I was born in Houston, Texas and have loved music all of my life. My original stage name was Cordoba Khan, (CK) for short. I patterned the name in Cordoba, in 1980 at the age of 15, after the Chrysler Cordoba. I then looked up the word Cordoba and found that it was a beautiful city in Southern Spain, so the name, stuck with me.  I derived the ‘Khan’ part of my name from the great Chaka Khan, whom I’ve admired since I was 14 years young. The name Cordoba Khan was so harmonious and when I heard them pronounced together, I heard my destiny.