Early Life and Education
Pop was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, and is of Jewish, German and Native American descent. He was raised Lutheran but ceased practicing as soon as his parents permitted him to. Apropos his Jewish identity, he states that he is of Jewish ethnicity but does not consider himself Jewish; "I have the blood in me, but I'm not considered part of the tribe. When my family came over here, on my father's side they were all rabbis. They changed their name from Hershell to Hershey and one of their younger grandchildren or whatever became the Hershey Bar guy. I never got any money out of it... I have American Indian in me and lots of German, which works really well with the Jew. It's just a big mixed bag. Somewhere along the line, my parents were raised Lutheran and as soon as I didn't have to go anymore, I wasn't into it. So I wasn't raised Jewish, but being in the music business, of course, I have Jewish managers. So I'm always up for the holidays." In 1990, Pop graduated from Perkiomen Valley High School and commenced studies in mass communication and history at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, where he met Bloodhound Gang bassist Jared "Evil Jared Hasselhoff" Hennegan.
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