C.J. From Philly
Founder of PhlySquad Ent.
My drive is insane. I write a song damn near daily. Dropped 2 tapes this year and got another on the way next month. Being a independent artist is hard, but being a teenage independent artist is harder. I have to work twice as hard just to get half of what someone else would have. and knowing that make the grind worth much more. Im 16, and unemployed. I might not get paid like the other rappers talking bout all they got. Thats what makes my music so real, I can honestly say I never spit a fake bar. I dont have it all, and that shows in my music. None of my songs lack in emotion. Every bar can be broken down to something that happened in my life.
Music has been such a grand part of my life. My grandfather used to play old music to me, i'm talking Vinyl disks. I heard anything from Stevie wonder to Run DMC. I grew up on music. I taught myself to play instruments such as the drums and the piano.
Growing up in a home with all girls was hard.When i was younger my father had to work the night shift to support 3 children and my mom. Only time I saw him was in the morning when he dropped me off at school. I spoke about those hardships in my song “Doing This” off my mixtape “Triangle Success”. Dropping my mixtapes helped to get my name up. but my dream is to drop an album, get signed and bring the whole #PhlySquad crew with me.
My music inspirations as I grew up were probably Ludacris and T-Pain. Because they had crazy flows and they were different. But from todays music I think Dizzy Wright, Meek Mill, and Logic. They’re pretty different from each other but i think that’s what makes me so diverse lyrically and gives me a unique flow.
Music Isn’t “Important” to me, Its my life. It was never a “Hobby”. I dream sleep and breath music. Quarter notes run through my veins, I find the music in anything and everything.
Im only 16, I got so much time to make it but my time is now. #PhlySquad the movement. And Speaking of #PhlySquad, that’s my group that I created. Consisting of M.O.E, King Stax, R.O.B., and Double C’s. Theyve been there from the rip and i doubt that’ll ever switch. #PhlySquad the movement.
Get ready for The Come Up!
