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Life and career
Casey J is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. A self-proclaimed Flower Child, she attributes her creativity to her father who died when she was five years old. “He was a carpenter by trade, very smart and creative,” she remembers.”

Both her mother and grandmother Dorothy Mae Choates sang in the gospel choir at Lily Hill Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia and she attended her grandmother’s basement Bible studies as a child. “I used to think it was the normal way of life because that’s all I saw my grandmother and mother do,” she once said. “I grew up thinking that singing in the church choir is what all kids did because it was my way of life.”

At the age of 12, Casey J joined the Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde and sang with them until she enrolled at the University of Georgia. She became an elementary school math teacher at Georgia Connections Academy Charter School in Duluth, GA and sang as a worship leader at her the Fresh Start Church on Sunday mornings.

Casey J began to sing Will Reagan’s tune “Fill Me Up” at Fresh Start Church and it received such a good response that the church’s pastor Marquis Boone decided to have Casey J record the song. It was released to radio in Spring 2014 and finally hit the US Billboard Top Ten Gospel Airplay chart in the spring and it finally hit the #1 spot in 2015.

The song "Fill Me Up" is featured on her debut album, "The Truth", released April 21, 2015 by Tyscot Records. The album has reached number 131 on the US Billboard 200. "The Truth" was recorded live on January 30, 2015, at the Fresh Start Church in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Casey J, who also works as an elementary school math teacher, has been described by The Chicago Defender as "gospel’s newest darling"

Casey J is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. A self-proclaimed Flower Child, she attributes her creativity to her father who died when she was five years old. “He was a carpenter by trade, very smart and creative,” she remembers.”

Albums
The Truth #131: Billboard Top 200 #1: Top Gospel Albums #11: Independent Albums #63: Top Current Albums #4: Christian & Gospel Albums #66: Top Album Sales

Singles
Fill Me Up #1: Hot Gospel Songs #1: Gospel Airplay #13: Gospel Streaming Songs #43: Christian/Gospel Digital Songs #2: Gospel Digital Songs