In our recent interview, Cardo explains how making beats on consumer gear eventually lead to a number-one record with Drake, a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar on the upcoming Black Panther soundtrack, and a rising career among hip hop’s brightest.ĭigital Trends: When did you start making beats? What did you use when you started?Ĭardo: I really started making beats early 2000, 2001, on MTV Music Generator. “ told me to my face, ‘You not going to make it nowhere with this music shit,” Cardo recalls. He’s been making music since he was 16 years old, when Playstation’s MTV Music Generator game was his music studio in the early 2000s. He even got fired from his job selling home loans at Bank of America after getting caught making beats at his desk.

He created the sound behind breakout records from Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar, Meek Mill, and the newest member of the Kardashian clan, Travis Scott. All it took to make the beat was some family help, and a music production program anyone can download for free.īefore he was helping Drake make history, music was already Cardo’s life. Music producer Ronald LaTour, better known by his professional name, Cardo, has helped produce some of the biggest songs of the decade, including God’s Plan, Drake‘s second song to reach #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, and one that broke records on Spotify and Apple Music in its first week of release. The name might be new to you, but you probably haven’t escaped the music.

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