Words matter. These are the best Cordae Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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 was on the debate team.
Nobody wants to be nameless. Nobody wanna be forgotten.
I always wanted to be a Freshman because XXL is really important in the history of hip-hop. It embodies the culture.
I put XXL Freshman on my vision board.
I can rippity rap, lyrical miracle all day, but if you don’t have a message behind it and you not saying nothing, it doesn’t make sense.
I freestyled the hook to ‘Target.’ I got into cadence and then it sparked the idea.
Puma just, they really rock with me the long way. They’ve been rockin with me for a while.
My mom is the best. She’s the dopest. She just loves everything that’s going on. She’s very supportive.
Longevity always come from lyricism. From the people who can actually rap.
I don’t wear jewelry. It’s not really my thing.
The last thing I want to do with my platform is bash another young black man who is getting money.
The first time I ever visited L.A., I wanted to move here. It’s the land of opportunity.
Just stay true to myself. That’s not even my goal. That’s what you always have to do, ’cause at the end of the day when the cameras are off and you put your phone down, you got to live with yourself, be comfortable and sleep at night with the decisions you’ve made so I’m just always myself unapologetically.
My car had broken down, and a neighbor of mine, this old guy, helped me change a tire. We just had a superdope, thoughtful conversation. And I realized, yo, this is rare. Like, this needs to happen more often.
Everything I involve myself with is an extension of me, so I take everything super seriously, from the music to the shows. That’s the only way to do it.
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.
Experimenting is part of the process. I remember when I was younger, I spent a whole year just writing on straight trap beats because I just wanted to be able to do that at a high level. So it’s about perfecting your craft in every way.
Washington D.C. and the entire DMV area are very dope places because they’re such musically-inclined areas.
My grandmother was a sharecropper. That wasn’t even that long ago! My grandma was a sharecropper.
I only know English, so I feel like I can be the dopest French rapper ever if I learned French.
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.
The artists with lyrical content and who say something seem to outlast the fad rappers – I always noticed that.
I don’t know, I really try not to pay attention to comparisons, ’cause I’m my own artist. I try to build my own sound.
I got a cool car but I live fairly regular.
I don’t wanna marginalize myself. I don’t wanna be the overly woke rapper, and I don’t wanna be the turned-up rapper.
Competition is the best form of motivation.
If you’re getting $80 a show, then you’re not getting paid.
I bought an audio technician mic and Pro Tools SE, the demo version and was recording in the basement.
We’re just unapologetically ourselves in the DMV.
Hopefully, somebody who’s hearing my music, it’s relatable to them, and it strikes a cord with them.
Nahmir got smash hits.
I like to rehearse a lot. Before I hit the stage, I listen to the songs that I would perform and make sure I execute everything.
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 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.
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?
You gotta be crazy to want beef with Eminem and MGK is that.
I just always wear Pumas. I like the work they do in local communities, worldwide.
I want my music to make you reminiscent or nostalgic of your childhood, or take you back to a better place.
I just want to use my voice and my platform to help people. Whether it be political or therapeutic.