The Hottest Parties in Town Are Now Online

As many are quarantining or socially distancing themselves to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the party has moved to social media. On Friday night there was one place in the country where you could take part in a social gathering and not be afraid of spreading or contracting the coronavirus. Over 4,000 people were in attendance, including headliners like Jennifer Lopez, Drake, Naomi Campbell, Diddy, Mary J. Blige, DJ Khaled, T.

I. , Queen Latifah and Tracee Ellis Ross. There was no charge at the door, no security, no drink minimum and you could attend in your pajamas from the comfort of your own home. The party, named Homeschoolin’, was easy to find: It was on D.

J. D-Nice’s Instagram live. Since Wednesday, Derrick Jones, 49, more popularly known as D-Nice, has held streams of hourslong jam sessions from his home in Los Angeles. He plays all of the hits, new and old, but you never hear the same song twice.

As people streamed in and out of his livestream, he gave shout-outs to health care and emergency medical workers helping to get the country through the pandemic. Many of the country’s most populous states have been following officials’ directives to socially distance themselves to curb the spread of the coronavirus. As of Saturday, over 20,000 people in the United States had been infected and at least 266 people died. Under the new quarantine guidelines, at least one in five Americans by the end of the weekend will be ordered to stay at home.

The guidelines do not stop the party on social media apps designed to allow people to spend time together without having to see one another in person, eliminating the risk of spreading the virus. D-Nice simply wanted to play music, he said on Saturday. After having gigs at South by Southwest, Coachella and others canceled, he missed the energy he gets from a crowd. “Sitting at home during this quarantine, I started to feel empty,” he said.

“There is nothing like playing the music and feeling the music. ” Music has been an integral part of D-Nice’s life. At 16, he became a member of the hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions, alongside rappers like KRS-One and DJ Scott La Rock. Now D-Nice has pivoted to D.