Travis Scott
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Background information | |
Birth name | Jacques Webster |
Also known as | La Flame |
Born | April 30, 1992 |
Origin | Houston, Texas, United States |
Occupation(s) | Rapper, record producer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, Drum Machine, Keyboard |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | Very G.O.O.D. Beats, Grand Hustle, Epic |
Website | travisscott |
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 and record producer from Houston, Texas. In 2012, Scott signed to Epic Records before eventually signing to Kanye West's GOOD Music production wing known as Very G.O.O.D. Beats, in November of the same year, as an in-house producer, after appearing on the label's debut compilation 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, an album titled Owl Pharaoh, on May 21, 2013.
Early life
Born Jacques Webster, on April 30, 1992, he was born in Houston, Texas. Although he was born in Houston, he grew up in Missouri City, an affluent suburban area outside Houston and attended Elkins High School. Normally, Scott would stay with his grandmother, while his mother worked for the company Apple, and his father ran his own business. Scott used to skip school to meet up with Mike Dean for studio sessions. Scott also worked with classmate Chris Holloway, dropping a mixtape titled "The Graduates". Scott said he was a nerd in high school. Scott attended the The University of Texas at Austin as well as University of Texas at San Antonio before dropping out. [1][2]
Career
2009–2012: Musical beginnings and record deals
Scott began to produce beats at the age of 16, and then made his first musical relationship with longtime friend, Chris Holloway named The Graduates. They released their first EP on Myspace in 2009. In 2010, he formed a duo with OG Chess, named The Classmates. They released two full projects, the first one named Buddy Rich, and the second named Cruis'n USA in 2011, with Scott producing all of the songs. After personal differences & financial disputes, OG Chess and Scott broke up in late 2011.
Scott moved to Los Angeles from Texas after dropping out of 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". Scott then acquired the phone number of Kanye West's engineer, Anthony Kilhoffer and organised a meeting which allowed him to play his music for him. Kilhoffer then took Scott under his wing, and through Kilhoffer, he met Kanye West while in New York. Scott worked with Kanye on his debut project, Owl Pharaoh, which has been delayed numerous times, and GOOD Music's debut compilation album, Cruel Summer. Scott co-produced the songs, "To The World", "The Morning" and "Don't Like", and also produced and contributed a verse to "Sin City".[3] Scott has also directed a number of music videos, such as "Brake Lights" for fellow former Very GOOD Beats labelmate, Hit-Boy.
2012–2013: Owl Pharaoh
Owl Pharaoh was supposed to be released for free in mid-2012. It was delayed however, and then slated for a late 2012 release. After re-making the project[4] with help from Kanye West, Mike Dean and Anthony Kilhoffer it was again, delayed for sample clearance issues. In January 2013, Scott was featured on fellow G.O.O.D. Music member, Pusha T's album, Wrath of Caine on the track "Blocka" produced by Young Chop. Shortly afterwards, Scott released his own version of "Blocka", entitled "Blocka La Flame", which featured additional production from Mike Dean and Scott himself. On March 22, 2013, Scott released another single off his album called "Quintana", accompanied with a music video. The song features Wale and was produced by Scott, Sak Pase 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 2nd, Scott stated that Owl Pharaoh would be released on iTunes on May 21, 2013.[5] The full version of "Upper Echelon" was premiered on April 18 also featuring T.I. and the following day it was released to iTunes.[6] Then on April 23 the song was sent to Urban contemporary radio.[7] The EP would end up being released for free.
2014–present: Days Before Rodeo
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 on his Soundcloud and Twitter accounts. [12] [13] After months of touring between May and July, Scott took to his twitter to announce that he was releasing a new project named Days Before Rodeo, an album which would be served as a lead on to his debut studio album. On August 17, 2014, Scott tweeted a link to his website, which contained the tracklist and artwork of the album. Later in 2014, Scott released some snippets of Yung Lean's Song "Ghosttown" [14]
On the 27th of January 2015, he released two new tracks onto his SoundCloud account; "Nothing But Net", featuring Young Thug and PartyNextDoor, and "High Fashion", featuring Future, as well as announcing a Spring US tour with Young Thug and Metro Boomin as promotion for 'Rodeo' which is reportedly comeing out sometime this year.
