Travis Scott

Jacques Webster (born April 30, 1992), better known by his stage name Travis Scott (stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Houston, Texas. In 2012, Scott signed to Epic Records and in April 2013, it was announced he signed with T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint. Also, in November 2012, he was signed Kanye West's GOOD Music production wing known as Very G.O.O.D. Beats, as a in-house producer, after appearing on the label's debut compilation Cruel Summer (2012). He released his first official full-length project, an extended play (EP) titled Owl Pharaoh, on May 21, 2013. Contents 1 Early life, 2 Career 2.1 2009-2012: Beginnings and signing with Grand Hustle, 2.2 2012-present: Owl Pharaoh, , 3 Discography 3.1 EPs, 3.2 Singles, 3.3 Guest appearances, , 4 Production discography 4.1 2012 4.1.1 Julian Stephen - The University Of Julian 2, 4.1.2 Ro Ransom - Ransomnia, 4.1.3 Various artists - Kanye West Presents GOOD Music: Cruel Summer, , 4.2 2013 4.2.1 Various artists - DJ Drama Presents: XXL 2013's Freshmen Class, 4.2.2 Hustle Gang - G.D.O.D. (Get Dough or Die), 4.2.3 Travis Scott - Owl Pharaoh, 4.2.4 Kanye West - Yeezus, 4.2.5 Wale - The Gifted, 4.2.6 Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail, 4.2.7 Big Sean - Hall of Fame, 4.2.8 Upcoming, 4.2.9 Pusha T - My Name Is My Name, , , 5 References, Early life edit: Born Jacques Webster, on April 30, 1992 in Houston, Texas, he grew up in Missouri City a suburban area outside Houston and attended Elkins High School. Normally, Scott would stay with his grandmother, while his mother worked for the company Apple, and his father owned a self-ran business. Scott attended the University of Texas at San Antonio before dropping out. Scott also used to skip school to meet up with Mike Dean for studio sessions. Career edit: 2009-2012: Beginnings and signing with Grand Hustle edit: Travi$ Scott began to produce beats at the age of 16, and then made his first musical relationship with longtime friend, Chris "Lé" Holloway named The Graduates. They released their first EP on Myspace in 2009. In 2010, he formed a duo with OG CHE$$, named The Classmates. They released two full projects, the first one named Buddy Rich, and the second named Cruis'n USA in 2011, with Travi$ producing all of the songs. After personal differences & financial disputes, OG CHE$$ and Travi$ broke up in late 2011. Scott moved to Los Angeles from Texas after dropping out of college. Scott, with help from his friend Mike Waxx, who owns the website Illroots, started to record and release music. T.I. listened to one of Scott's songs titled "Lights (Love Sick)", which he released while staying in Los Angeles, and contacted Scott, asking him to come down to a studio. T.I. then freestyled a verse over for Scott's song "Animal". Scott then acquired the phone number of Kanye West's engineer, Anthony Kilhoffer and organised a meeting which allowed him to play his music for him. Kilhoffer then took Scott under his wing, and through Kilhoffer, he met Kanye West while in New York. Scott worked with Kanye on his debut project, Owl Pharaoh, which has been delayed numerous times, and GOOD Music's debut compilation album, Cruel Summer. Travi$ co-produced the songs, "To The World", "The Morning" and "Don't Like", and also produced and contributed a verse to "Sin City". Travi$ has also directed a number of music videos, such as "Brake Lights" for fellow Very GOOD Beats labelmate, Hit-Boy. 2012-present: Owl Pharaoh edit: Owl Pharaoh was supposed to be released for free in mid-2012. It was delayed however, and then slated for a late 2012 release. After re-making the EP with help from Kanye West, Mike Dean and Anthony Kilhoffer it was again, delayed for sample clearance issues. In January 2013, Scott was featured on fellow G.O.O.D. Music member, Pusha T's mixtape, Wrath of Caine on the track "Blocka" produced by Young Chop. Shortly afterwards, Travi$ released his own version of "Blocka", entitled "Blocka La Flame", which featured additional production from Mike Dean and Travi$ himself. On March 22, 2013, Travi$ released another single off his EP called "Quintana", accompanied with a music video. The song features Wale and was produced by Travi$ Scott, Sak Pase and Mike Dean. On March 27, 2013, XXL Magazine revealed that Travi$ was a member of XXL's Freshman Class of 2013. On March 29, 2013, in an interview with British DJ, DJ Semtex, Travi$ premiered a snippet of his next single, "Upper Echelon", featuring 2 Chainz. On April 12, Travis stated that Owl Pharaoh will be released on iTunes on May 21, 2013. The full version of "Upper Echelon" was premiered on April 18 also featuring T.I. and the following day it was released to iTunes. Then on April 23 the song was sent to Urban contemporary radio. The EP would end up being released for free.

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