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Birth name | Ronald Nathan LaTour Jr. [1] |
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Born | September 24, 1984 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
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Ronald Nathan LaTour Jr. (born September 24, 1984), professionally known as Cardo Got Wings or simply Cardo, is an American record producer and rapper. [2]
Cardo was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. [3] He then moved to Fort Worth, Texas. [4]
In 2010, Cardo was producing for Mac Miller and Chevy Woods and subsequently met Wiz Khalifa at a show in Texas through Chevy Woods and his uncle Motor. Cardo gave Khalifa a couple of his beats, which would end up on Khalifa's Kush & Orange Juice mixtape. [5] Cardo then started producing for other artists. [6]
Cardo and Payroll Giovanni signed record deals with Def Jam Records in December 2017. [7]
Cardo is the founder and CEO of the record label Everything is Gold Music (EISG). Cardo was previously a member of, and producer on, Taylor Gang Records, and is currently signed to Fool's Gold Records. [8] He has produced on many rappers' albums and singles including Curren$y, 2 Chainz, Drake, Skepta, Kendrick Lamar, Travi$ Scott, ScHoolboy Q, Meek Mill, The Game, Wiz Khalifa, R. Kelly, Jeezy, Jay Z, Frank Dukes and Swizz Beatz, among others. [9] In June 2022, he signed Atlanta rapper YoDogg to EISG, in a joint venture with Epic Records. [10]
Cardo's professional name was derived from relatives who named him 'Ricardo' the Puerto Rican, despite being fully aware of his Caucasian and African American descent. [11]
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LSC: Everybody's Favourite Cousin |
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Big Bossin, Vol. 1 (with Payroll Giovanni) |
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Big Bossin, Vol. 2 (with Payroll Giovanni) | |
Pi’erre & Cardo's Wild Adventure (with Pi'erre Bourne) |
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Game Related (with Larry June, Payroll Giovanni & HBK Kid) |
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Cruise USA (with Larry June) |
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Another Day Another Dollar (with Payroll Giovanni) |
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Into the Late Night (with Larry June) |
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Wiz Got Wings (with Wiz Khalifa & Sledgren) |
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Raised by Wolves (with YoDogg) | |
The Night Shift (with Larry June) |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
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"Levels" (Meek Mill) | 2013 | — | 43 | — | — | — |
| Self Made Vol. 3 |
"Seen It All" (Jeezy featuring Jay-Z) | 2014 | 85 | 24 | — | — | — |
| Seen It All: The Autobiography |
"100" (The Game featuring Drake) | 2015 | 82 | 25 | 63 | — | 179 |
| The Documentary 2 |
"untitled 07 | levitate" (Kendrick Lamar) | 2016 | 90 | 27 | — | 197 | 93 | untitled unmastered | |
"That Part" (ScHoolboy Q featuring Kanye West) | 40 | 13 | 51 | — | — |
| Blank Face LP | |
"Through the Late Night" (Travis Scott featuring Kid Cudi) | — | 43 | — | — | — |
| Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight [24] | |
"Goosebumps" (Travis Scott featuring Kendrick Lamar) | 32 | 21 | 56 | — | 90 |
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"God" (Kendrick Lamar) | 2017 | 58 | 33 | 50 | 192 | 81 |
| Damn |
"No Promises" (A Boogie wit da Hoodie) | 74 | 32 | — | — | — |
| The Bigger Artist | |
"God's Plan" (Drake) | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Scary Hours [25] |
"Big Shot" (Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott) | 71 | 35 | 54 | — | 55 | Black Panther: The Album | ||
"Landed" (Drake) | 2020 | 39 | 22 | 35 | — | — | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | |
"Laugh Now Cry Later" (Drake featuring Lil Durk) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 4 |
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"Waze" (Skepta, Chip and Young Adz) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Euphoria" (Kendrick Lamar) | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 76 | 11 |
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"Mezmorized" (Wiz Khalifa) | 2010 | Kush & Orange Juice | |
"In the Cut" (Wiz Khalifa) | |||
"Shaft" (Chevy Woods) | 2011 | Red Cup Music | |
"Goodnight" (Gerald Walker) | On Your Side | ||
"Follow Your Dreams, Forget The Scene" (Gerald Walker) | |||
"We Don't Give A F*ck" (Gerald Walker) | Sledgren | ||
"Highspeed" (Gerald Walker) | |||
"Circles" (Gerald Walker featuring El Prez, Bryant Stewart & Taylor Kaye) | |||
"Here's Everything I've Always Meant To Say" (Gerald Walker) | |||
"I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With Her..." (Gerald Walker) | |||
"Miserable At Best" (Gerald Walker featuring Rockie Fresh) | |||
"Dro By The Pound" (Gerald Walker) | |||
"Become What You Hate" (Gerald Walker) | |||
"On Your Side" (Gerald Walker) | |||
