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Cordae Questions Bootleg Kev About Not Making His Top 10 Rappers Or Albums Lists

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There are so many “Top” lists floating around in Hip Hop it’s hard to keep up, but Cordae has a few questions for Bootleg Kev. The most recent controversy was sparked after Billboard and Vibe came together to name their Top 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time. This took over Hip Hop social media spaces, but it isn’t the first—and most certainly won’t be the last—time conversations such as these erupt online.

Cordae caught up with Bootleg Kev for an intimate interview, and during the chat, he brought up the host’s Best Rappers of 2022 choices. The list consisted of the following, from 10 to the No. 1 spot: LaRussell, Future, Conway, Symba, Drake, Freddie Gibbs, Kendrick Lamar, J.I.D, 38 Spesh, and reigning supreme, Pusha T. “Also, how did I not make your Top 10 list last year, bro?” Cordae asked. “It’s cool, I’m just asking.” Kev wanted to know if he was speaking about the rappers or album lists. “Damn, I didn’t make either!?” the rapper playfully responded.

Cordae Questions His Exclusion

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JUNE 19: Cordae is one of the surprise guests that performs during the Summer Smash Festival at Douglass Park on June 19, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/WireImage)

“I mean, it was a good year last year. I didn’t think you had a Top 10 album [From a Bird’s Eye View] last year. I think you had about a Top 20,” said Kev. Cordae expressed he respected the answer and emphasized he wasn’t in his feelings about the exclusion. Kev added, “And on the rapping sh*t, I just think the rapping list was tough, man. There was a lot of rapping.”

As conversations were happening between Kev and someone off-camera, Cordae chimed in. “Ay, a lotta love to everybody, man. I’m not—I just…I didn’t even know until he told me right before we walked in. ‘You know you ain’t make Kev’s Top 10?’ It’s cool, bro.” Kev said several people he considers friends, including Benny The Butcher, didn’t even make his list.

Bootleg Kev Explains His Choices

“My thing, like, last year, I put a guy like Symba on the list ’cause Symba did the rapper sh*t last year,” Kev explained. “That motherf*cker did every outlet. He had moments on these f*ckin’ outlets. When I saw Symba like, ‘Yo, I’m tryin’ to make sure y’all see me as the motherf*cker. So, I’mma go rap everywhere.’ And he put out a cool project.” Kev admitted that Symba had a bone to pick after his album didn’t make Kev’s Top 10 list, either. Check it out above.

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Cordae’s Hi Level Collaboration With Puma Is A ‘Full Circle Moment’ Years In The Making For The Rapper

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Last year, Jack Harlow announced his official partnership with New Balance before playing in the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. Last weekend, Cordae rocked Puma in the 2023 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game — offering a slice of pizza to Fat Joe mid-game — ahead of unveiling his brand and record label Hi Level is collaborating with Puma.

The announcement came yesterday, February 22, and the collection became available today, February 23:

“In middle school, the public school I went to in PG County, we had to wear uniforms. It was a white shirt, khaki pants, and all-black sneakers, so I always rocked the Puma suedes,” Cordae told Nice Kicks. “It’s been a full-circle moment.”

The Grammy-nominated rapper continued, “I like things to be organic and natural. All the extracurricular stuff they do for communities across the globe is tight. Even though they work with amazing artists, it wasn’t based on past work with artists but on how our relationship has been — a collaborative, cooperative thing. They gave me a lot of creative control and let me bring some of my friends, it turned out dope.”

Cordae has been linked to Puma since 2019, and he founded Hi Level in 2021. His “Hi Level Mentality” TED Talk was the series’ most popular of 2022. In December, Cordae and Puma gave away 200 pairs of sneakers to students at his aforementioned middle school in Maryland.

This isn’t the most exciting Cordae-related announcement of 2023, though. Tennis champion Naomi Osaka, his girlfriend, announced last month that they are expecting their first child.

Cordae and Jack Harlow are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Cordae Teams with PUMA for New ‘HI-LEVEL’ Collection

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PUMA and Cordae have announced the PUMA x CORDAE HI-LEVEL collection.

