In 2012, Scott signed his first major-label contract with Epic Records and a publishing deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music.
50 Facts About Travis Scott
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Travis Scott has gained notoriety for controversies and legal issues regarding safety at his concerts.
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Travis Scott's mother worked for Apple and his father ran his own business.
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Travis Scott's parents cut him off financially and he eventually was forced to relocate back to Houston, where his parents kicked him out of their home.
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Travis Scott's First solo full-length project is a mixtape Titled Owl Pharaoh, which was set to be released as a free download in 2012.
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On March 22,2013, Travis Scott released the music video for a song titled "Quintana", set to appear on Owl Pharaoh.
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On March 27, XXL revealed that Travis Scott was a member of their Freshman Class of 2013.
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On March 13,2014, Travis Scott performed a new song, tentatively titled "1975" featuring Big Sean, from his upcoming project at the time, at the Texan music festival South by Southwest.
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Travis Scott later confirmed via his Twitter account that the song is not called "1975", and would be included on his second mixtape, titled Days Before Rodeo.
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On January 4,2016, Travis Scott would announce that he has a new studio album on the way.
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On February 8,2016, it was announced that iLoveMakonnen, Vic Mensa and Travis Scott would be a part of the "WANGSQUAD", an Alexander Wang campaign.
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On May 17,2016, Travis Scott announced that the title of his second album would be Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, while confirming the title for his third album to be Astroworld.
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On June 3,2016, the collaborative single between Thug and Travis Scott was released, titled "Pick Up the Phone".
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Travis Scott performed at All-Star Weekend on February 16,2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana at Champion Square.
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Travis Scott performed at New Orleans BUKU Music + Art Project festival on March 10,2017.
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In March 2017, Travis Scott announced he would be launching his own imprint, under the name of Cactus Jack Records.
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On May 16,2017, Travis Scott released three new tracks on SoundCloud, after teasing on social media for some time.
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On September 18,2017, Quavo and Migos did an interview, in which Quavo stated that his album with Travis Scott was coming "real soon".
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Travis Scott stated that he and Scott had over 20 records ready.
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In October 2017, Travis Scott was featured in a special piece titled "Deserve", by Chinese born Canadian rapper Kris Wu.
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On December 6,2017, Travis Scott was featured on fellow American rapper and singer Trippie Redd's single "Dark Knight Dummo", the lead single from the latter's debut studio album, Life's a Trip.
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On May 4,2018, four days after his 27th birthday, Travis Scott released a single titled "Watch" featuring American rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West.
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On May 23,2019, Scott was featured alongside J Cole on Young Thug's single, "The London", which later appeared as the lead single on Thug's debut studio album, So Much Fun.
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On October 4,2019, Travis Scott released a single, "Highest in the Room", which debuted and peaked at number one on the Hot 100, being his first song to debut at the top and his second number one following "Sicko Mode" in 2018.
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Travis Scott was featured on the track "Hop Off a Jet" from the deluxe edition.
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On December 2,2019, Travis Scott announced a compilation album with his Cactus Jack label members, consisting of Don Toliver, Sheck Wes and producer Chase B, titled JackBoys.
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On December 30,2019, Travis Scott released the music video for "Gatti", performed with the now-late Pop Smoke.
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On March 20,2020, Travis Scott released the music video for "Out West", performed featuring Young Thug.
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Travis Scott performed five virtual live shows in the video game Fortnite Battle Royale from April 23 to 25,2020 with visuals based on his Astroworld tour.
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Travis Scott was on the cover of GQs September 2020 issue, and revealed he will be releasing a collaborative album with Kid Cudi.
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From mid to late-2020, Travis Scott began teasing his fourth studio album Utopia.
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On January 15,2021, Travis Scott released a remix of "Goosebumps" with producer HVME.
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In June, Travis Scott announced a collaboration between Dior and Cactus Jack for the 2022 Summer Men's collection.
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On October 30,2021, Travis Scott closed out day 3 of Rolling Loud NYC.
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On November 29,2022, the music video for Future's song "712PM" from I Never Liked You was released, in which Travis Scott served as the director.
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On June 24,2021, Travis Scott announced a collaboration with Dior for a menswear collection that was scheduled to be released in the summer of 2021.
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In October 2020, Travis Scott announced he was joining the PlayStation team as a Strategic Creative Partner to promote the PlayStation 5 console.
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The video features footage of Travis Scott playing the console alongside fans, a piano performance by James Blake, and a tribute to Pop Smoke.
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Travis Scott made his theatrical debut in the 2021 film Gully as a movie store owner.
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Travis Scott contributed to the film's soundtrack but his song "Knife" was cut due to sampling issues, but was still featured briefly in the film.
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Travis Scott established the Cactus Jack Foundation in November 2020, to assist Houston youth with education expenses and creative endeavors.
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On May 17,2022, Travis 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.
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Travis Scott has stated that Bjork is "one of my biggest inspirations for why I do what I do".
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Travis Scott has said that he is a fan of Broadway theatre and would like to do an album of show tune covers.
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Travis Scott has said that he would like to write his own musical in the future.
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Travis Scott began dating media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner in April 2017.
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On September 7,2021, after weeks of speculation, Jenner revealed that she and Travis Scott were expecting their second child.
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At Lollapalooza in 2015, Travis Scott was charged and arrested for disorderly conduct after inciting concertgoers to ignore security and rush the stage.
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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 Travis Scott to lower the music as it was too loud for the venue's size.
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Travis Scott reportedly responded by giving Mark the finger and punched him in the head, resulting in Mark needing medical attention and police being called to the scene around 3:25 am Travis Scott had reportedly been drinking alcohol and damaged $12,000 in the club's sound equipment before he left the premises.