CJ Brooks is an English rapper, singer and songwriter from Herne Hill, South London. Yungen gained initial recognition for his 2011 F64 freestyle video for SB.TV, and by 2015 had been nominated for Best Newcomer at the MOBO Awards. Although often labelled as a Grime artist, Yungen has taken inspiration from numerous music genres, from Rap to RnB, and enjoys experimenting with other styles in his music. Yungen's most successful song to date is Bestie feat. Yxng Bane, which reached the UK charts top 10 in October 2017 and became his first platinum single in February 2018.

In 2010 Yungen released Hometown, his first video on Youtube. Due to the popularity of the video, it was taken down and re-uploaded on Yungen's original channel, Yungen TV in 2011. The video was received well and interest from SB.TV founder Jamal Edwards led to Yungen's F64 Freestyle video on the channel in 2011. Yungen has since stated that his shyness as a child prevented him from showcasing his music sooner; before making his first music video he had previously avoided all cameras.

Yungen joined Play Dirty in 2012, and released his mix tape ‘Topic of Discussion’ in April 2013. He then went on to support Naughty Boy throughout his 2014 worldwide tour, performing across Europe the UAE and Australia. At the same time, Yungen established his clothing line, Forever Yung. He later independently launched a two part project named ‘Project Black and Red’ in 2014, which featured artists Stormzy, Wretch 32, and Krept and Konan.

Yungen promoted the project with a sold out gig at the O2 Academy Islington in November 2014, which included guest appearances from many of the artists who featured on the album. He released ‘Don’t Take It Personal’ on his SoundCloud that same year, a song that explored the darker aspects of his upbringing, including the death of his friend in 2008.

In August 2014, Yungen released ‘Ain’t on Nuttin’ with fellow rapper Sneakbo, followed by two remixes (Part 1 and Part 2) that featured guest appearances from rappers, among them Section Boyz, Bashy, Stormzy and Ghetts.

After the release of ‘Project Black and Red’, Yungen was nominated for the 2015 MOBO Best Newcomer Award and signed his first record contract with Sony RCA that November. BBC Radio 1Xtra named Yungen as one of the hottest new artists to watch for 2016, and in February 2016 Yungen released his single ‘Comfy’. In April 2016 Yungen released his next single ‘Off the Record 2’ and performed a sold-out show at Village Underground. This was shortly followed by the release of RnB inspired ‘Take My Number’ featuring Angel on 10 May ‘Take My Number’ was followed by ‘Do It Right’, a collaboration with Sneakbo featuring Haile, on 6 December. Independently from Sony, Yungen released the single ‘You Don’t Know Me Like That’ through Forever Yung on 5 February 2016, and ‘Cuffing Season’ under House of Forever on 24 November 2016.

Yungen began 2018 by teaming up with Clean Bandit and Julia Michaels to release a remix of I Miss You on 5 Jan.

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