Display CPT posts with Specific Taxonomy Term

I have a custom page template, and I’d like to display all Custom Post Type posts under a specific taxonomy term. I’m trying to display the featured image, and the post title inside a link to the post.

My CPT is People. The taxonomy is People Categories, and the Term slug is “njapf.”

The query is working, however, I’m having the hardest time displaying the desired post items.

I’m trying to display the featured image and post title, and have both the image and post title link to the post.

Here is the full code for my query:

<div class="artist-grid">

	<?php 

$args = array(
'post_type' => 'people',
'orderby'   => 'title',
'order' => 'ASC',
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'people',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => 'njapf'
)
)
);
//$query = new WP_Query( $args ); // this line is useless in your code
 
// The Query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
 
// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
$the_query->the_post();

echo '<div class="artist-grid-item">';

if(has_post_thumbnail()){

	echo '<a>'. get_permalink() . '</a>';

               echo '<div class="artist-grid-image">' . get_the_post_thumbnail( $_post->ID, 'large' ) . '</div>';
             }

echo '<p>' . get_the_title() . '</p>';

echo '</div>';

}

} else {
// no posts found
}
/* Restore original Post Data */
wp_reset_postdata();?>

</div>

What am I doing wrong?

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