Travis Scott
Jacques Bermon Webster II (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Scott has had four number-one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, along with a total of over one hundred charting songs.
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Jacques Bermon Webster II
April 30, 1991 Houston, Texas, U.S.
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Origin | Missouri City, Texas, U.S. |
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| Formerly of | The Graduates |
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He has been nominated for ten Grammy Awards and won a Latin Grammy Award, Billboard Music Award, MTV Video Music Award, and multiple BET Hip Hop Awards. As of 2023,
Scott has sold over 49 million certified records in the U.S. alone.
Scott’s musical style has been described as a “blend between traditional hip-hop and lo-fi” and often characterized as “ambient,” with a heavily appraised influence from rappers Kanye West and Kid Cudi.
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His stage name is derived from the latter’s real name, Scott Mescudi, combined with the name of a favorite uncle.
In 2012, Scott signed his first major-label recording contract with Epic Records, as well as 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 Georgia-based rapper T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records.
Scott self-released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Owl Pharaoh in 2013, which was followed by his debut mixtape Days Before Rodeo (2014).
His debut studio album, Rodeo (2015) was released to critical praise and commercial success.
It was preceded by the singles “3500” (featuring Future and 2 Chainz) and “Antidote,” the latter became his first hit song as it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
His second album, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016), became his first number-one album on the Billboard 200 chart.
The following year, Scott formed the duo Huncho Jack with rapper Quavo, with whom he released an eponymous collaborative album (2017).
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Scott’s third studio album, Astroworld (2018) was released to widespread critical acclaim and became his second consecutive number one album on the Billboard 200.
The album also produced his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, “Sicko Mode” (featuring Drake).
In late 2019, Scott’s vanity label imprint, Cactus Jack Records released the compilation album JackBoys, which also topped the Billboard 200.
With his 2019 single “Highest in the Room” and his 2020 singles “The Scotts” (with Kid Cudi) and “Franchise” (featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.),
Scott became the first artist on the Billboard Hot 100 to have three songs debut at number one in less than a year.
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Following a series of controversies and five years after the release of his previous solo album, Scott released Utopia (2023), which became his fourth consecutive number one album on the Billboard 200.
Along with his highly publicized relationship with American media personality Kylie Jenner, Scott has collaborated with organizations including Nike, Dior, and McDonald’s.
His Cactus Jack record label, founded in 2017, has signed artists including Don Toliver and Sheck Wes. Scott has gained notoriety for controversies and legal issues regarding concert safety.
In November 2021, a mass-casualty crowd crush occurred during Scott’s hometown performance at his annual Astroworld Festival, causing ten deaths and hundreds of injuries.
Early life
Travis Scott was born on April 30, 1991, in Houston, Texas. From ages one through six, Webster lived with his grandmother in South Park, Houston.
The neighborhood was notorious for crime and had an impact on a young Webster, “Growing up, my grandmother stayed in the ‘hood so I saw random crazy shit.
[I saw] mad bums and crazy spazzed out motherfuckers, I saw people looking weird, hungry, and grimey [sic]. I was always like, ‘I gotta get the fuck out this shit.’
It gave me my edge—[it made me] who I am right now.”
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Webster moved to Missouri City, a middle-class suburban area bordering southwest Houston, to live with his parents.
His mother worked for Apple and his father ran his own business. Webster’s father is also a soul musician and his grandfather was a jazz composer.
Webster attended Elkins High School and graduated at seventeen. During high school, he participated in musical theater.
Webster then attended the University of Texas at San Antonio, before dropping out his second year to fully pursue his music career.
During an interview, Webster revealed he chose his moniker as a combination of his favorite uncle, Travis, and the first name of one of his biggest inspirations, Kid Cudi (whose real name is Scott Mescudi).
Personal life
Travis Scott began dating media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner in April 2017.
In February 2018, Jenner gave birth to their daughter. Jenner appeared in the music video for “Stop Trying to Be God”, from Scott’s third studio album Astroworld.
They broke up in September 2019, but quarantined together during the COVID-19 pandemic for the sake of their daughter and ended up rekindling their relationship.
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On September 7, 2021, after weeks of speculation, Jenner revealed that she and Scott were expecting their second child. Jenner gave birth to their son in February 2022.
The couple separated for a second time by January 2023.
Artistry
Influences
Travis Scott has stated that Björk is “one of my biggest inspirations for why I do what I do”.
He is also influenced by Bon Iver, Kid Cudi, M.I.A., Kanye West, Toro y Moi, Tame Impala, T.I., and Thom Yorke.
Musical style
Travis Scottmakes heavy use of audio manipulation effects such as Auto-Tune, phasing, delays, and stereo-sculpted chorusing and harmony structures, predominantly influenced by producers Mike Dean and Alex Tumay.
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Scott’s musical style has been characterized as “ambient”; Scott himself has said “I’m not hip-hop”. Vulture described Scott’s sound as “unremittingly dark, syncretic, hi-res, and above all unnatural”.
Scott’s musical style has been described as being hip hop, “psychedelic” trap, and pop rap.
Spin magazine compared his debut mixtape Owl Pharaoh (2013) to fellow American rapper Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010).
