Harlem native DukeDaGod, born George Moore, got his start in the music industry as a road manager for Children of the Corn, a group managed by Damon Dash that featured the pre-fame Cam'ron, Mase, and Big L. After the group disbanded, Cam'ron set up the Diplomat label and brought in DukeDaGod, who became vice president of A&R, working on the label's official releases as well as maintaining the label's prolific mixtape series and online merchandising.