Reputable music publications call rapper Travis Scott nothing more than “the king of chaos”, and it is no coincidence. The American performer more than once found himself in the hands of the police, and the musician was detained right on stage, accusing him of organizing the riots. The explosive energy of Scott’s show and unimaginable special effects turn up the crowd with a half-turn, but that’s why fans love him.
Childhood and youth
Jacques Webster Jr. (it is the real name of Travis Scott) was born on April 30, 1992, in Houston. For some time he was raised by his grandmother, as his parents were busy with a career. Travis’s mother worked for the telecommunications company AT&T, while his father was building a business. As a schoolboy, Jacques moved to his father in a suburb of Houston because most of his dad’s business was located in Missouri City.
Jacques attended private primary and secondary schools. At 17, he graduated from Lawrence Elkins High School, where he participated in a theater group. That school is famous for its alumni who have achieved big success in American football and baseball.
Musical career development
After dropping out of college, Webster attempted to enter the music industry. He went to New York and stayed with his friend. There, Jacques worked on his songs. But Travis did not manage to achieve an instant breakthrough and victories. Then he moved to Los Angeles, got hold of the email address of sound engineer Anthony Kilhoffer, who worked with rapper Kanye West, and sent him his tracks for review. Then West himself, the head of the GOOD Music label, considered that the work of the new rapper deserves attention. Kanye West invited him to participate in the recording of the collection “Cruel Summer”.
At the same time, Travis was offered cooperation by the owner of Grand Hustle, rapper and actor T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.), who praised his composition Lights (Love Sick). When the young man came to his studio, T.I. performed a freestyle on the track of his new colleague Animal and signed the young man as a solo artist on Epic Records. Scott soon got a contract with Kanye’s record company as well.
In 2013, the talented Houstonian released his debut mixtape Owl Pharaoh, which was postponed several times. As part of the promotion, Travis presented the song Blocka La Flame and the music video for the song Quintana.
In 2014, the musician performed in Austin, at the South by Southwest festival. He then released his second mixtape, Days Before Rodeo, promoting the singles Don’t Play and Mamacita, and embarking on a US tour in support of the upcoming album. In its course, he visited concerts in more than two dozen cities, including his native Houston, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Seattle, impressing the audience with his extremely eccentric style of performance. The rapper’s performances were attended by many famous colleagues in the workshop – Kanye West, Chris, Wale, Baby, etc.
In 2015, the rap artist released his debut studio disc, Rodeo, which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 pop chart and number one on the Top Rap Albums. Along with the solo tracks, the author included in its collaborations with several world-famous rappers – including Canadian stars Weeknd, and Justin Bieber, with compatriot singers Quavo, Young Thug, Future, and Chief Keef. Composition Antidote from this disc hit the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and later went four times platinum.
The second album of the musician Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, released in September 2016, took the leading position on the Billboard 200. The project has a social theme – drugs, indifference, as well as lyrical and emotional motives. According to the author, he tried to show that he is not only madly in love with rap, but also tries to make it the most perfect.
In January of the following year, Travis Scott announced the launch of his clothing line, created in collaboration with the fashion brand Helmut Lang. In March, in partnership with Lil Uzi Vert and Quavo, the rapper released a video for the song “Go Off” and announced the launch of a new concert tour in New Orleans, Louisiana, called Birds Eye View, which ended in June in Eugene, Oregon. The European leg of this tour began in Paris at the end of the same month and ended in July in Turku, Finland.
He then joined the Pulitzer Prize-winning Musician Kendrick Lamar touring in the music video for Goosebumps from Travis’s second album. In December, rap fans greeted his joint album Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho with Quavo. He also took part in the project More Life by the Canadian artist Drake. Their song Portland peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.
Especially rave reviews from critics and fans earned the musician’s last album, Astroworld, released in 2018, recognized as an exemplary recording and demonstration of his enormous achievements. Its concept is dedicated to a closed children’s amusement park in the rap artist’s hometown.
Guest stars on the recording included his idol Kid Cady, legendary Stevie Wonder, The Weeknd, Nav, Gunna, Juice WRLD, and many others.
In the wake of success in the fall, the rapper was chosen as the face of the spring 2019 collection of the Parisian haute couture house Saint Laurent. He also appeared with Kylie Jenner on the cover of GQ and prepared with her participation in the video for the song Stop trying to be God, which was later named the craziest music video of the year.
2018 will be remembered by the rapper for opening his label “Cactus Jack Records. This year, he also participated in the recording of the soundtrack for the film Black Panther with Chadwick Boseman. The first artist to sign a contract with Travis’s label was the rapper Smokepurpp. In February 2018, they presented a video for the joint song Fingers Blue.