Creative vision
In 2016, Harmony Korine, an American filmmaker, teamed with Travis Scott and fellow American rapper Gucci Mane to release a collaborative music video for their collaboration “Last Time”;
Korine made a cameo appearance in the short directed by David Helman.
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In 2018, Scott has said that he is a fan of Broadway theater and would like to do an album of show tune covers. He has said that he would like to write his own musical in the future.
In 2021, Scott starred in a cover story of i-D Magazine Issue 362 “Utopia in Dystopia” photographed by Spike Jonze.
Scott graced two covers for the issue, including a limited-edition cover featuring original artwork by Jonze.
Scott teamed up with i-D Magazine for a limited edition merch capsule release. Scott added his original signature artwork to the special edition issue of the magazine.
His classic scrawled artwork also makes an appearance on the Travis Scott X i-D collaborative merch.
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Scott has also collaborated with the photographer David LaChappelle. Scott’s album Astroworld’s cover art was reportedly shot by LaChappelle.
The artwork featured a large golden replica of Scott’s head.
Philanthropy
Cactus Jack Foundation
Travis Scott established the Cactus Jack Foundation in November 2020 to assist Houston youth with education expenses and creative endeavors.
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In December 2021, the foundation gave out thousands of toys to the children of Houston.
On May 17, 2022, Scott announced that he would give away $1 million in scholarships to 100 HBCU college students from the graduating class of 2022 through the Cactus Jack Foundation.
Project Heal
In 2022, Scott launched a multi-tier, long-term series of community-focused philanthropy and investment efforts called Project HEAL through his Cactus Jack Foundation.
The philanthropic effort provided $5 million for community-based initiatives in Scott’s home state of Texas.
Project HEAL is a multi-tier initiative dedicated to addressing challenges facing today’s youth, especially those from marginalized and at-risk communities.
Legal issues
Incidents at performances
Scott’s performances have experienced a number of issues.
At Lollapalooza in 2015, Scott was charged and arrested for disorderly conduct after inciting concertgoers to ignore security and rush the stage.
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For this, he would later plead guilty to reckless conduct and receive one year of supervised release.
That same year, at the Openair Festival in Switzerland,
He encouraged fans to attack a man who took his shoe while he was crowd-surfing, by stopping the concert and repeatedly telling the crowd to “fuck him up”, while also spitting on him.
In 2017, he was arrested for similar conduct to his Lollapalooza behavior after a performance in Northwest Arkansas.
That same year, a fan sued Scott and the organizers of a 2017 concert at Terminal 5 in Manhattan after falling from a balcony and being dragged on stage, blaming the fall on a crowd surge.
In 2019, three people were trampled and injured as a crowd rushed to enter the compound at Astroworld.
Astroworld Festival crowd crush
On November 5, 2021, at least ten people died and hundreds were injured in a crowd crush moving toward the stage during Scott’s performance at the Astroworld Festival in NRG Park in his hometown of Houston, Texas.
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On the first night, a crowd crush occurred, resulting in the cancellation of the second night of the festival.
In video footage of the incident, Scott is seen continuing to perform despite chants from the crowd pleading for him to stop;
Observing at least one audience member had been hurt, then ordering security for a brief moment to “help, jump in real quick, keep going”,
Only to continue with the rest of the show for the following hour; encouraging people to “get wild” and “crazy”,
Despite an ambulance passing through the crowd that was pulling out lifeless bodies. Victims killed ranged from 9 to 27 years old.
Shortly after, a lawsuit was announced by the concertgoers. It was started by Kristian Paredes, who filed for $1,000,000 due to the injuries he received.
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On June 29, 2023, a Texas grand jury decided against indicting Scott. The grand jury declined to indict Scott in a criminal probe of the deadly 2021 crowd surge.
The deaths had happened in November 2021 at Scott’s Astroworld in Houston, when a surge in the crowd of 50,000 attendees caused a panic.
Nebula assault allegations
On March 1, 2023, Travis Scott was performing at Nebula, a nightclub in New York City,
Alongside Don Toliver when a sound technician, identified only as Mark, asked Scott to lower the music as it was too loud for the venue’s size.
Scott reportedly responded by giving Mark the middle finger and punching him in the head, resulting in Mark needing medical attention and police being called to the scene around 3:25 a.m.
Scott had reportedly been drinking alcohol and damaged $12,000 in the club’s sound equipment before he left the premises.
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The New York City Police Department issued a warrant for Scott’s arrest in relation to the incident on March 2, 2023.
The matter was resolved with a settlement reached and the NYPD not pressing any charges.
Miami Beach arrest
In the early hours of June 20, 2024, Travis Scott was arrested in Miami Beach on charges of disorderly intoxication and trespassing property after warning.
He was released over six hours later after posting a $650 bond.
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The same day, Scott would capitalize on this incident by unleashing merchandise containing his mugshot which was taken following the arrest.
In August, prosecutors dropped Scott’s disorderly intoxication charge whilst continuing to press charges for trespassing after warning.
Paris arrest
In the early hours of August 9, 2024, Scott was arrested in Paris after allegedly getting into a fight with his bodyguard.
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A security guard at the luxury George V hotel where Scott was staying intervened, which prompted Scott to attack the security guard as well.
Scott was released without charges the following day.
