Traphouse Koda, born Dakota Arterberry was raised in the great state of Virginia. As a young-in he’d help his old man who worked as a stage hand for a concert promotions company that dealt with major country western and rock artists coming into the Virginia area Iike Rascal Flatts, Hootie & The Blowfish, Phil Vasser. Young Koda loved to watch the performances and imagined  himself performing on stage one day. Koda’s mother raised him on mainly Country Western music as it was her favorite genre of music. He’d hear Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, and Kenny Chesney all throughout his house and could sing all of their songs word for word. He was about 12 years old when hip hop first grabbed his attention as he discovered Lil Wayne’s Da Drought 3 project. This was a game changer for Koda as he was totally blown away by what he was hearing. Artists like Lil Wayne and Childish Gambino inspired Koda to write raps displaying his lyrical wordplay and diversity in his song concepts. Koda would join cyphers wherever he could and quickly made a name for himself in the local Virginia hip-hop music scene as a respected lyrical emcee and artist. 

In the midst of him rising up in Virginia’s hip-hop scene,  an  unthinkable tragedy happened which changed his life forever. Koda was involved was involved in a major car wreck which almost claimed his life and the life of his older sister. His head was split wide open, bones were broken, and he suffered of plethora of other injuries. Although he survived, it ended up taking him off of his feet for quite some time as he needed time for his staples to be removed and time for his body to heel. After he and his sister recuperated from his near death experience, he got himself back in the hip-hop ring, picking up where he had left off, growing his following even more.

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In 2020 the worldwide pandemic hit and Koda was forced to sit down yet again. Like many other artists, Koda was left with a lot time to assess his career and plans for the future. He felt that he needed to evolve and diversify himself as an artist, like his biggest inspiration Lil Wayne. He began to challenge himself as an artist by experimenting with the country music he was raised on and the hip-hop music he was engulfed in. That how he ended up creating his hit single “Old Silverado”. The single quickly took off, and has now reached over 7 Million organic plays on YouTube and 20 Million streams across all platforms. This success was confirmation that he was in the space he was supposed to be in. He started touring and growing his base as a combination artist fusing the Country and Rap genres. Due to the success of Old Silverado he felt he needed to bring in a business entity which he did so he could level up. Unfortunately the choice made wasn’t the right fit, so he spent some time unraveling the business relationship.

In late 2023 he met music mogul Duwayne “DaDa” Mills. Mills knew exactly who Koda was and had the resources needed to take Koda to the next level. Koda then inked a new deal with The Crown Recordings, a new record label based in Las Vegas and spear headed by Mills. Mills brought on platinum plus and Grammy nominated producer Philip “DJ Hardwerk” Constable who produced hits for superstar artists such as Cardi B, Chris Brown, and Major Lazer. Hardwerk and Koda immediately hit it off and went to work on the Traphouse Koda debut album, which is slated to be released fall 2024. The first single off the album is “Back Outside”, a country/trap song that talks about a personal relationship Koda was in that made him feel imprisoned. He eventually got out of the relationship and collaborated with artist/songwriter Buccalini and songwriter Doobie to make a song about it. The song and video is set to release July 12, 2024. When Koda was asked about what we can expect, he quoted lyrics from his new single…
“I’m doing me and I’m back in these streets!” -