At first glance and listen , you would mistake Champagne Jerry for an affable cartoon character. In reality, Champagne Jerry is a determined and emerging Brooklyn via Texas hip hop artist. CJ recalls his first hip-hop experience being on a friend’s cassette tape.

My initial instinct on watching Champagne Jerry walk into the room was, boy, this is going to be interesting. After listening to his story about how he worked his way up from a roller rink to working on a track with ad-rock I thought to myself, boy this is going to be really interesting. The appeal of Champagne Jerry is that he has this underdog feel to him despite a 40 minute theatrical, interactive, punk-rock-prom of a spectacle.

I had to know, what was a tall skinny white dude from Texas’ first experience in the world of hip-hop. I shared with CJ my first story of hearing the fugees, and old Busta-Rhyme cd’s. Champagne Jerry had a different experience. “Hearing public enemy for the first time, I was like, that is the craziest sounding thing I’ve ever heard. Whatever it is, is the most extreme and most awesome form of music.”

With a slew of shows in the New York area, Champagne Jerry is a show that you should watch if you are in New York City. We are proud and excited to present to you, P2M’s covetted Getting To Know segment with Champagne Jerry