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Cardo’s Plan: Producing Hits for Drake, Migos, and Travis Scott Is Just the Beginning

“It’s a good problem to forget making a great song.”

When I pull up on Cardo and his producing cohorts Yung Exclusive and Johnny Juliano, they’re hunkered down to work in a mid-city Los Angeles Airbnb near The Grove. Weed is the only visible form of recreation—pre-rolls and papers are scattered across granite tabletops—but that seems to be more fuel than anything else. I’m clearly interrupting, but these guys rarely stop working. On a walk from the backyard to the kitchen after a smoke break, Cardo reflexively reaches for a nearby laptop and tinkers with a beat. It’s muscle memory. Continue reading Cardo’s Plan: Producing Hits for Drake, Migos, and Travis Scott Is Just the Beginning