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“Whoopty” is a song by American rapper CJ. The song was initially self-released on July 30, 2020, before being re-released by Warner Records following his signing to the label. The song reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 2021, and has reached the UK top three and the Billboard Global 200 top 10. The song samples Arijit Singh‘s “Sanam Re” (2015).

Background

The song contains a sample of the Indian song “Sanam Re” (2015) by Arijit Singh and Mithoon. It is reminiscent of Brooklyn drill and marks a departure from CJ’s melodic rapping.^[1] CJ said he received comparisons to late rapper Pop Smoke, because of the song’s drill sound. He said in an interview with HipHopDX that Pop Smoke’s absence inspired “Whoopty”, who he considers the artist that popularized the music style.^[2] He attributed its popularity to the energy conveyed in the track and its video.^[1]

Critical reception

Pitchfork‘s Alphonse Pierre wrote that while the song “may be the biggest drill record of the last several months”, “everything about it is so painfully unoriginal” in that it combines “Pop Smoke‘s uk drill production with 22Gz‘s lingo”.^[3] In an earlier piece for the same site, Pierre felt the lyrics “might as well have been spit out by a machine trained on the Raps and Hustles YouTube page” and concluded that “[T]he only good thing to ever come out of Staten Island remains the Wu-Tang Clan“.^[4] Tom Breihan of Stereogum had similar critiques for the song, though he added, “The song works. It moves.”^[5]

CJ – WHOOPTY

(by BWW News Desk Apr. 14, 2020) 

EST Gee, a thriving Louisville rap artist, just dropped his second visual, “Gram Life“, off his latest project, Ion Feel Nun. Staying true to his core roots of grinding in the hard-hitting streets of Newburg, this video shows Gee rapping in his hood in a decked out Rolls Royce, surrounded by his crew. EST Gee is known in Kentucky for the fast life he lives and is now telling that story through his music, rapping about his authentic lifestyle.

“Gram Life” is currently on his latest project, Ion Feel Nun, which dropped late March. With features from Icewear Vezzo, Sada Baby and Payroll Giovani, this project is the first collection of music that proceeded EST Gee being shot multiple times, including his eye, which he survived and bounced back from stronger than ever.

EST Gee x Ball Forever

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  Rod Wave $1.75 million dollars

Rodarius Marcell Green^[2] (born August 27, 1998) known professionally as Rod Wave, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is known for his strong voice and incorporation of R&B and hip-hop.^[2] Green rose to fame with the 2019 single “Heart on Ice“, which went viral on YouTube and TikTok and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] Green’s debut album, Ghetto Gospel (2019), peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard 200.^[4] His second album, Pray 4 Love (2020), peaked at number two on the Billboard 200,^[5] and included his highest-charting song, “Rags2Riches.”

Rod Wave – All Week

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Lil Durk Net Worth: $3 Million

(wikipedia)

Durk Derrick Banks, better known by his stage nameLil Durk (born October 19, 1992), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.^[4] He is the lead member and founder of his own collective and record label, Only the Family.^[5][6]

Early life[edit]

Born on October 19, 1992, Banks spent much of his early years at home with a great deal of responsibility as his father was incarcerated when he was 7 months old.^[7] He recalled that there were times when he did not have enough food in his home when he was younger. He started his first breakthrough social media channels like Myspace and YouTube, and became more fond of the idea of being a rapper once his online fan base started to grow more rapidly than expected.^[8] Banks took his career more seriously after becoming a father at 17 and dropping out of his high school, Paul Robeson High School, in order to join the Black Disciples, a street gang in Chicago.^[8] Soon after joining he began to get into trouble with the law and served time in October 2011 due to gun charges, including possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number.^[9] He later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated unauthorized use of a weapon, according to court records.^[9]

Lil Durk – Backdoor

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Nipesy Hussle $8 million dollars

Ermias Joseph Asghedom (August 15, 1985 – March 31, 2019), known professionally as Nipsey Hussle (often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le), was an American rapper, activist, and entrepreneur.^[1] Emerging from the West Coast hip hop scene in the mid-2000s, Hussle independently released his first mixtape, Slauson Boy Volume 1, to moderate local success,^[2] which led to him being signed to Cinematic Music Group and Epic Records.^[3][4][5][6]

Hussle became known for his numerous mixtapes, including his Bullets Ain’t Got No Name series, The Marathon, The Marathon Continues, and Crenshaw, the last of which rapper Jay-Z bought 100 copies for $100 each.^[7] After much delay, his debut studio album Victory Lap was released in 2018 to critical acclaim and commercial success,^{[8][9][10][11]} and was nominated for the Best Rap Album at the 61st Grammy Awards in 2019. Two posthumous Grammy Awards for the songs “Racks in the Middle” and “Higher” were awarded to Hussle in the Best Rap Performance and Best Rap/Sung Performance categories, respectively, the next year at the 62nd Grammy Awards.^[12]

Also known for his entrepreneurship, Hussle inaugurated the Marathon Clothing store, which he founded along with partners Carless, the head of the agency, Karen Civil and his brother Samiel Asghedom in 2017, and started a co-working environment which he named “Vector 90”.^[1][13] On March 31, 2019, Hussle was fatally shot outside his store Marathon Clothing in South Los Angeles.^[14] Eric Holder, a 29-year-old man who had confronted Hussle earlier in the day, was arrested and charged with murder on April 2, 2019.^[15]

Nipsey Hussle – Double Up Ft. Belly & Dom Kennedy 

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  Yung Bleu networth $500 thousand

(Wikipedia)

You’re Mines Still” is a song by Mobile, Alabama rapper Yung Bleu. It was released on October 2, 2020 as the third track from his EP Love Scars: The 5 Stages of Emotions. A remix featuring Canadian musician Drake was released on October 16, 2020 as part of the deluxe version of the EP. The remix came about after basketball player DeMarcus Cousins reached out to both artists, urging them to collaborate. The soft, melodic song finds the two harmonizing about their ex-lovers who they still hold on to.

Yung Bleu – You’re Mines Still

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