A couple of years ago, Brooklyn drill was a local YouTube phenomenon -- young people in a few different neighborhoods taking aesthetic cues from Chicago and the UK, airing out inter-neighborhood beefs ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The past 14 months have been good to rapper CJ. The Graniteville native is behind the breakout hit “Whoopty,” which has amassed over 327 million views on YouTube and 486 million ...

Last year, Staten Island rapper CJ stole the summer with his hard-hitting drill single “Whoopty.” Though much of the country was confined to their homes due to ...

Billboard spoke to CJ about making "Whoopty," his deal with Warner Records, his favorite co-sign, if he regrets his past collaboration with 6ix9ine and more. By Carl Lamarre Last summer, Staten Island ...

Each week in Breakout, we talk to the emerging stars blowing up right now – whether it be a huge viral moment, killer new track or an eye-popping video – these are the rising artists certain to ...

Staten Island's CJ scored a top 10 hit with his track "Whoopty," a song heavy on the drill-circa-Pop Smoke sound — the sample of Indian singer Arijit Singh's "Sanam Re" on the beat has to be one of ...