Cardo | |
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 Cardo in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ronald Nathan LaTour Jr. [1] |
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| Born | September 24, 1984 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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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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| MADeMAN |
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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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| US | US R&B/HH | CAN | FRA | UK | ||||
| "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 |
| Non-album singles | |
| "Waze" (Skepta, Chip and Young Adz) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Euphoria" (Kendrick Lamar) | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 76 | 11 | ||
| "K Pop" (Playboi Carti) | 2025 | 38 | 18 | 50 | — | 77 | Music | |
| "Mojo Jojo" (Playboi Carti) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Philly" (Playboi Carti with Travis Scott) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Toxic" (Playboi Carti with Skepta) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Crank" (Playboi Carti) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Good Credit" (Playboi Carti with Kendrick Lamar) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "HBA" (Playboi Carti) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Backr00ms" (Playboi Carti with Travis Scott) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Title | Year | Other producers | Album |
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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 | |