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Cheynan Christopher Grimaldi(born November 18,1994), better known for his stage name Coppa, is an American rapper. He is known for his hit songs like "WE ARE JUST KIDS HAVING FUN", which is a remix to the song New Soul. He dominated Youtube with songs like "Ballin", "Burbs Boy", "Roll Up". He frequently collaborates with fellow artists "Breezy" and "Slim J". Coppa is not yet signed to any label.

Early Life 

Cheynan Grimaldi was born November 18, 1994, in Port St. Lucie, Florida. His parents are married and raised him and his only sister here for 12 years before moving to Jacksonville, Florida. His father Michael Grimaldi was from Queens, New York, he dropped out of high-school and was working full time by age 16. After moving to Jacksonville to find a better job, Cheynan adapted to the new lifestyle and found himself involved with making music and videos. 

By age 14, Cheynan was making remixes and posting them to Youtube. After attending Fleming Island High School, he then moved to Orlando, Florida to attend Valencia Community College and got very serious with making music. He and his friends transformed one of their closets into a studio and this is where he says it all began, "it all went uphill from there, suddenly we were putting out bangers every other day, shit was getting crazy". After posting multiple videos to Social Media sites like Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter. Coppa and his colleagues quickly built a name for themselves. 

When asked why do you make music, he responded "I make music to make people feel good, I want to connect with the kids that live the same lifestyle as me, that like to party, chill, smoke. Don't get me wrong, I artists like Lil Wayne and all but I can't pull off that style of talking about pussy n shit all day, it's just not me, not my style, ya know?". In a later conversation Cheynan says "everybody listens to my music, everybody that listens to my music are my true fans, you can criticize me if you want but whats that going to do for you? I don't care. You're the one listening to my music. What can I say? (chuckles) I make music for people like me and that like my music, that's all I can say. I'm not trying to change for nobody". 

Clear-Cut and his fellow artist are known for there fresh out of high-school style. As freshman in college, Cheynan and his crew often find themselves in outrageous situations in which they rap about in most of their music. At age 16, Clear-Cut found himself in an altercation with a police officer which resulted with a year of probation.

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