Zacardi Renye Louis Cortez (born September 17, 1985) is an American
gospel musician and
Christian artist. He started his music career, in 2012, with the release of ''The Introduction'' by Blacksmoke Records. His second album, ''REloaded'', was released by WorldWide Records in 2014. Both albums charted on the
''Billboard'' magazine Gospel Albums chart. His first release was more successful with chartings on
The ''Billboard'' 200,
Independent Albums, and
R&B Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated J ...
charts.
Early life
Cortez was born in
Houston, Texas on September 17, 1985,
as Zacardi Renye Louis Cortez.
His spiritual and music mentor,
John P. Kee
John P. Kee (born John Prince Kee on June 4, 1962) is an American gospel singer and pastor.
Kee has been active for more than 20 years in the music field. He is primarily known for mixing traditional gospel with modern contemporary gospel, an ...
, was an influence upon his life, while they were touring together, and Kee even had Cortez featured on his album in 2005, ''Live at the Fellowship''.
After this, Cortez joined in
James Fortune
James Fortune is a gospel music recording artist, songwriter and producer. He is also a radio personality on 1190 AM WLIB.
Music career
James Fortune & FIYA's highly debut CD, ''You Survived'', was released in September 2004. He was honored ...
's band FIYA for a guest spot on ''The Transformation'' that was released in 2007.
Music career
His music career got started in 2012, with the release of ''The Introduction'' by Blacksmoke Records on May 22, 2012.
This was his breakthrough release upon the
''Billboard'' magazine charts, with it placing on
The ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 73,
Gospel Albums at No. 2,
Independent Albums at No. 16, and
R&B Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated J ...
at No. 8.
He released, ''REloaded'', with WorldWide Records in 2014,
yet this only charted on the Gospel Albums at No. 10.
He performs on the single, "It's You (A Love Song)," which was released by
Cheneta Jones.
Discography
Singles
References
External links
Official website
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1985 births
Living people
African-American songwriters
African-American Christians
Musicians from Houston
Songwriters from Texas
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people