Carter Davis, known as NORD in the cutthroat industry of music, has paved a prolific path for himself as a promising lyrical contributor for many of the top artist names in the genres of Rap and R&B. Ghostwriters are the clever lyrical minds behind some of the most popular songs in history. Often working as a contributor to a designated artist’s songwriting process, some of these foundational players in the backbones of these popular tracks take over the entire creative process behind the lyrical content of a song, and never see any type of attributed credit for it after the fact. Instead, they typically agree upon taking a percentage of the final project’s royalties to make up for the lack of creative recognition in the public eye.
Ice Spice, one of the world’s current hottest names in Hip Hop, is taking the industry by storm with her singles ‘Munch (Feelin’ U)’, and ‘Boy’s a liar pt.2’ featuring PinkPantheress. Working alongside NORD, who plays the role as her main collaborative songwriter, the emerging Bronx rapper skyrocketed to forty million monthly listeners and more than five hundred million music streams on Spotify alone. This recent explosive catapulting force of success that has sent both of the musical talents into a successful position in an industry that often lets aspiring talents down on their goals, due to the competitive nature of the modern music publishing environment.
Despite having ongoing contractual agreements with record labels such as Universal Music Group and Warner Records for his collaborative songwriting efforts, NORD is a completely independently successful distributing artist. Carter continues to passionately balance his educational life as a college student, his professional songwriting and music production career, as well as his own influential personality as a musician and fashionable social media presence. The Oregon artist, rapper, and elevated creative writer is a true inspiration for today’s youth of aspiring talents.