A biography for Cordaehasn’t been written yet.
“I was on the debate team.”
“Nas, Big L, Rakim, Jay-Z, Eminem, those was all my influences, but I didn't start recording until I was 16.”
“If you're thinking about your brand over your people, you've lost yourself.”
“There are a lot of dope people in the DMV: WillThaRapper, Big Flock, GoldLink, Logic, IDK, Rico Nasty, Goonew and Q Da Fool. Seeing them get national attention motivated me to do my thing.”
“Puma just, they really rock with me the long way. They've been rockin with me for a while.”
“The first time I ever visited L.A., I wanted to move here. It's the land of opportunity.”
“I bought an audio technician mic and Pro Tools SE, the demo version and was recording in the basement.”
“Just trust your intuition and beware of outsiders.”
“I'm really grateful for my mom. And my mom always raised me being a single mother. Being a single mother, a lot of stress comes with that. You gotta work, you gotta come home and do everything.”
“Hell yea bro I love Puma.”
“I'm very protective of my energy. You have to protect your energy around outside sources because your positive energy can be canceled out by someone's dark energy.”
“I don't even really try to do something different. I just do what's authentic to me.”
“I don't try to portray some lifestyle that I'm not living.”
“Cordae is like my government name. I was like, just be myself. What's a better name than the name my mom gave me, or my pops gave me?”
“I freestyled the hook to 'Target.' I got into cadence and then it sparked the idea.”
“I keep a composition book with me at all times to write rhymes, to write down ideas, write down my thoughts, you know just so I don't forget any ideas.”
“I just want to use my voice and my platform to help people. Whether it be political or therapeutic.”
“We all take life for granted, one way or another.”
“Jay-Z was huge. I was like 2 years old throwing up my diamond, rapping. I know all of 'The Blueprint.' I've heard that album 1,000 times. And 'Reasonable Doubt.'”
“I'm an introvert, but I disguise my introversion by being an extrovert. If I don't have to be around people, I'm not. If I'm around people, I'm gonna do my thing. But I'm not really with the fake kickin' it - everything's organic, everything's natural.”