Travis Scott is a rapper and producer from America (Houston). In 2012, he began working with Epic Records, and later switched to Kanye West's GOOD Music. His first full-fledged project, which became Owl Pharaoh, was published on May 21, 2013. Later, the second work Days Before Rodeo was released, it happened in 2014, on August 18. The debut disc of our hero Rodeo was presented in 2015, September 4.
early years
Travis Scott was born in 1992, April 30, in a suburb of Houston - Missouri. He lived with his grandmother, since his mother worked at Apple, his father, in turn, was engaged in business. Our hero studied at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Austin.
Music career
Travis Scott at the age of 16 began to create beats. Later, cooperation began with Chris Holloway, a longtime friend of our hero. In 2009, they recorded their first mini-album. In 2010, Travis Scott entered into a duet with OG Chess. The group called itself The Classmates. As part of this association, two projects Cruis'n USA and Buddy Rich were released. Our hero produced both.
In 2011, after financial disputes and personal disagreements, The Classmates ceased to exist. After graduating from college, our hero moved to Los Angeles from Houston. In California, the musician was assisted by Mike Waxx - his friend. He was the owner of the hip hop portal Illroots. Then TI heard Lights - Travis's track. After that, he invited the musician to the studio, where TI wrote the original verse and put it on the finished composition Animal, which was recorded earlier.
Owl Pharaoh and Days Before Rodeo
Travis Scott originally planned to release his debut mixtape Owl Pharaoh by mid-2012, but due to technical reasons, work was delayed. The author assured that the composition will be released by the end of 2012. With the help of Mike Dean, Kanye West and other producers, the work was ready, but the terms changed again. This time there were problems with the design of the future collection.
Then Travis released 2 singles: Quintana and Blocka La Flame. The first of these works was accompanied by a music video clip. In 2013, Scott was included in the annual list of the most notable rap newcomers, according to XXL. After the interview, which the rapper gave DJ from Britain DJ Semtex, he presented a fragment of the next single Upper Echelon. This work was recorded in collaboration with 2 Chainz.
In 2013, Travis announced that a debut mixtape called Owl Pharaoh would appear on the iTunes Store in 2013, May 21. In 2014, on March 13, as part of the annual South by Southwest festival, the musician, together with Big Sean, presented and performed a new work, which was supposedly to be called "1975" and hit the first studio album. Later, the author denied the version that the song has the name "1975", but confirmed that it will fall on the second mixtape called Days Before Rodeo.
On May 5, 2014, SoundCloud released the full version of the single. It was called Don't Play and was recorded with an indie rock band from Britain, The 1975 and Big Sean. Our hero announced the first own tour called The Rodeo. The journey included major cities such as Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York, Detroit, Chicago, Houston and Denver. Artists Birdman, Wale, Chris Brown, Kanye West acted as invited guests in various cities in support of Scott. For the musician’s special way of conducting concerts, The Rodeo was named one of the wildest tours in rap history.
Now you know who Travis Scott is. Mamashita is one of his most famous works, which was recorded in collaboration with Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan.