Playboi Carti facts for kids
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| Birth name | Jordan Terrell Carter |
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| Born | September 13, 1996 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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Jordan Terrell Carter (born September 13, 1996), known professionaly as Playboi Carti, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. An influential figure among his generation, he has contributed to the progression of rage and trap music. Initially signed to local underground record label Awful Records, Carter later signed with ASAP Mob's record label AWGE in a joint venture with Interscope Records. After gaining a cult following early in his career, Carter garnered mainstream attention following the release of his eponymous debut mixtape (2017), which debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 and included the Billboard Hot 100-charting singles "Magnolia" and "Wokeuplikethis" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert).
Carter's debut studio album, Die Lit (2018) reached further success on the chart, debuting at number three. Following a two-year hiatus, his second studio album, Whole Lotta Red (2020) debuted atop the Billboard 200, becoming his first chart-topping release. The albums also received positive critical reception, with the latter being listed as one of the best albums of the year by several publications. Carter is scheduled to release his upcoming third studio album in January 2024.
Aside from his solo career, Carter founded his own record label and creative agency in 2019, through which he signed aesthetically-similar fellow Georgia-based rappers Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely, as well as the group Homixide Gang.
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Early life
Jordan Terrell Carter was born in Riverdale, Georgia, and grew up in Fairburn, Georgia. He attended North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs. Before rap, Carter wanted to become an NBA star to try and make something of himself. In an interview with The Fader, he said, "I was a young AI and didn't go to practice. That was the time I was really ducking school and it was all hoop and no rap. I would smoke before practice, get on the court and drop 30." He stopped playing basketball after a disagreement with his coach and then he dedicated his time to music. Carter skipped high school classes regularly to work on his music or go to his job at H&M, which led to Carti barely graduating high school. In an interview with The Fader, he said, "I was in class with freshmen finishing work, and if I finished the nine assignments before this time I could graduate." He was so close to not graduating that no one showed up to his graduation, because they didn't know it was actually going to take place. Carti hated the idea of being an upcoming rapper working at H&M, so he made the decision to quit.
Carti shopped in thrift stores in his youth, something that has had an effect on his fashion and music style.
Career
2011–2016: Career beginnings
Carti began rapping at an early age under the name Sir Cartier in 2011. He changed it to Playboi Carti in 2013. He began uploading songs on SoundCloud in 2011. In 2014, after meeting producer Ethereal, he joined Awful Records. Carti credits Ethereal with helping him find his sound. Once Carti chose to pursue music full-time, he made the decision to move to New York City with some family.
While in New York City, Carti ran into ASAP Bari, who introduced him to ASAP Rocky. Carti decided to go to Texas with ASAP Rocky. He began to attract attention in 2015 with his singles "Broke Boi" and "Fetti" featuring Dash and Maxo Kream, both of which were published to SoundCloud.
Around this time, Carti frequently collaborated with artists in Atlanta's underground rap scene, including UnoTheActivist, Thouxanbanfauni, Yung Bans, Lil Yachty, Ethereal, and producers MexikoDro, and Icytwat. He began to tour with ASAP Ferg and Lil Uzi Vert, and he signed a deal with Interscope Records.
In 2016, he was featured on the ASAP Mob's single "Telephone Calls" from their album Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends. The same year, Carti signed to the ASAP Mob's AWGE imprint.
2017–2018: Playboi Carti and Die Lit
Carti released his eponymous debut mixtape on April 14 of 2017. The release gained attention from various music publications, including XXL, Pitchfork, Spin, HotNewHipHop, and PopMatters, and reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. The mixtape spawned two successful singles: "Magnolia", which reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "wokeuplikethis*" featuring Lil Uzi Vert, which reached number 76. Accompanying the mixtape's release, Carti embarked on a tour with Gucci Mane and Dreezy. On June 13, 2017, Playboi Carti was named as one of the ten of XXL's "2017 Freshman Class". Around this time, he was featured on A$AP Mob's single "Raf" from their album Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy and Lana Del Rey's single "Summer Bummer" from her album Lust for Life.
On May 11, 2018, Carti released his debut full-length album Die Lit, which peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200. Months later, in August 2018, Carti announced his second studio album Whole Lotta Red.
2019–2020: Whole Lotta Red
Carti began work on his second album Whole Lotta Red late in 2018. Over the next two years, many of Carti's songs including "Pissy Pamper" were leaked onto the internet and accumulated tens of millions of streams. He did not release any original music, instead being featured on numerous singles, including "Baguettes in the Face" featuring NAV and A Boogie wit da Hoodie from DJ Mustard's album and "Earfquake" by Tyler, the Creator. In April 2020, Carti released his first new music since 2018 with the song "@ Meh", which peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The following month, he was featured on the single "Pain 1993" by Drake, which debuted at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Carti's first top-ten on the chart. In November 2020, Carti announced that Whole Lotta Red was complete and had been submitted to his label. On Thanksgiving Day, 2020, Carti was featured on Lil Yachty's deluxe album Lil Boat 3.5 on the song "Flex Up" with Future. The following month, hip-hop commentator DJ Akademiks announced that Whole Lotta Red was scheduled for a Christmas Day release. Carter confirmed the Christmas release date on December 21, 2020. On December 25, 2020, Carti released the 24-track long album Whole Lotta Red. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming Carti's first chart-topping release.
2021–present: Upcoming album
In June 2021, Carti was featured on rapper/producer Pi'erre Bourne's song "Switching Lanes" from his The Life Of Pi'erre 5 album and on rapper Lil 1 Dte's single, "Homixide" from his self-titled mixtape. In August 2021, Playboi Carti was featured on the song "Unlock It" by ABRA and on the songs "Off the Grid", "Junya", and "Junya, Pt. 2" on Kanye West's tenth studio album Donda (2021).
