Cordae

“YBN is family. Everybody in YBN is family. Nahmir and Jay, those are really my brothers.”

“Longevity always come from lyricism. From the people who can actually rap.”

“Competition is the best form of motivation.”

“I was working summer jobs since I was like 11.”

“I study all the greats.”

“I'm perfecting my craft as an artist and as a performer, and my shows are getting better each time.”

“In YBN, we all have our own lanes. We're not necessarily a group. We're more of a collective - it's like a movement. It's like a brotherhood outside of music and everything has been organic.”

“My mom is the best. She's the dopest. She just loves everything that's going on. She's very supportive.”

“When I used to work at Friday's, in a restaurant, that endless appetizer, that was my worst enemy as a server. Oh my god.”

“I'm just trying to get better as an artist and as a human being. I feel like that's mad important.”

“I want the biggest artist of 2030, 2027 or even 2025 to say, 'I was inspired by Cordae. Cordae is the reason I make music.'”

“I set my own goals higher than what anybody else has set for me.”

“Washington D.C. and the entire DMV area are very dope places because they're such musically-inclined areas.”

“I always keep a hoodie on me at all times 'cause you never know when it's gonna rain, you never know when it's gonna get a little cold at night. So, you always got to keep a hoodie. And I always keep like a earth tone hoodie 'cause it always goes with your outfit no matter what you have on.”

“I don't wear jewelry. It's not really my thing.”

“People compare me to Kendrick. I've seen comparisons with Jay-Z, with Nas, with Chance The Rapper. I get a lot of Eminem comparisons.”

“Nahmir got smash hits.”

“I went to seven different elementary schools.”

“For a lot of artists in the entertainment industry, we can't become too jaded with what's going on with our personal lives and still not be connected with our people.”

“I'm politically incorrect. I don't get into politics like that. I speak about what I know and what effects me personally, and effects my folks.”