Dunston said he would release singles until his debut project was complete. Soon after, it was announced that the YBN collective would make a month-long tour in Europe. Dunston was then announced to be joining Juice Wrld on his North American WRLD Domination tour from May to September 2018, along with Lil Mosey and Blake, ended up reaching 28 cities. He performed with the duo again for the 2018 XXL Freshman Show in New York City, after Nahmir was announced as an inductee of the yearly freshman class. Ĭordae made his debut live performance at the annual Rolling Loud music festival in May 2018, where he performed with YBN Nahmir and YBN Almighty Jay. Cole, followed by the tracks "Fighting Temptations" and " Kung Fu". He then released "Old Niggas" as a response to "1985" by J. He released the song along with a music video via WorldStarHipHop on YouTube. In May 2018, Cordae released his first single, which he called his "introduction to the world": a remix of the 1999 song " My Name Is" by Eminem. I was already "YBN" without the social tag". And, I was thinking, yo, I need to change my shit to like, Cordae, and shit, my actual first name. He also said that Entendre had been a name that he'd wanted to change for while: "I was just always around Nahmir and shit, those were just like my brothers. He said he already felt like a part of YBN, and so changed from "Entendre" to "YBN Cordae". Dunston is the only member of YBN who hadn't been introduced through video games. Nahmir had reached out to Cordae after hearing a song Dunston made with his brother Simba. When visiting Los Angeles, he hung around YBN Nahmir and YBN Almighty Jay, whom he'd met through social media. Career 2018–2019: Early beginnings, record deal, and The Lost Boy Ĭordae began taking his rap career seriously in early 2018. He moved to Los Angeles shortly afterward. He dropped out in 2018, explaining that college was "bigger than him" as a first-generation student, and he was mainly doing it for his mother.
He graduated from high school in 2015 and decided to go to college at Towson University. He released three mixtapes as a teenager: "Entendre" – Anxiety (2014), I'm So Anxious (2016), and I'm So Anonymous (2017). He prioritized his studies, but often became distracted by writing lyrics. As Dunston grew older, he became more interested in pursuing a rap career. As he got older, he would do research on artists through YouTube, attempting to find music like his father played. He began writing raps around the age of fifteen. As a young child, he took an interest in music after his father played classic hip hop artists such as Rakim, Nas, Big L, and Talib Kweli. Cordae was a member of the YBN collective from 2018 until he left the group in 2020 and dropped the "YBN" from his stage name.Ĭordae was born in North Carolina, then moved to Prince George's County, Maryland where he was mostly raised. His debut studio album, The Lost Boy, was released in 2019 to wide acclaim it received two nominations for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song for the single " Bad Idea" at the 62nd Grammy Awards. Videos to both remixes were uploaded to WorldStarHipHop's YouTube channel, which led to an immense and immediate positive response from both mainstream media and the online rap community. He gained popularity by releasing remixes of popular songs, such as " My Name Is" by Eminem, and "Old Niggas", which was a response to the song "1985" by J. Roddy Ricch) (prod.Cordae Amari Dunston (born August 26, 1997) known mononymously as Cordae (formerly YBN Cordae and Entendre), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Roddy Ricch is also being celebrated as one of modern hip-hop’s great players, especially off the reception of his debut album Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial.Ĭordae – Gifted (ft. Cordae was nominated at the GRAMMY Awards for Best Rap Album off of the strength of his debut The Lost Boy. This comes off the heels of an amazing annual campaign for both Cordae and Roddy Ricch. The track also features vocal contributions by Ant Clemons, complementing the duo well.
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