Travis Scott (musician)

Travi$ Scott

Scott performing in 2014
Background information
Birth name Jacques Webster
Born (1992-04-30) April 30, 1992
Origin Houston, Texas, United States
Genres Hip hop
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • drum machine
  • keyboard
Years active 2008–present
Labels
Website travisscott.com

Jacques Webster (born April 30, 1992), better known by his stage name Travis Scott (stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer and musician from Houston, Texas. In 2012, Scott signed a record deal with Epic Records. In November of the same year, Scott signed with GOOD Music, as an in-house producer, after appearing on the label's debut compilation album, Cruel Summer (2012). In April 2013, it was announced he signed with T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint. He released his first official full-length project, a mixtape titled Owl Pharaoh, on May 21, 2013. He then released his second mixtape Days Before Rodeo on August 18, 2014. His debut album, Rodeo, was released on September 4, 2015.[1]

Early life

Jacques Webster was born on April 30, 1992. He grew up in Missouri City, a suburban area outside Houston and attended Elkins High School. Normally, Scott would stay with his grandmother, while his mother worked for the company Apple,[2] and his father ran his own business. Scott attended the University of Texas at Austin as well as The University of Texas at San Antonio before leaving to fully pursue his music career.[3][4]

Musical career

2009–12: Career beginnings and record deals

At the age of 16, Scott began to produce beats, and then made his first musical relationship with longtime friends, Chris Holloway, named The Graduates. In 2009, they released their first EP on Myspace. In 2010, he formed a duo with OG Chess, named The Classmates. In 2011, they released two full projects, the first one named Buddy Rich, and the second named Cruis'n USA, with Scott producing all of the songs. In 2011, after personal differences and financial disputes, OG Chess and Scott would break up. Scott moved to Los Angeles from Texas after leaving college. Scott, with help from his friend Mike Waxx, who owns the website Illroots, started to record and release music. T.I. listened to one of Scott's songs titled "Lights (Love Sick)", which he released while staying in Los Angeles, and contacted Scott, asking him to come down to a studio. T.I. then freestyled a verse over for Scott's song "Animal".

2012–14: Owl Pharaoh and Days Before Rodeo

Main articles: Owl Pharaoh and Days Before Rodeo
Scott performing in 2013.

Owl Pharaoh was supposed to be released for free in mid-2012. It was delayed, however, it was then slated for the 2012 release. After re-making the project[5] with help from Kanye West, Mike Dean and others, it was again, delayed for sample clearance issues. Shortly afterwards, Scott released his "Blocka La Flame", which featured additional production from Mike Dean and Scott himself. On March 22, 2013, Scott released another single off his album titled "Quintana", accompanied with a music video. The song features Wale and was produced by Scott, Sak Pase, BoluwSound, ChuSound, and Mike Dean. On March 27, 2013, XXL Magazine revealed that Scott was a member of XXL's Freshman Class of 2013. On March 29, 2013, in an interview with British DJ, DJ Semtex, Scott premiered a snippet of his next single, "Upper Echelon", featuring 2 Chainz. On April 2, Scott stated Owl Pharaoh would be released on iTunes on May 21, 2013.[6] On April 23 the song was sent to Urban contemporary radio.[7] The EP would end up being released for free.

Scott performing in 2014.

Scott performed a supposedly new single from his studio debut album, which was tentatively named "1975" featuring Big Sean at the Texan festival SXSW on March 13, 2014.[8] Scott later confirmed via his Twitter account that the song wasn't called "1975", but it was the first single from his debut album.[9] Then, again on his Twitter account, he confirmed the name of the album, entitled Rodeo.[10][11] On May 5, 2014, Scott released the full version of the new single, now named "Don't Play" featuring Big Sean and the band, The 1975, on his SoundCloud and Twitter accounts.[12][13] Following the success of Days Before Rodeo, on Twitter Scott announced his headline tour The Rodeo Tour with Rich Gang rapper Young Thug and producer Metro Boomin. The tour started March 1, 2015 in Santa Ana, California and ended April 1, 2015 in Portland, Oregon. The tour ran through major cities like Denver, Houston, Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Atlanta, Philadelphia, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. Second shows were added to some cities like Los Angeles and New York City after the first shows sold out too quickly. With most of these artist, such as Kanye West, Chris Brown, Wale and Birdman, have made special guest appearances in certain cities.[14] With accounts of fans passing out and Travis motivating fans to go wild, Scott's Rodeo Tour has been acclaimed to be one of today's wildest rap tours.[15]

2015–present: Rodeo

Rodeo was released on September 4, 2015, by Grand Hustle and Epic Records.[1] The album features guest appearances from Quavo, Juicy J, Kanye West, The Weeknd, Swae Lee, Chief Keef, Justin Bieber, Young Thug and Toro y Moi, and includes production from several producers such as Mike Dean, Kanye West, WondaGurl, DJ Dahi, Metro Boomin, 1500 or Nothin', Sonny Digital, Southside, Terrace Martin, Zaytoven, Pharrell Williams, Illangelo and Travis Scott himself, among others. The album was supported by two singles: "3500" featuring Future and 2 Chainz, and "Antidote". The latter became his highest-charting single in the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 16. Rodeo received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200. It also debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart.

On February 8, 2016 it was announced that among iLoveMakonnen and Vic Mensa, that Travis Scott will be part of the "WANGSQUAD", an Alexander Wang campaign.[16] On March 29, 2016, 300 Entertainment executive Lyor Cohen revealed that Scott and Young Thug were releasing a single soon and calls Scott's upcoming album a "classic".[17] On April 7, 2016, Travis Scott previewed a single with Young Thug at one of his recent shows.[18]

Musical style

Spin magazine compared his 2013 mixtape Owl Pharaoh to that of Cudi's Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager.[19] Scott has stated that he is influenced by Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Toro y Moi and T.I..[20]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Travi$ Scott's 'Rodeo' Finally Has A Release Date". Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20151126113349/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/who-is-tra$h-is-scott/growing-up-in-houston. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Tra$h is Scott talks about Growing Up in Houston". Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tra$h is Scott on " Real Late w/ Rosenberg". Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Travi$ Scott talks about working on Cruel Summer". Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Travi$ Scott interview with DJ Semtex". Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  7. ↑ Urban/UAC Future Releases | R&B, Hip Hop, Release Schedule and Street Dates |
  8. ↑ "Travi$ Scott And Big Sean Perform Unreleased Track "1975"". Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Travis Scott; Twitter". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Travis Scott; Twitter". Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Travis Scott; Interiew with DJ MoonDawg @ 9:35". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Travis Scott; Twitter". Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Travis Scott; Soundcloud". Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  14. ↑ http://www.complex.com/music/2015/01/tra$h-is-scott-announces-rodeo-tour
  15. ↑ http://www.complex.com/music/2015/03/travis-scott-young-thug-rodeo-tour-review
  16. ↑ Smith, Trevor. "Travis Scott in Wang Campaign". Hotnewhiphop. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  17. ↑ Schwartz, Danny (2016-03-29). "Young Thug & Travis Scott Are Dropping Single In “Next Few Days”". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  18. ↑ Schwartz, Danny (2016-04-07). "Travis Scott Previews New Single With Young Thug". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  19. ↑ http://www.spin.com/2013/12/best-rap-albums-2013/131122-travi-scott-owl-pharoah/
  20. ↑ http://www.xxlmag.com/2013-freshmen/travis-scott/

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