Zacardi Cortez - Topic

One of the most talked about voices in gospel music today belongs to 3x 2023 Stellar Award winning, Grammy & BET Award Nominee & Award-winning songwriter, Zacardi Cortez. Born in Houston, TX, Cortez hails from a singing family of faith. At the age of 5 he began singing in church. At age 8, John P. Kee, adopted him as a spiritual son & began mentoring him. For a while, Cortez sang with Kee’s V.I.P. Mass Choir & sang a solo on 'Live at the Fellowship' in 01. He later made guest appearances on recordings by Kurt Carr, Bishop Paul S. Morton & Pastor Gregg Patrick & the Bridge Project. During the early years of his career, Cortez’ big voice & spine-tingling vocal gymnastics distinguished James Fortune & FIYA’s radio smashes “Let Your Power Fall,” “I Believe” & “The Blood.” Cortez’s recent tracks include the viral hit “Lord Do It Again” which surpassed 80MIL TikTok plays/uses in April 2023. At the end of 2022 he celebrated his fourth #1Billboard Gospel Airplay single “You’ve Been Good to Me;” a song he penned. Zacardi had a prior12 week run at #1 on the same chart for the song “God Held Me (Together).” Other Top 10 solo radio hits include “YDIA,” “1-On-1,” and “One More Time,” featuring Pastor John P. Kee. Zacardi Cortez has enjoyed appearances on major platforms including The Stellar Awards, Black Music Honors, P. Diddy’s Bad Boy Reunion Tour and BET’s “Sunday Best;” along with releasing 3 Top 10 albums, The Introduction (2012), Reloaded (2014), Imprint: Live in Memphis (2022).