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Tamia Monique Carter (born January 9, 2000), known professionally as Flo Milli, is an American rapper. She rose to prominence after her 2018 song "Beef FloMix" and its 2019 follow up, "In the Party" reached virality on social media platforms including TikTok, also receiving respective gold certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In late 2019, she signed a recording contract with Justin Goldman's '94 Sounds and RCA Records.

Both songs would become issued as lead singles for Carter's debut mixtape, Ho, Why Is You Here? (2020), which was released to critical acclaim and marked her first entry—at number 76—on the Billboard 200, also receiving placement on Rolling Stone's "200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time" list in 2022. She was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards. In July 2022, she released her debut album You Still Here, Ho?, which saw similar critical reception despite failing to chart worldwide.

Early life

Tamia Monique Carter was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. Her birthday is January 9, 2000. She wrote her first song at 9 years old, and began rapping at age 11, forming rap group Real & Beautiful, later known as Pink Mafia, which she dissolved at age 14. After watching an episode of BET's music video countdown show 106 & Park that featured Nicki Minaj, she was inspired and began writing short verses that grew into songs. Speaking about her high school experience, she said, "I dealt with everything, so it just taught me that the only thing that matters is my opinion of myself." She released her first solo song, "No Hook", in 2015. She grew up listening to Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton and Erykah Badu.

Career

2019–2021: Ho, Why Is You Here?

In October 2018, Flo Milli recorded the original version of her breakout single, "Beef FloMix", a freestyle over the instrumental of rapper and producer Ethereal's 2014 track "Beef" featuring rapper Playboi Carti. It went viral on Instagram and other social media sites, including TikTok, reaching number two on Spotify's Viral 50 in April 2019. A fully-produced version of the song was released in July 2019, and received over 46 million streams on Spotify. Flo Milli's follow-up single was "In the Party", released in October 2019. She performed at Rolling Loud Los Angeles in December 2019. By the end of 2019, she had signed to record executive Justin Goldman's label '94 Sounds and RCA Records. In February 2020, she released the single "My Attitude". Her singles "Not Friendly" and "Eat It Up" were released in March and April 2020 respectively. ..... A music video for the track was released in July 2020, alongside another single, "Weak". Flo Milli's debut mixtape, Ho, Why Is You Here?, was released on July 24, 2020, to critical praise.

On August 10, 2020, it was announced that Flo Milli had signed an exclusive global co-publishing deal with Pulse Music Group. The company described the deal, which encompasses her entire catalog, as "a highly competitive signing situation". ..... She appeared in the music video for G-Eazy's single, "Down", featuring Latto, in September 2020. Flo Milli was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards in September 2020.

In January 2021, Flo Milli released the single, "Roaring 20s". In June 2021, she was included on the XXL Freshman Class of 2021. She was nominated for Best New Artist at the BET Awards 2021.

2022-present: You Still Here, Ho? and Fine Ho, Stay

On July 20, 2022, she released her second mixtape, You Still Here, Ho?.

In 2023, Flo Milli released an extended version of her 2022 album "You Still Here, Ho?" with three additional tracks. Continuing her run of releases, Flo Milli has dropped multiple singles in 2023, ahead of her upcoming debut studio album, including "Fruit Loop", "Chocolate Rain" and "Never Lose Me" Feat. Lil Yachty.

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Guest appearances

Awards and nominations