Cortisa Star

{{Infobox musical artist

| background = person

| name = Cortisa Star

| image = Cortisa Star FWB x DC Show (cropped).jpg

| caption = Cortisa Star in 2025

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|07|11}}

| birth_place =

| origin = Delaware, U.S.

| genre = Hip hop

| occupation = Rapper

| instrument = Vocals

| discography =

| years_active = 2023–present

| website =

}}

Cortisa Star (born July 11, 2005) is an American rapper and model. She is best known for her song "Fun", which went viral on Twitter and TikTok in 2024.

Life and career

Star was born on July 11, 2005.{{Cite tweet |user=CortisaStar |number=1811249439148827054 |title=OMGGG ITS CORTISA DAY EVERYONE!! 7/11 IS HERE HAPPY BDAY TO ME 😄}} She is a transgender woman.{{cite web |last1=Duncan |first1=Charlie |title=Trans rapper Cortisa Star has gone viral on TikTok. Here's all the tea about her |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/12/09/cortisa-star-rapper-who-is-she-fun-bad-asf/ |website=PinkNews |access-date=December 20, 2024 |date=December 9, 2024}} In 2022, she posted a video jokingly referring to herself as an "underground rap princess" despite never having rapped and soon began releasing rap music due to the support she received. Her singles "Cortisa Crump" and "Fun" were both released in February 2024, the latter of which began trending on TikTok that month.{{cite web |title=Songs You Need In Your Life This Week |url=https://www.thefader.com/2024/12/11/songs-you-need-in-your-life-december-11-2024 |website=The Fader |access-date=December 20, 2024 |date=December 11, 2024}} She released her single "Bad ASF" in December 2024. Also that month, her music became popular among Twitter users in December 2024 and received attention from singer Charli XCX and record producer Loraine James after a performance of "Fun" on the YouTube channel 4 Shooters Only went viral on the platform.{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Owen |last2=D'Souza |first2=Shaad |title=Does Spotify Wrapped Even Matter? |url=https://i-d.co/article/spotify-wrapped-2024-experts-musicians-analysis/ |website=i-D |access-date=December 20, 2024 |date=December 4, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Taylor |title=Meet the transgender rapper going viral on this week's New Music Friday |url=https://www.out.com/gay-music/new-music-friday-december-2024 |website=Out |access-date=December 20, 2024 |date=December 6, 2024}} By then, she had released 11 songs.

On March 11, 2025, Star made her runway debut for Miu Miu on the last day of Paris Fashion Week. Her track "Paris" details this experience.{{cite news |last1=Guzman |first1=Ivan |title=Cortisa Star On Her Miu Miu Debut: 'I'm Going Everywhere' |url=https://www.papermag.com/cortisa-star-miu-miu#rebelltitem3 |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=Paper Magazine}}

Musical style

Star's music is known for its heavy bass, which she has stated was initially inspired by a scene from the animated series Adventure Time in which Jake the Dog dances with a bug, and hyperpop and drill influences.{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Aliyah |title=New artist spotlight: Cortisa Star |url=https://udreview.com/new-artist-spotlight-cortisa-star/ |website=The Review |access-date=December 20, 2024 |date=June 28, 2024}} Her stage name was inspired by her deadname and her love of space.{{cite web |last1=Pace-McCarrick |first1=Solomon |title=Cortisa Star: How Adventure Time inspired the rapper's viral sound |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/65718/1/how-adventure-time-inspired-cortisa-stars-viral-sound |website=Dazed |access-date=December 20, 2024 |date=December 18, 2024}} For PinkNews, Charlie Duncan wrote that she was "known for her explicit lyrics and devil-may-care attitude", and The Fader described her songs as "bubbly blown-out drill" and her lyrics as "truly outrageous".{{cite web |title=13 artists we're excited about in 2025 |url=https://www.thefader.com/2024/12/23/artists-to-watch-2025 |website=The Fader |access-date=December 23, 2024 |date=December 23, 2024}} For the same publication, Steffanee Wang described her songs as "bombastic and risqué".