The eight-piece collection includes contemporary streetwear in grayscale with striking graphic prints and real cobranding, as well as time-honored shoe designs like the HI-LEVEL Suede and HI-LEVEL RS-X. The collection also include three t-shirts, a jacket, a hoodie, and sweatpants.

The collection will be offered starting on Thursday, February 23, with prices ranging from $40 to $120. The whole PUMA x CORDAE HI-LEVEL collection will only be sold at Foot Locker, but both shoe designs will be available on PUMA.com.

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Hip-Hop Couples That Make People Believe In Love Again: Rihanna & A$AP, Moneybagg Yo & Ari + More

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In celebration of Valentine’s Day, SOHH spotlights couples we love seeing in love. From celebrity crushes turned relationships to cooking couples like Moneybagg and Ari — everyone is SOHH in love, and we love it! SOHH, it’s Valentine’s Day, and we couldn’t celebrate without spotlighting our favorite hip-hop couples we can’t stop gushing about! Yo […]

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21 Savage, Cordae, And Janelle Monáe Are Playing In The 2023 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game

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It’s that time of year again: NBA All-Star Weekend is almost upon us. And you know what that means: The rosters for the All-Star Celebrity Game have been announced!

This year, All-Star Weekend will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, so the teams will be coached by the Utah Jazz governor Ryan Smith, as well as minority owner — and former NBA All-Star — Dwyane Wade.

While Smith says he has no intention of playing, his team is stacked with talent — just maybe not the basketball kind. He’s got a ton of musicians on his team, including rapper Cordae, country star Kane Brown, and Latin trap singer Ozuna.

Not to be outdone on the music front, Wade’s tapped his own all-star squad of the musical variety, with 21 Savage, Janelle Monáe, and Nicky Jam all suiting up.

Of course, neither team is lacking for athletics. Albert Pujols, Calvin Johnson, DK Metcalf, and the Miz are all on rosters, along with WNBA stars like Arike Ogunbowale and Diamond DeShields. It should be a fun game all around — and really, isn’t that the point?

The All-Star Celebrity Game is scheduled for Friday, February 17 at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT. (5 Mountain Time… thanks a lot, Utah. First, you don’t have internet, now this).

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Cordae & Anderson .Paak’s “Two Tens” Collab Tops Our Latest “Fire Emoji” Update

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Last weekend, A$AP Rocky made a triumphant return to our Fire Emoji playlist. Now, though, it’s Cordae and Anderson .Paak’s turn to show hip-hop lovers how it’s done.

Their “Two Tens” collaboration landed on streamers earlier this weekend, concurrently earning the top spot on our Spotify roundup. Aside from boasting impressive lyricism from both artists, it also found J. Cole sitting in the producer’s seat alongside Dem Jointz.

Our next selection is another joint track, “Tally” from midwxst and Denzel Curry. Following that comes the remix of Flo Milli’s TikTok-viral You Still Here, Ho? single, “Conceited.”

For the latest edition of the fire, braggadocious bad bitch anthem, the Alabama native worked with quickly rising star Lola Brooke, as well as Maiya The Don.

As far as solo efforts go, this weekend brought a good number. Bouba Savage’s work on “WIN A LOT” caught our ear, as did two new titles from EST Gee. Both “IF I STOP NOW” and “BLOW UP” can be found on Fire Emoji, with just one noteworthy collaboration separating them.

That joint single comes from Ray Vaughn and Ab-Soul, who previously made waves with his Herbert album. The new release, “Sandcastles” has quickly become a fan favourite for various reasons.

Amping audiences up for their forthcoming SremmLife 4 project is Rae Sremmurd. The sibling duo kept the party going this New Music Friday with “Sucka Or Sum,” which is due to appear on the long-awaited album.

Finally, we hear from KayCyy and BabyTron on their “MOTOWN” song, followed by our last selection of the week – SleazyWorld Go’s “Robbers and Villains.”

Further down, you’ll find new arrivals from names like Trippie Redd, Headie One, Ice Spice, and Gucci Mane.

Stream our weekly Fire Emoji playlist exclusively on Spotify below. Additionally, make sure to log on tomorrow to catch more must-listen releases on our R&B Season update.

