3" and "All These Niggas" by King Von, "Wishing Well" by Juice Wrld, "What Happened To Virgil" featuring Gunna, "Decline" with Chief Keef, and "No Standards" by Lil Durk, "Topanga" by Trippie Redd, and "Young Grizzley World" by Tee Grizzley featuring YNW Melly and A Boogie wit da Hoodie.
[2][3] His work on Lil Durk's song "What Happened to Virgil" remains his highest charting production—at number 22—on the US Billboard Hot 100.
[1][6][7] After receiving piano instruction for nine years, he enrolled at Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School.
[7][8] He met Johnny May Cash, who introduced him to Young Chop, and switched his attention to hip hop production after dropping out of Robert Morris University after his first year.
[8] Chopsquad DJ has collaborated with many artists including: Chief Keef, Lil Durk, Lil Reese, Young Thug, T.I., Tee Grizzley, Famous Dex, G Herbo, Yung Bans, Sada Baby, Lil Tjay, YFN Lucci, YNW Melly, YNW BSlime, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, King Von, Asian Doll, Polo G, 24hrs, PnB Rock, Future, Doe Boy, Tory Lanez, Lil Mosey, Mozzy, Fetty Wap, UnoTheActivist, Trouble, NLE Choppa, Meek Mill, Gucci Mane, Migos, Juice Wrld, Rae Sremmurd, Swae Lee, Trippie Redd, Fabolous, Yo Gotti, Lucki, Chance the Rapper and more.
With the help of Young Chop's brand and the connection with Warner Chappell Music, Chopsquad started working as a ghost producer.
[1] Through his travels, he began to develop a relationship with Chief Keef, who eventually gave him the moniker "Chopsquad DJ" after the release of his mixtape Sorry 4 the Weight in 2015,[8][9][10] the majority of which he produced.
[15][16][17] And on December 23, 2016, Chopsquad later produced "They Like" by Yo Gotti and YFN Lucci; from his commercial mixtape White Friday (CM9) (2016).
[2] Next, he collaborated with 808 Mafia member Southside and he co-produced for G Herbo's song "Some Nights", from his project Swervo;[26] which was released on July 27, 2018.
[51] On March 4, 2022, Chopsquad solely produced numerous songs for King Von's second and the first posthumous studio album What It Means To Be King,[52] as well as Lil Durk, on his seventh album 7220,[53][54] which both debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200, scoring both Chopsquad's seventh and eighth top-5 projects as a successful producer.
[55] Due to his background as a pianist growing up, Chopsquad DJ is most recognized for his use of FL Studio and for his frequent use of dark melodies in his beats.
[56] His current tag "Chopsquad DJ on da beat, so issa banger", was performed by Lil Durk.
[11] The tag appeared first in "Don't Even Trip" by Tee Grizzley featuring Moneybagg Yo, from the album Activated (2018); and it was later used in Trippie Redd's 2018 hit song, "Topanga" from the mixtape A Love Letter to You 3 (2018).
[56] In 2022, Chopsquad DJ's latest tag "Oh yeah, I'm finna make a banger with this one" (which was performed by King Von), can be heard in the most hit song "What Happened To Virgil" from Lil Durk's album 7220.