Who is Naomi Osaka’s boyfriend? Meet Cordae, the Grammy nominated, chart-topping rapper … who previously only knew of tennis star Serena Williams

Oct 6 , 2021

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka and US singer Cordae arrive for the 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13 in New York. Photo: AFP

The musician’s remix of Eminem’s My Name Is went viral, and his album The Lost Boy debuted at No 8 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums list

The four-time grand slam winner shared on Instagram that Cordae once flew and quarantined to be with her during the 2020 US Open after she said she was lonely

She’s a four-time grand slam singles winner, Forbes’ “highest-paid female athlete ever”, and made history as the first Asian player to rank No 1 in the singles by the World Tennis Association. She has also garnered the respect of the global community not only for her athletic ability, but also for being vulnerable about mental health.

Cordae posted this photo of him and Naomi Osaka after the US Open. Photo: @cordae/Twitter

Naomi Osaka has also been dating rapper bae Cordae for about two years. But just who is the other half of what GQ has called “the most dynamic and outspoken young couple in the culture right now?”

Meet Cordae, the man giving Osaka butterflies …

He is Grammy nominated

Cordae is known for remixing popular songs. Photo: @checktherhyme1_/Twitter

Born Cordae Amari Dunston, the rapper, singer and songwriter is best known for remixing popular songs. He joined the YBN collective in 2018 as YBN Cordae. In July 2019, he released his debut solo album, “The Lost Boy”, which debuted at No 8 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums list and received a Grammy nomination for the best rap album in 2020.

His entry into the rap world was quick. Oprah Daily reports that, in 2017, Cordae was at Towson University studying communications and working at TGI Friday’s, but only a year later he dropped out and moved to Los Angeles to be part of the YBN Collective. In May 2018, his remix of Eminem’s 1999 hit, My Name Is, went viral.