Capella Grey Mines RIAA Gold With Dancehall-Flavored Hit ‘Gyalis’

Bronx-native Capella Grey, whose parents are Jamaican, has just scored another accolade for his Billboard-charting hit Gyalis. The song, which was released independently on January 4, has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 18 after it sold over 500,000 units in the United States.

Grey, who said that he ‘produced, wrote, mixed, recorded, and mastered’ the song, shared the momentous milestone, in not so modest fashion, on Instagram yesterday and added that he’s “just warming up.”

Over Dancehall-infused melodies and a sample of Juvenile’s Back That Azz Up (1998), Grey croons about how hard it is to stick to one female and remember all their names.  “I want she and she and she, and they love them some me,” he flatly admits in the track.

Gyalis has over 94 million streams in total, according to Grey, and several spots on the Billboard charts, including a new peak at No. 64 on the Hot 100 chart during the first week of October. However, with “no hook, no bridge, no verse, no nothing, [and] just vibes,” the less than two-minute long song called for more.

A string of unofficial remixes were released from fellow artists including A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, French Montana, Tory Lanez, and even Dancehall stars Jada Kingdom and Kranium.

An official remix, with Popcaan and Chris Brown, finally arrived in late September, following the original song’s official music video, which had been released in August.

In another Instagram post today, Grey shared a few candid moments during the making of his now Gold-certified summer song.

“It was just me, the gang and straight vibes… just doing whatever felt good,” he captioned the videos which showed his ingenious music-making process.  “We just warming up.”

With a breakout song on deck, Capella Grey, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, has now signed to American label Capitol Records.  “They (Capitol) are a great team of record breakers and I am excited to work with them,” he told the Observer last month.

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