YBN Cordae Net Worth: How Rich is the Rapper Actually in 2023?

YBN Cordae is an American rapper who was a member of the YBN collective until 2020. He dropped the YBN from his stage name after leaving the group in August 2020. Cordae is known for releasing remixes of songs, Old Ni**as and My Name Is. As of 2023, YBN Cordae net worth is estimated to be around $3 million.

Who is YBN Cordae?

YBN Cordae is a hip-hop recording artist from North Carolina. He released his first song, Introduction to the world in May 2018. His first single was a remix of Eminem’s 1999 song, My Name Is. Cordae has released many songs with YBN Nahmir and YBN Almighty Jay being a member of the YBN collective. However, he dropped the YBN from his stage name after YBN collective disbanded in August 2020.

Cordae was born in August 1997 in Raleigh, North Carolina. When he was growing up, his family shifted their place to Suitland, Maryland. He became interested in music due to his father who would listen most of the time to contemporary rappers.

At mere 15 years of age, he began composing his own music, and later it became a hobby for him. Cordae is a high school graduate and has attended Towson University in Maryland. However, he later dropped out of the University in 2018 as he felt that the college was bigger than him. Cordae also stated that he went to college only because of his mother.

YBN Cordae Net Worth & Career

Cordae did a number of odd jobs before becoming a rapper. His early work experience includes a notable position at a local T.G.I Fridays in Maryland. However, he revealed during an interview that he hated the job and had always known that the was meant to do something bigger. Shortly after dropping University, he moved to Los Angeles. At that time, he started taking rap seriously. Soon, he met the YBN rappers, Nahmir and Almighty Jay through social media. He changed his name from Entendre to YBN Cordae after meeting Nahmir. Cordae then dropped his first song, Introduction to the World.

The single was a remix version of Eminem’s 1999 track, My Names Is. Surprisingly, the song went viral in May 2018 which helped him gain national attention. Cordae dropped the song along with a music video on the WorldStarHipHop YouTube channel. Then, he released Old Ni**as as a response to J. Cole’s song, 1985. In May 2018, he made his debut live performance at the annual Rolling Loud music festival. In the live performance, he performed with YBN members, Almighty Jay and Nahmir.

Cordae then performed with the YBN duo for the 2018 XXL Freshman Show in New York City. That same month, he announced to be joining late rapper, Juice Wrld on his North American WRLD Domination tour. In August 2018, he collaborated with YBN Nahmir and dropped the video for their song, Pain Away. Following that, YBN Nahmir made an announcement that he and Cordae would be releasing an official YBN Mixtape in September 2018. Prior to that in August 2018, Cordae dropped the music video for his song, Scotty Pippen.

At the beginning of the year 2019, he released a music video for his new song, Locationships on his self-titled YouTube channel. Following then, he dropped the lead song titled Have Mercy from his debut studio album, The Lost Boy in March 2019. Subsequently, after that, he released the second and third songs, Bad Idea and RNP from his debut album.

Cordae finally released his debut album on July 26, 2019. Cordae performed as a member of YBN until August 2020. After dropping YBN from his stage name, he dropped his new song, Gifted on August 27, 2020. Cordae dropped the EP titled Just Until on April 22, 2021. Following a year in January 2022, he released his second album, From a Birds Eye View.

YBN Cordae’s Girlfriend and Personal Life

YBN Cordae is currently dating a Japanese professional tennis player, Naomi Osaka. He met Osaka at a Los Angeles Clippers game and started dating her in 2019. Cordae’s lady love, Osaka revealed on Instagram on Tuesday, January 10 that she is pregnant and expecting her first baby with Cordae. The tennis star also shared an Instagram carousel featuring a picture of an ultrasound screen. Osaka revealed that she will resume playing at Australian Open 2024 after welcoming her new arrival.

Cordae was arrested with 87 other people on July 14, 2020, for protesting the death of Breonna Taylor outside Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s house. The North Carolina-based rapper and other fellow activists were demanding the state’s first black attorney general, Cameron to charge the three police offers who killed 26-year-old ER tech, Taylor inside her home on March 13. Taylor was reportedly shot eight times during a firing into her apartment. Prior to the incident, he had participated in a Black Lives Matter protest in 2016.

YBN Cordae Net Worth

YBN Cordae has earned an estimated net worth of $3 million as of 2023. He made a whopping amount from releasing his songs and music albums. Additionally, he is earning an estimated annual income of $100 thousand from his self-titled YouTube channel which has 702K subscribers.