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Cozz
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Cozz during Too High to Riot tour, 2016
Background information
Birth name Cody Osagie
Born Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • producer
Years active 2013–present
Labels

Cody Rashad Osagie, better known by his stage name Cozz, is an American rapper. He is signed to J. Cole's label Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. His debut studio album Cozz & Effect, was released in October 2014. He has since released other projects, such as his 2016 project Nothin' Personal and in 2018 he released Effected his second Studio Album. He also released his Fortunate EP in 2021.

Career

2013–2015: Career beginnings and Cozz & Effect

In 2013, Cozz began to take rap seriously, and recorded a demo tape. A few months later, he released the music video for "Dreams". Shortly after, he started to get notice, and having meetings with many different labels. Cozz's manager brought the music video to J. Cole and was later signed to Dreamville Records.

On October 3, 2014, Cozz released his debut album Cozz & Effect The project was initially intended as a free mixtape upon recording. But according to Cozz, when it was finished, it sounded better than they had hoped and they therefore agreed it can be sold. Dreamville Records released it on digital format firstly, followed by physical CD a short while afterwards. In 2015, Cozz was a part of J. Cole's "2014 Forest Hills Drive Tour" along with other acts Bas, Omen, Pusha T, Jhene Aiko, Jeremih, YG, and Big Sean.

2016–2020: Nothin' Personal and Effected

On January 4, 2016, Cozz released his second project, and first mixtape, Nothin' Personal. The mixtape was entirely produced by Meez. Features include fellow west coast rapper Boogie, Bas, and Free Ackrite. The mixtape was supported with four singles: "Tabs," "Growth," "My Side," and "Who Said."

On February 13, 2018, he released his second album Effected which includes features from J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. Singles and music videos for the album includes "Questions", "Demons N Distractions", and "Bout It". On April 4, 2018, Cozz announced The Effected Tour in North American in 16 cities, to further promote the album. He was also featured on Los Angeles rapper JAG's album with Reason on the track "Black Boy Rise". On November 7, Cozz worked with DJ Megan Ryte on a 5-track mixtape called Aftermath Of My Dreams.

2021–present: Fortunate EP

On October 22, 2021, Cozz released the first single from the EP of the same name titled "Fortunate", produced by T-Minus, J. Cole, and Ced Breeze. On December 2, Cozz released the EP Fortunate, which features a guest appearance from YG.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with album details and selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
US
R&B/HH
US
Rap
Cozz & Effect
  • Released: October 3, 2014
  • Label: Dreamville, Interscope
  • Format: CD, digital download
160 31 17
Effected
  • Released: February 13, 2018
  • Label: Dreamville, Interscope
  • Format: digital download
22
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title Album details
Fortunate
  • Released: December 2, 2021
  • Label: Dreamville, Interscope
  • Format: Digital Download

Mixtapes

Title Album details
Nothin Personal
  • Released: January 4, 2016
  • Label: Dreamville
  • Format: Digital Download
Aftermath Of My Dreams (with DJ Megan Ryte)
  • Released: November 7, 2018
  • Format: Digital Download

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
US
R&B/HH
US
Rap
Revenge of the Dreamers II
(with Dreamville)
  • Released: December 8, 2015
  • Label: Dreamville, Interscope
  • Format: CD, digital download
29 4 3
Revenge of the Dreamers III
(with Dreamville)
  • Released: July 5, 2019
  • Label: Dreamville, Interscope
  • Format: CD, digital download
1 1 1
  • RIAA: Platinum
D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
(with Dreamville)
  • Released: March 31, 2022
  • Label: Dreamville, Interscope
  • Format: Digital download
11 6 4

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album
"Dreams" 2014 Cozz & Effect
"Cody Macc"
"I'm Tha Man" 2015
"Knock Tha Hustle"
(featuring J. Cole)
"Tabs"
(featuring Bas)
Nothin Personal
"Growth"
(featuring Correy C)
"My Side"
"Who Said" 2016
"Questions" 2018 Effected
"Demons N Distractions"
"Bout It"
"Fortunate" 2021 Fortunate
"Cry"

As featured artist

List of singles as a featured artist, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"LamboTruck"
(Dreamville featuring Cozz, Reason & Childish Major)
2019 Revenge of the Dreamers III
"Try"

(Mark Battles featuring Cozz & Keara Alyse)

2020 Try (Single)
"Play Games Witchu"

(Ohana Bam in collaboration with Cozz)

2022 Play Games Witchu (Single)
"Scary"

(DJ Semtex in collaboration with Cozz & Twitch 4EVA)

2022 Scary (Single)
"ON GO"

(Price in collaboration with Cozz)

2023 ON GO (Single)
"Soupy"

(Prof featuring Cozz)

2023 Soupy (Single)
"Don't Waste My Time"

(Rick Bars in collaboration with Cozz)

2023 Don't Waste My Time (Single)
"All on Me"

(Ohana Bam in collaboration with Cozz)

2023 All on Me (Single)
"Saturday"

(NCognita featuring Cozz)

2023 Saturday (Single)
"Ace of Hearts"

(JG in collaboration with Cozz)

2023 Ace of Hearts (Single)
"Dead Men"

(408 Darwin featuring Cozz)

2023 Dead Men (Single)

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Free My Mind" 2015 Mani Coolin Hope4TheYouth
"Backseat" Ari Lennox Pho
"Dopamine" 2016 Bas Too High to Riot
"Same Thing" Meez, Correy C non-album single
"Foreign Girl" Correy C Salutations
"Give N Go" 2017 Smoke DZA non-album single
"Black Boy Rise" 2018 JAG, Reason 2700
"Don't Hit Me Right Now" 2019 Bas, Yung Baby Tate, Guapdad 4000 & Buddy Revenge of the Dreamers III
"1993" Buddy, Smino, EARTHGANG, JID, J. Cole
"Spin Move" 2020 Bas Revenge of the Dreamers III: Director's Cut
"Late Night" Omen, Buddy, Landstrip Chip
"Disgusted" Childish Major
"Try" Mark Battles, Keara Alyse N/A
"Eye To Eye" 2021 Lute Gold Mouf
"Starting 5" 2022 Lute, Omen D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
"Hair Salon" G Perico, Reason
"Big Trouble Freestyle" N/A
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