Travis Scott

Travis Scott started dating Kylie Jenner since April 2017. In September, rumours of Jenner being pregnant with the couple’s first child spread. In February 2018, the couple welcomed their daughter Stormi.

Travis Scott was born as Jacques Webster on April 30, 1992 in Houston, Texas. He spent much of his early growing up years in Missouri City, with his grandmother. It was later that he moved to the suburbs to be with his father.

He studied at a private school before enrolling at Elkins High School. He graduated from the same in 2007 and subsequently gained admission at the University of Texas at San Antonio. However, in his sophomore year, Scott dropped out of college to pursue a career in music. Angered by this, his parents stopped supporting him financially.

After dropping out of college, Travis Scott moved to New York City to start a career in music. Initially, he aimed to become a record producer and started focussing on hip hop production. At New York, he spent much of his time at Just Blaze studio.

He partnered with his longtime friend, Chris Holloway, and together the two launched the band ‘The Graduates’. A year later, in 2008 they came up with their first EP on the social networking site MySpace.

In 2009, he formed a group with his former classmate OG Chess, named ‘The Classmates’. Between 2009 and 2010, The Classmates released two projects. While the first was with Buddy Rich, the second was with Cruis'n USA. Scott mainly looked at the production aspect in both the projects. The duo remained together until 2012 after which they disbanded due to financial and personal problems.

Travis Scott faced a period of temporary low in his life, both professionally and personally. While nothing momentous was happening in his music career, his financial shortcomings left him with meagre means to survive. He travelled between Los Angeles-Houston-Los Angeles. Coincidentally, TI of Grand Hustle Record heard Scott’s production ‘Lights Love Sick’ and signed a deal with him.

Scott’s first ever full length project was a mixtape titled ‘Owl Pharaoh’. But call it fate or bad luck, the release of the project got delayed and was later re-created by Kanye West and Mike Dean. Meanwhile, Scott released the track, ‘Blocka La Flame’, a remix of fellow GOOD Music label-mate Pusha T's single ‘Blocka’.

Travis Scott’s most notable work came with the debut album ‘Rodeo’ and its single ‘Antidote’. While ‘Rodeo’ debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 chart and at no. 1 on the Billboard Rap Album chart, its single ‘Antidote’ went on to become his highest-charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 16. It was his first platinum single.

Scott’s second album ‘Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight’ as a major hit and reaffirmed his dominance as a rapper and singer. The album helped him bag a deal with Universal Music Publishing Group.