On December 25, 2022, Carti came back to Twitter after over a year, making tweets, like "Hello Twitter", and "love all my supporters it's time", possibly hinting at another Christmas Day release alike to his second studio album, Whole Lotta Red in 2020. On March 3, 2023, Carti started day one of Rolling Loud California. During the set he performed an unreleased track "Rockstar", which is expected to be on his upcoming album. On May 28, 2023, Carti came back to Instagram since his December 2022 arrest posting a screenshot of him and The Weeknd FaceTiming on his Instagram story. Three days later on May 31, 2023, The Weeknd took to social media teasing the collaboration track "Popular" with Carti and Madonna, and announced that it would be released on June 2, 2023 as a single for his cancelled soundtrack album The Idol Vol. 1, for his television series The Idol. On June 12, 2023, Carti posted a photo of YoungBoy Never Broke Again. Later, an Instagram post from Jewelry Unlimited announced that both of them are working on a collab album titled 004KT. On June 12, F1lthy tweeted "004KT", further stoking rumors of a collab album.
On July 7, 2023, Carti performed a new song "Pop Out" at Wireless Festival which is expected to be on his upcoming album Music. On July 12, 2023, Carti confirmed on his Instagram story that he will be touring with his label artists Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, and Homixide Gang, which would be later postponed till 2024. On July 28, 2023, Carti was featured on Travis Scott's long-awaited fourth studio album Utopia, on the 8th track "Fe!n". The following day, Carti posted on his Instagram story rapping his verse of the song, and talked about his upcoming long-awaited third studio album. On December 7, Carti posted "I am music" to his Instagram story. This was followed by another story which showed a tweet from Pharrell Williams in response to Carti's original post, with Williams writing only the word "Prepare". That same day, DJ Akademiks shared that Carti is scheduled to release his album in January 2024, saying that it "will be the greatest thing you ever heard". Carti confirmed the 2024 release date on December 8, posting an Instagram story stating "2024", accompanied with a snippet of a presumed track that featured the tag of DJ Swamp Izzo, an Atlanta DJ who notably worked extensively with Young Thug.
Fashion and modeling
Carter's fashion style is one of the main features of his public image. He has called himself a "thrift store kid" and often prefers vintage garments. GQ has defined Carter as the "leader of a youth style", and said that he represents a stylistic midpoint between the "fashion gloss of ASAP Mob, the punk-rock attitude of Lil Uzi Vert, and the playful camp of Lil Yachty."
Carter's favorite designer label is Balmain and his favorite designer is Raf Simons, whom he met at a 2017 fashion show in New York City. Carter is featured on the song "Raf" by ASAP Mob, which was dedicated to Raf Simons. The music video for the song included Carter, ASAP Rocky, and Quavo wearing rare Raf Simons-designed clothing. In 2017, Carter told Vogue that he considers Kanye West and ASAP Rocky his fashion inspirations.
Carter has modeled numerous times, including Louis Vuitton at Paris Fashion Week, Kanye West's Yeezy Season 5, VFiles, and Drake's OVO Lookbook alongside Ian Connor and John Ross.
Musical style
Carter has been described as a "mumble rapper", and his music as "playful, hard-hitting, and very melodic." Complex called his style of rapping "spare and repetitive, more concerned with flow and catchy phrases." Briana Younger at Pitchfork said that "Carti’s music is less about lyricism and more about atmosphere", going on to say that "whatever Carti lacks in substance he makes up in sheer audacity."
Carter is known for his "baby voice" technique, characterized by his voice hitting high pitches with unclear pronunciations and frantic cadences. He has used this technique on popular songs such as "Almeda" with Solange, "Earfquake" with Tyler, the Creator, and "Pissy Pamper" with Young Nudy and Pi'erre Bourne.
The New York Times said Carti's rapping made it appear as if he was "more at ease with the performance of the role than with the actual act of rapping."
His style is influenced by vampire movies. Lil Wayne inspired him to freestyle all of his raps.
He is influenced by A$AP Rocky, Kanye West, Jay-Z, and MF Doom.
Carter is known for his rock star persona.
Personal life
In 2017, he briefly dated American model Blac Chyna. In 2018, Carter was romantically involved with Rubi Rose, a model and rapper who rose to fame after appearing in the music video for "Bad and Boujee" by Migos.
Later in 2018, Carter began dating Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, whom he met while he was overseas on tour. In December 2018, they moved in together in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. In 2020, Azalea gave birth to Carter's son. They split in December 2019. In December 2020, Azalea revealed Carter missed her son's birth. Carter refused to sign their son's birth certificate.
As of June 2019, Carter is living and working in and around the Atlanta area after relocating from Los Angeles.
Carter suffers from asthma.
Discography
Studio albums
- Die Lit (2018)
- Whole Lotta Red (2020)
- TBA (2024)
Tours
Headlining
- Playboi Carti Tour (2017)
- Die Lit Tour (2018)
- Neon Tour (2018)
- King Vamp Tour (2021)
- Antagonist Tour (with Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, and Homixide Gang) (2024)
Supporting
- ASAP Rocky – Injured Generation Tour (2019)
- Wiz Khalifa – Decent Exposure Summer Tour (2019)
Awards and nominations
BET Hip Hop Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2017 | Himself | Best New Hip-Hop Artist | Nominated |
| Playboi Carti | Best Mixtape | Nominated |
Grammy Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2022 | Donda (Kanye West, as featured artist and songwriter) | Album of the Year | Nominated |
iHeartRadio Music Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2018 | Himself | Best New Hip-Hop Artist | Nominated |
See also
In Spanish: Playboi Carti para niños
