Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2000, Kodie was raised by his biological mother's adopted sister and her husband, who eventually moved to Houston when he was two. For the 20-year-old rapper-producer, putting words together is an art form based in the Texas lineage of cold and confident finesse rap. That doesn't mean Kodie's content is static or stale. On the contrary, he's revealed himself as a more versatile artist throughout the progression of his discography, flexing different musical muscles on an increasingly more refined hybrid of melodic emo trap, and charismatic pimp-style raps. Albums like 2018's Kodie Kardashian and 2019's Vogue marked gradual steps away from the innocent charm of his 2017 breakout Lil Kodie, while positioning ...