Discography

=EPs=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of extended plays, with selected details ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Details
scope="row"\| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload) \| Released: April 11, 2025 Label: self-released Format: Digital download, streaming

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|+List of extended plays, with selected details

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Details

scope="row"| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)

Released: April 11, 2025
Label: self-released
Format: Digital download, streaming

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of singles as lead artist ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Album
scope="row"\| "Begin"{{cite web \|title=Begin by Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4MIbEQKl4hKlW5cPOQLHQg?si=lM2lAj_zTyKsmHlwvAKirA \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=June 15, 2023}} \| rowspan="4"\| 2023 \| rowspan="3" {{N/A\|Non-album singles}}
scope="row"\| "Holy Grail"{{cite web \|title=Holy Grail by Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7jK3Tuh1a50QuqXM9PREzn?si=PPn99llrTx2QrvZU6y1K_g \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=June 18, 2023}}
scope="row"\| "Still a Menace"{{cite web \|title=Still a Menace by Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6Pcz9zeoLsbh8JGinnqbrX?si=djV6QMnnQaas0pT_BvTY-Q \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=August 10, 2023}}
scope="row"\| "Get It Down"{{cite web \|title=Get It Down by Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0C1WgUsm8lEtUBD1YgEy3Z?si=abdms_T2RcOCKtDlLRL30A \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=December 12, 2023}} \| rowspan="2"\| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)
scope="row"\| "Fun"{{cite web \|title=Fun by Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5APFsHP9y5G7EJguwKf3Gx?si=cdltjqZ2QemmPEeL4cZ5-g \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=February 5, 2024}} \| rowspan="7"\| 2024
scope="row"\| "Nuts"{{cite web \|title=Nuts by Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4w70JFxOeIF30XpmPoBd0Z?si=sruU7WKtSSaerczjtgm7jg \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=February 14, 2024}} \| {{N/A\|Non-album single}}
scope="row"\| "Cortisa Crump"{{cite web \|title=Cortisa Crump by Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1dLdkuRGLUaYwCqmR5mFVh?si=sswDcRt_SZKz-uVF0GSpfA \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=March 7, 2024}} \| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)
scope="row"\| "Fritz"{{cite web \|title=Fritz by Native Foreign & Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4xsaEdo2rkQpwWXouSHd11?si=ECIML8zbS9GeRG_r_110YA \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=March 31, 2024}} {{small\|(with Native Foreign)}} \| rowspan="2" {{N/A\|Non-album singles}}
scope="row"\| "Block"{{cite web \|title=Block by Native Foreign & Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7jK3Tuh1a50QuqXM9PREzn?si=PPn99llrTx2QrvZU6y1K_g \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=June 18, 2023}} {{small\|(with Native Foreign)}}
scope="row"\| "Bad ASF"{{cite web \|title=Bad ASF by Cortisa Star \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1e32g319YUTqYPGST1P5gn?si=OA5VbHDARx64P8l5goH9zQ \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=October 4, 2024}} {{small\|(prod. MsChickenSandwich)}} \| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)
scope="row"\| "What You Want"{{cite web \|title=What You Want by Cortisa Star & Annamae \|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1XGnwGDmMcACGaBlgDCopt?si=E5PZEl2XQqGV48wW3YCW8Q \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|via=Spotify \|date=December 20, 2024}} {{small\|(with Annamae)}} \| {{N/A\|Non-album single}}
scope="row"\| "Misidentify" \| rowspan="2"\| 2025 \| rowspan="2"\| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)
scope="row"\| "Paris"

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|+List of singles as lead artist

