I worked with JJ since a few days into him opening Vector Gallery, we planned the Miami show together through my longstanding curatorial connection, and we had no idea Usher was in town when we gave Lena leeway to do her performance without intervention. I’m writing a book about him. You’re a fascinatingly elegant writer, but I can’t help but wonder what other conspiracies you have constructed and put into the world, if this is a point of reference. You’ve linked concurrent timelines without leaving breadcrumbs. As a researcher, I wanted to glean something new from your in-depth review. But the substance is lacking, and I’d like to know more if you really have a true theory. By the way, no one was putting JJ out into the world to present him as an artist. He just started posting songs on SoundCloud and performing at local NYC venues 2011-13. He had worked hard in D.C. and also had his parent’s support. There was no promoter or whatever. I’d like to see so hard evidence for Lena being “sinister.” Saying “is this a Russian thing” repeatedly shows a lot of Russophobic xenophobia on you part, since you didn’t back up the accusations. There are Russian people who are not government agents, and seeing this kind of stuff in every movie, publication, and game in the USA is quite disheartening. Cheers~

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Why don't you share your name.

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I wasn’t hiding my name, it’s just a platform I don’t use and if removed my name when I posted and switched to an old account name. Julia Sinelnikova. You are welcome to explore my content. I did make my comment not about me but to ASK you if you have a concrete theory about any of these people, so I can add info to my research on the topics. If not, it comes off as fear-mongering, can’t you see that? If you have no new facts to link all this stuff? Please do share if you do. And kindly avoid stalking and trolling activity on my name and accounts, as I am very familiar with the law and cybersecurity. Regardless of whether you probably disagree with my positions and possibly my existence, based on your writings, remember I am a real human being - my family and friends have received over a decade of online harassment from people theorizing about JJ, changing his death date in the Wikipedia, etc. etc. people who never met him. So I’m fine with you writing about him but please do not go on our pages or contact anyone from my circles, so I don’t have to take immediate measures. Thank you,

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PS You might be interested to know that I am a lover of Jesus Christ… and that JJ’s Gallery was renamed by JJ as “The Official Gallery of Jesus Christ” for its 2018-19 brick and mortar location on Grand St. in Brooklyn.

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Good piece. Thanks for writing. This sort of thing needs to be taken seriously. Its adherents certainly take it seriously.

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