Naomi Osaka is one of the most recognizable faces on both the ATP and the WTA tour. The Japanese sensation has a very likable character and she already has 3 slams under her belt at the age of 22. Naomi also went mainstream after he was so vocal in defending the rights of the community of color especially after the horrific killing of George Floyd. Osaka impressed the world for taking the court during the US Open each time with a different mask carrying the names of people fallen to racism.
Naomi Osaka’s boyfriend YBN Cordae
Naomi Osaka has been dating her boyfriend YBN Cordae for roughly 1 year and a half. His real name is Cordae Amari Dunston, but he is commonly called Cordae. He was born on the 26th of August in 1997 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Cordae always conceded that his artistic life was inspired by his father that used to play classic hip hop around him. Like some teenagers, he fell in love with rap and he started to write songs at the age of 15 as a hobby. He graduated from high school in 2015 to then go to college at Towson University. However, he dropped out in 2018 before moving to Los Angeles.
Dunston started to be more serious about rapping and eventually things started to go better and better for him as he released his first album “The Lost Boy” in 2019.
YBN Cordae activism
Dunston is extremely active with his girlfriend Naomi Osaka in supporting the black community and the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Cordae went to Minneapolis with Naomi to protest about the killing of George Floyd. Later he was even arrested when protesting against the murder of Breonna Taylor.
Naomi Osaka in 2020
Now ranked no.3, Naomi played her last match on the 12th of September when she defeated Victoria Azarenka 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the final of the U.S. Open to win her 6th career title.
At the moment, this season Osaka has a 16-3 win-loss record. The Japanese conquered 1 title at the U.S. Open. Osaka got to the final in New York.