TRAVIS SCOTT

Jacques Bermon Webster II, born April 30, 1991, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer known professionally as Travis Scott. He has achieved five number-one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and has charted over one hundred songs. Scott has received ten Grammy Award nominations and has won a Latin Grammy Award, Billboard Music Award, MTV Video Music Award, and multiple BET Hip Hop Awards. His musical style has been described as a blend of traditional hip-hop and lo-fi, often characterized as ambient, with notable influence from Kanye West and Kid Cudi. His stage name combines the name of Kid Cudi's real name, Scott Mescudi, with the name of a favorite uncle. In 2012, Scott signed a major-label recording contract with Epic Records and a publishing deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music as an in-house producer. In April 2013, he entered a joint-venture record deal with T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records. Scott released his first mixtape, Owl Pharaoh, in 2013, followed by his second mixtape, Days Before Rodeo, in 2014.