Discography
Mixtapes
Title | Album details |
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Owl Pharaoh[4] |
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Days Before Rodeo |
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Single
As lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US |
US R&B |
US Rap | |||
"Quintana" (featuring Wale) |
2013 | — | — | — | Owl Pharaoh |
"Upper Echelon"[15] (featuring T.I. and 2 Chainz) |
— | — | — | ||
"Don't Play"[16] (featuring The 1975 and Big Sean) |
2014 | — | — | — | Days Before Rodeo |
"Mamacita" (featuring Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug) |
— | — | — |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US |
US R&B |
US Rap | |||
"10 2 10 (Remix)"[17] (Big Sean featuring Rick Ross and Travis Scott) |
2014 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
Guest appearances
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Yes Lord" | 2012 | Audio Push, King Chip | Inland Empire |
"I Get It" | Meek Mill | Dreamchasers 2 | |
"Sin City" | John Legend, Teyana Taylor, Cyhi the Prynce, Malik Yusef | Kanye West Presents GOOD Music: Cruel Summer | |
"Nervous" | Wynter Gordon | Human Condition: Doleo | |
"Blocka" | 2013 | Pusha T, Popcaan | Wrath of Caine |
"Enormous"[18] | Hit-Boy, Cocaine 80s, Kent M$NEY | All I've Ever Dreamed Of | |
"Back Up" (Remix) | Chuck Inglish | Droptops | |
"God Level"[19] | none | DJ Drama Presents: XXL 2013's Freshmen Class | |
"2 Fucks"[20] | T.I., Chip, B.o.B, Trae tha Truth, Young Dro | Hustle Gang Presents: G.D.O.D. (Get Dough or Die) | |
"Animal"[20] | B.o.B, T.I. | ||
"$hut Up" | Trinidad James | 10 PC. Mild | |
"I’m Leanin’" | Meek Mill, Birdman, Diddy | Dreamchasers 3 | |
"Crown’" | Jay Z | Magna Carta... Holy Grail | |
"Vulnerable" | Tinashe | Black Water | |
"Familiar" | 2014 | Ty Dolla $ign, Fredo Santana | Beach House EP |
"Hell You Sayin'"[21] | T.I., Iggy Azalea, Young Dro | SXEW (South by East West) | |
"100 Bottles" | Low Pros | EP 1 | |
"Fuck & Smoke" | Trav, Meek Mill | Push II | |
"Ghosttown" | Yung Lean | Unknown Memory | |
"Brand New Choppa"[22] | T.I., Meek Mill, Yung Booke, Dro | G.D.O.D. II | |
"Ya Digg"[22] | Shad da God, T.I., Spodee | ||
"Chimes" (Rmx) | Hudson Mohawke, Pusha T, Future, French Montana | — | |
"Juss Know" | PartyNextDoor | ||
"Company" | 2015 | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late |
Production discography
References
- ^ "Travi$ Scott talks about Growing Up in Houston". Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ "Travi$ Scott on " Real Late w/ Rosenberg". Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Travi$ Scott talks about working on Cruel Summer". Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ a b "Travi$ Scott talks about working on Cruel Summer". Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ "Travi$ Scott interview with DJ Semtex". Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ iTunes - Music - Upper Echelon (feat. T.I. & 2 Chainz) - Single by Travi$ Scott
- ^ Urban/UAC Future Releases | R&B, Hip Hop, Release Schedule and Street Dates |
- ^ "Travi$ Scott And Big Sean Perform Unreleased Track "1975"". Retrieved March 18, 2014.
- ^ "Travis Scott; Twitter". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Travis Scott; Twitter". Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Travis Scott; Interiew with DJ MoonDawg @ 9:35". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ "Travis Scott; Twitter". Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Travis Scott; Soundcloud". Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Travis Scott; Twitter". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Upper Echelon (feat. 2 Chainz & T.I.) – Single by Travi$ Scott". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
- ^ "Don't Play (feat. The 1975 & Big Sean) - Single by Travi$ Scott". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- ^ "10 2 10 (Remix) [feat. Rick Ross & Travi$ Scott] – Single by Big Sean". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
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at position 1 (help) - ^ "HS87 - All I've Ever Dreamed Of // Free Mixtape". DatPiff. Idle Media Inc. March 12, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
- ^ "Various Artists - XXL 2013's Freshmen Class: The Mixtape // Free Mixtape". DatPiff. Idle Media Inc. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ a b Vasquez, Andres (May 7, 2013). "Hustle Gang "G.D.O.D." Download & Mixtape Stream". HipHop DX. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
- ^ Ramirez, Erika (February 6, 2014). "T.I., 'Hell You Sayin'' Feat. Iggy Azalea, Young Dro & Travi$ Scott: Exclusive Song Premiere". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ^ a b "Hustle Gang – G.D.O.D. II // Free Mixtape". DatPiff. Idle Media Inc. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2014-09-21.