Corey Jerome Hodges, known professionally as Lil' Corey and later Bando Jonez,
was born on November 13, 1988, in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a singer-songwriter
who taught himself to play the piano by ear at age five and began performing
publicly during his high school years. His early life was marked by hardship due
to his parents' drug addiction, which led him to take care of himself and often
find shelter in abandoned houses, inspiring his stage name "Bando," Atlanta
slang for such structures. He debuted as Lil' Corey with the hit single "Hush
Lil' Lady" featuring Lil' Romeo in 20...