Travis Scott is a very known American hip hop artist who became Kanye West’s protege and co-worker. Today he is also mentioned as Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend and the father of her child.
Early life:
Travis Scott, formerly known as Travi$ Scott, was born as Jacques Webster, Jr. on April 30, 1992 in Houston in the state of Texas, USA.
Most of his childhood was spent in a part of Houston called Missouri City.
He was raised by his granny who loved him very much and gave him a lot of attention. That is why he had such a hard time separating from her and he respects her the most out of all his family members.
Both of his parents built their careers so he stayed and lived with grandma until he was six.
He moved away from his granny because his mother’s new job in the city and his father work as a company director.
He finished high school and enrolled the University of Texas but he never finished it. He decided to pursue his music career and have a job he likes to do.
Career Development
Scott was 16 years old when he decided to start producing music in hip hop. He was on the look for some partners who will help him start and even made a few collaborations.
He and Chris Holloway decided to go further with their collaboration so they made a group called “The Graduates”.
Myspace was the first platform they published on and it was in 2008. In 2009 a new group was formed, this time with Travis’s former classmate named OG Chess.
In 2009 and 2010 the group started a few projects but only a few of them were finished in the end. Scott was in charge of productions and the group finally split up after having some creative differences. It seems that they were generally unhappy because of low incomes and Scott giving the final decisions in everything. He, on the other hand, thought he was entitled to it since he was the moving force and the producer of the group.
Travis relocated to Washington where he has met with his friend Mike Waxx with whom he wanted to collaborate with. The collaboration didn’t work out for anyone and Scott decided to move again. This time he chose Los Angeles because he believed that city will give him a better chance of success.
Soon he was contacted by T.I. who had his own record label and liked his production. He heard his freestyle and decided to take him under his wing.
Travis released his debut mixtape under the title “Owl Pharaoh” but eventually the release was stopped and the mixtape was made over by Kanye West.
“Blocka La Flame” and “Blocka” were some of his first singles which werw produced by GOOD Music and Young Chop.
In 2013 he released a music video called “Quintana” which original version was produced by Scott himself and a known producer Michael Dean.
Scott was inlisted on XXL magazine Freshmen Class of 2013. He featured 2 Chainz and T.I. on his 2013 single called “Upper Echelon”.
A song called “1975” was released in 2014 and it featured Big Sean and was also performed at the “South by Southwest ” Festival.
He changed the name of this song afterwards into “Don’t Play” which was one of the singles on his new mixtape called “Days before Rodea”. It included vocals from a British band “The 1975”.
Young Thug invited him on his concert tour so he joined them, knowing that it will be a great experience for him.
His new album “Rodeo” from 2015, bursted with colllaborations with artists as Kanye West, Justin Bieber and The Weeknd.
Pharell Williams was also one of the guest artists on his album. He is one of the most recognized American vocals.
“3500” and “Antidote” became the most popular singles on the album and the album itself peeked very high on many charts.
In the meantime he became a model for Alexander Wang and his fashion campaign. It sems that Travis had worked in many areas, not just music.
“Pick Up the Phone” was his new single and it featured Young Thug and Quavo.
“Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight” is the name of his 2nd studio album which came out in the fall of 2016. It was released by Grand Hustle Records and Epic Records.
He started his own record label called “Cactus Jack Records” where he produced singles for smaller artists giving them a chance for a success.
Drake, one of the most famous American rappers and producers chose Scotty to have a guest appearance on his “More Life” albums. “Portland” became their hit song.
He announced his new album, in collaboration with Quavo very soon, claiming that they have already made the tracks but aren’t yet ready for release.
Travis Scott appeared this year on Kris Wu’s new song “Deserve” and it was his first collaboration with a K-Pop and rap singer.
He was an opening act for twenty concerts on Kendrick Lamar’s tour and it made his fan base bigger.
Ksubi is an Australian streetwear brand which offered Scott to make a limited edition of clothes with his signature.
Personal life
Kid Cudi and Kanye West were his role models since he entered the hip hop world.
Kylie Jenner is his current girlfriend, who is also pregnant and they expect their first baby.Their relationship is very popular on the social media and they don’t hide their infatuation.
Kylie is a makeup brand owner and a TV star who is extremely famous so Travis gained a lot of media attention by dating her. She appears in reality shows a lot too and that’s how she helped Travis so make his fanbase larger. They both share a lot of their pictures on Instagram and are raved about on famous magazine websites.
Interesting enough, before him, Kylie was in a relationship with another rapper named Tyga. The two of them dissed each other in songs for a while but it was nothing serious.
He has two siblings, a brother and a sister, who are twins. He tries to keep in touch with them as often as he can.
He was known because he was dating Rihanna. He also produced a couple of her songs.
He is a great drumm player which he sometimes show to his fans and sometimes plays them at home.
He performed on MTV Music awards with “30 Seconds to Mars” for their single “Walk on Water”.
He is known for his manic concert behaviour where he encourages people to join him on the stage or to jump from balcony.
This caused his arrest but he was let out of jail very soon. He used that events and released a limited-edition of T-shirts with his mug shot in front and “Free the rage” sentence under it.
Travis Scott made the cover of XXL magazine in the winter 2016. It is the same winter when he bought his parents and the family a new house with a swimming pool, which caused his mother and grand mother to cry and his brother to jump with joy.
Quick summary
Full name: Jacques Webster, Jr.
Date of birth: April 30, 1992
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
Age: 25
Profession: rapper, songwriter
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 67 kgs
Net Worth: $5 million