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Album

scope="row"| "Begin"{{cite web |title=Begin by Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4MIbEQKl4hKlW5cPOQLHQg?si=lM2lAj_zTyKsmHlwvAKirA |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=June 15, 2023}}

| rowspan="4"| 2023

| rowspan="3" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Holy Grail"{{cite web |title=Holy Grail by Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7jK3Tuh1a50QuqXM9PREzn?si=PPn99llrTx2QrvZU6y1K_g |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=June 18, 2023}}

scope="row"| "Still a Menace"{{cite web |title=Still a Menace by Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6Pcz9zeoLsbh8JGinnqbrX?si=djV6QMnnQaas0pT_BvTY-Q |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=August 10, 2023}}

scope="row"| "Get It Down"{{cite web |title=Get It Down by Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0C1WgUsm8lEtUBD1YgEy3Z?si=abdms_T2RcOCKtDlLRL30A |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=December 12, 2023}}

| rowspan="2"| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)

scope="row"| "Fun"{{cite web |title=Fun by Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5APFsHP9y5G7EJguwKf3Gx?si=cdltjqZ2QemmPEeL4cZ5-g |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=February 5, 2024}}

| rowspan="7"| 2024

scope="row"| "Nuts"{{cite web |title=Nuts by Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4w70JFxOeIF30XpmPoBd0Z?si=sruU7WKtSSaerczjtgm7jg |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=February 14, 2024}}

| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Cortisa Crump"{{cite web |title=Cortisa Crump by Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1dLdkuRGLUaYwCqmR5mFVh?si=sswDcRt_SZKz-uVF0GSpfA |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=March 7, 2024}}

| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)

scope="row"| "Fritz"{{cite web |title=Fritz by Native Foreign & Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4xsaEdo2rkQpwWXouSHd11?si=ECIML8zbS9GeRG_r_110YA |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=March 31, 2024}}
{{small|(with Native Foreign)}}

| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Block"{{cite web |title=Block by Native Foreign & Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7jK3Tuh1a50QuqXM9PREzn?si=PPn99llrTx2QrvZU6y1K_g |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=June 18, 2023}}
{{small|(with Native Foreign)}}

scope="row"| "Bad ASF"{{cite web |title=Bad ASF by Cortisa Star |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1e32g319YUTqYPGST1P5gn?si=OA5VbHDARx64P8l5goH9zQ |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=October 4, 2024}}
{{small|(prod. MsChickenSandwich)}}

| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)

scope="row"| "What You Want"{{cite web |title=What You Want by Cortisa Star & Annamae |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1XGnwGDmMcACGaBlgDCopt?si=E5PZEl2XQqGV48wW3YCW8Q |access-date=December 20, 2024 |via=Spotify |date=December 20, 2024}}
{{small|(with Annamae)}}

| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Misidentify"

| rowspan="2"| 2025

| rowspan="2"| E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)

scope="row"| "Paris"

=Guest appearances=

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scope="row"\| "Choke"{{cite web \|title=choke (feat. Cortisa Star and CARTERTHEBANDIT) by skaiwater, Cortisa Star, & CARTERTHEBANDIT \| website=Spotify \|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/09ml8YFH3gPIZrFiTnEgAM?si=dbc3894e91974f11 \|access-date=December 20, 2024 \|date=June 14, 2024}} \| 2024 \| Skaiwater, Carter the Bandit \| #Gigi

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|+ List of guest appearances, with year, other artist(s), and album

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Artist(s)

! scope="col"| Album

scope="row"| "Choke"{{cite web |title=choke (feat. Cortisa Star and CARTERTHEBANDIT) by skaiwater, Cortisa Star, & CARTERTHEBANDIT | website=Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/09ml8YFH3gPIZrFiTnEgAM?si=dbc3894e91974f11 |access-date=December 20, 2024 |date=June 14, 2024}}

| 2024

| Skaiwater, Carter the Bandit

| #Gigi

References

Category:Living people

Category:2005 births

Category:21st-century American women rappers

Category:21st-century African-American musicians

Category:American LGBTQ rappers

Category:Hardcore hip-hop artists

Category:LGBTQ people from Delaware

Category:Rappers from Delaware

Category:Record producers from Delaware

Category:Transgender women musicians

Category:American women record producers

Category:Transgender rappers

Category:American drill musicians