"Grind'n" (Dom Kennedy) | From the Westside with Love, II | ||
"I Love Dom" (Dom Kennedy) | |||
"We Out" (Smoke DZA) | Rolling Stoned | ||
"It's All Real" (Gerald Walker) | The Other Half of Letting Go | ||
"B.A.N.ned" (Freddie Gibbs) | Cold Day in Hell | ||
"My Homeboy's Girlfriend" (Freddie Gibbs) | |||
"Menace II Society" (Freddie Gibbs featuring Dom Kennedy & Polyester) | |||
"My Dawgz" (Freddie Gibbs) | |||
"I Want It All" (Gerald Walker) | It's Christmastime Again, Gerald Walker | ||
"World Class" (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa) | Mac & Devin Go to High School | ||
"That Good" (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa) | |||
"California" (Wiz Khalifa) | 2012 | Taylor Allderdice | |
"Mary 3x" (Wiz Khalifa) | |||
"O.N.I.F.C." (Wiz Khalifa) | Sledgren | ||
"Brainstorm" (Wiz Khalifa) | |||
"Ignorant" (Mac Miller featuring Cam'ron) | Macadelic | ||
"Showroom" (Curren$y) | The Stoned Immaculate | ||
"New Beginning" (C-Bo featuring Marvaless, Rydah J. Klyde & T-Nutty) | Orca | ||
"Keep It So Real" (King Chip) | Represent The Stripes | ||
"Great" (Sir Michael Rocks featuring Casey Veggies & Mac Miller) | Lap of Lux | ||
"The Vision" (Jet Life featuring Trademark da Skydiver & Young Roddy) | Jet World Order 2 | ||
"Intro" (Wiz Khalifa) | O.N.I.F.C. | ||
"Escobar" (Young Jeezy) | It's tha World | ||
"Chun Li" (Wale featuring Nipsey Hussle) | Folarin | ||
"Three 60" (Curren$y featuring Juicy J) | 2013 | New Jet City | |
"F.A.M.E." (Freddie Gibbs featuring Daz Dillinger & Spice 1) | ESGN | ||
"No Sleep Gang" (Crooked I) | Apex Predator | ||
"Bossed Up" (HBK Gang featuring Iamsu! & P-Lo) | Gang Forever | ||
"Brodee Bro" (Dizzy Wright featuring Capo) | The Golden Age | ||
"I'm Leanin (Intro)" (Meek Mill featuring Travis Scott, Birdman & Diddy) | Dreamchasers 3 | ||
"Money Ain't No Issue" (Meek Mill featuring Future & Fabolous) | |||
"On Now" (Snow Tha Product featuring Trae Tha Truth) | Good Nights & Bad Mornings 2: The Hangover | ||
"Wit It" (Chevy Woods) | GangLand 2 | ||
"Crazy Sex" (R. Kelly) | R. Kelly | Black Panties | |
"Wood & Leather (Whenever)" (Ty Dolla $ign featuring Big TC & Pops) | 2014 | Beach House EP | |
"White Girl" (Shy Glizzy) | Young Jefe | ||
"Pass Off" (Smoke DZA featuring Ty Dolla $ign & Bluntsmoker) | Dream. Zone. Achieve | ||
"Ready for 'Em" (Lil Durk) | Signed To The Streets 2 | ||
"Keep It G, Pt. II" (Joey Fatts featuring A$AP Rocky) | Chipper Jones Vol. 3 | ||
"Black Eskimo" (Jeezy) | Johnny Juliano | Seen It All: The Autobiography | |
"Don't Worry" (PARTYNEXTDOOR featuring Ca$h Out) | YeX | PNDCOLOURS | |
"Big Daddy" (Nicki Minaj featuring Meek Mill) | Johnny Juliano & Yung Exclusive | The Pinkprint | |
"I Got the Juice" (Meek Mill) | 2015 | Yung Exclusive | Dreams Worth More Than Money |
"Vice City" (Jay Rock featuring Black Hippy) | Yung Exclusive | 90059 | |
"My Place" (Gerald Walker) | Target | ||
"Back On The Bullshyt" (2 Chainz featuring Lil Wayne) | 2016 | Felt Like Cappin | |
"untitled 02 | 06.23.2014." (Kendrick Lamar) | Yung Exclusive | untitled unmastered | |
"Headaches & Migraines" (Mac Miller featuring Dave East) | Smoke Till I'm Dead | ||
"Grammys" (Drake featuring Future) | 40, Southside & Yung Exclusive | Views | |
"Coolaid Man" (Snoop Dogg) | Cubeatz | Coolaid | |
"Affiliated" (Snoop Dogg featuring Trick Trick) | |||
"By Any Means" (ScHoolboy Q) | Yung Exclusive | Blank Face LP | |
"Overtime" (ScHoolboy Q featuring Miguel & Justine Skye) | Yung Exclusive & Frank Dukes | ||
"See What You On" (Dreezy) | OZ | No Hard Feelings | |
"through the late night" (Travis Scott featuring Kid Cudi) | Cubeatz | Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight | |
"Type of Time" (Dave East) | Kairi Chanel | ||
"Can't Ignore" (Dave East featuring 2 Chainz) | |||
"Slow Down" (Dave East featuring Jazzy Amra) | |||
"In a Minute / In House" (DRAM) | Yung Exclusive | Big Baby D.R.A.M. | |
"Good Thang" (DRAM) | Cubeatz | ||
"London Town" (A$AP Mob featuring A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ant & Playboi Carti) | Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends | ||
"Deadz" (Migos featuring 2 Chainz) | 2017 | Culture | |
"God" [26] (Kendrick Lamar) | Ricci Riera, Sounwave, DJ Dahi, Bēkon & Anthony Tiffith | Damn | |
"The Other Side" (Dizzee Rascal) | Dizzee Rascal | Raskit [27] | |
"Bop N Keep It Dippin" (Dizzee Rascal) | |||
"She Knows What She Wants" (Dizzee Rascal) | |||
"Dummy" (Dizzee Rascal) | |||
"Man of the Hour" (Dizzee Rascal) | |||
"Where U From" (Huncho Jack) | Cubeatz | Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho | |
"Long Gone" (Juice Wrld) | 2018 | Goodbye & Good Riddance | |
"Open It Up" (Migos) | Culture II | ||
"Big Shot" (Kendrick Lamar & Travis Scott) | Cubeatz and Sounwave | Black Panther: The Album | |
"5X" (Don Toliver) | 2021 | Mike Dean | Life of a Don |
"Sanjuro" (Denzel Curry featuring 454) | 2022 | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | |
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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2018.