CJ's "Whoopty" is currently a top ten hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, but 22Gz is not celebrating the drill record's milestone. In fact, the Brooklyn rapper has issued a warning about CJ's rise being a potential Tekashi 6ix9ine scenario.
Last month, 22Gz said CJ gave him 6ix9ine vibes before dissing him over the "Whoopty" beat. In an interview with AllHipHop, 22Gz explained that the diss was a "g-check" for the rapper attempting to capitalize off of the Brooklyn drill sound without being from the lifestyle.
"I just want people to know what the truth is, we gon keep it 100," 22Gz said. "Especially this drill rap, there's a lot of rappers in this category who been through some real s***, so we ain't just gonna have somebody come [and] make this whole s*** some flawed, fake s***."
He acknowledged that the sound is shared with all of the city's artists, but doesn't want the public to forget the sub-genre's origins. 22Gz added that he wasn't hating or trying to bully CJ and that he wouldn't have dissed him or made the 6ix9ine comparison if CJ "tapped in."
"I didn't even say that to really expose boy, but it's like hey if he can lie about that, why wouldn't ya'll think he'd take my whole s*** and run with it?" he continued. "I wouldn't even mind. I just wanted the credit for my s*** because I done gave sauce to damn near everybody in the city and nobody tapped in. Even the opps use my s*** -- all the lingo you see, all the dancing, that's mine."
22Gz expressed his frustration with artists appropriating the drill sound and image, but clarified that "nobody was more blatant [with] stealing though than 6ix9ine and the CJ kid."
The interview continued with 22Gz questioning how CJ and the buzz surrounding "Whoopty" is so sudden when drill songs usually take months to build the same hype. During the interview, 22Gz also talks about Nick Blixky's death and being signed to Kodak Black.
To hear more, view the full interview above.