The Best New Music This Week: Lil Yachty, Rae Sremmurd, Chloe, and More

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  • Lil Yachty f/ Diana Gordon, “drive ME crazy!” 


  • Chlöe, “Pray It Away”


  • Rae Sremmurd, “Sucka or Sum”


  • Zack Bia & Don Toliver, “Hardcore”


  • Midwxst & Denzel Curry, “Tally” 


  • Kaycyy & BabyTron, “Motown”


  • SleazyWorld Go, “Robbers and Villains”


  • Daniel Caesar, “Do You Like Me” 


  • Cordae & Anderson .Paak, “Two Tens” 

Cordae & Anderson .Paak Have Enough Tracks For EP, More J. Cole Beats

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Fresh off of the release of his new Anderson .Paak-assisted single, Cordae says more is to come from the dynamic duo. This week, the pair dropped “Two Tens,” an applause-worthy collaboration that hosts a production by J. Cole. Cordae and .Paak’s talents collided once before in 2019 on “RNP,” so it was only fitting that they joined forces once again.

Cordae recently spoke with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1 about his relationship with .Paak. “You know what, it’s because this is really my friend,” the rapper said. “He’s really like, my real friend, like my brother. Other artists be like, ‘Oh, that’s my brother,’ or, ‘Oh, that’s my man.’ And saying that sh*t just to sound cool. I don’t really have too many friends, to be honest.”

Read More: Anderson .Paak & Cordae Announce J. Cole-Produced Track, “Two Tens”

“We just be kicking it, and we just be recording,” Cordae continued. “It won’t be like, ‘Yo, let’s just put this out next week.’ It’ll be like, ‘Yo, this song is a couple years old.’ You know what I’m saying? So, I’m like, man, I’m going to just hold on to this. And when the time feels right, it feels right.”

Additionally, “Two Tens” isn’t the only Cole-produced record they have on the books. In fact, there’s enough in the stash for an EP.

“You know what’s funny, we literally got a mixtape full of joints with me and .Paak,” he said. “Well, we got an EP full of joints with me, .Paak, and Cole beats.”

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 05: Rappers Anderson .Paak and YBN Cordae perform onstage at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on October 05, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage,)
Read More: YBN Cordae & Anderson .Paak Light Up Jimmy Fallon With “RNP” Performance

Elsewhere, Cordae revealed he’s been spending his time recording and perfecting his craft. He claims to have made 180 songs in the last year alone, and he’s proud of that number, regardless of how many his peers are cranking out.

“Just trying to make it better, bro. Just never being satisfied. And really, bro, it may be to a fault or a good thing, but I’m a people pleaser. So, I really want to just make good music that the fans love. I just don’t want to disappoint anybody, for real.”

Cordae Has Enough Songs With Anderson .Paak And J. Cole For A Full EP

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In a new interview with Zane Lowe, Cordae says he has enough songs with “RNP” and “Two Tens” collaborators Anderson .Paak and J. Cole to release a full EP.

And if I may be so bold, he should release that immediately, just for me, because it would make me very happy.

Cordae appeared on the Apple Music 1 radio show to talk about the new track, “Two Tens,” and during the course of the discussion, revealed that not only has he recorded enough songs for the above-mentioned EP, but he’s also got about 17 full-length albums besides that.

“I made a lot of songs last year,” he said. “I think last year I recorded literally 180 songs. I know some artists record like a thousand songs, but it feels like that’s the most songs I recorded in the year, for sure. Last year, it was also the most touring I did, so I’m proud of myself for still recording 180 songs.”

While discussing his chemistry with .Paak, he revealed the wealth of material he’d recorded with the older artist. “We literally got a mix tape full of joints of me and .Paak on — well, we got an EP full of joints with me, .Paak, and Cole beats… It’s because this is really my friend. Other artists be like, ‘Ph that’s my brother,’ or, ‘Oh that’s my man,’ saying that sh*t just to sound cool. I don’t really have too many friends, to be honest. He’s one of my real life genuine friends.”

You can check out the full interview here.