1. In 2012, Travis Scott signed his first major-label recording contract with Epic Records, as well as a publishing deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music as an in-house producer.
71 Facts About Travis Scott
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Travis Scott self-released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Owl Pharaoh in 2013, which was followed by his debut mixtape, Days Before Rodeo.
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Travis Scott has gained notoriety for controversies and legal issues regarding concert safety.
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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 announced that he had a new studio album on the way.
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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 June 15,2017, Travis Scott announced he would be doing a European leg of the "Birds Eye View Tour".
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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", featuring Pop Smoke.
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On March 20,2020, Travis Scott released the music video for "Out West", 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 July 21,2023, Travis Scott released the lead single to Utopia, "K-pop" with Bad Bunny and The Weeknd.
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On February 4,2024, Travis Scott performed at the 2024 Grammy Awards.
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Don Toliver is a fellow Houston artist who Travis Scott signed to the label in 2018.
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Travis Scott gained recognition for his guest appearance on Travis' Astroworld cut, "Can't Say".
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Later in 2021, Travis Scott signed Malu Trevejo to Cactus Jack Records.
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Travis Scott was introduced to the creative side of the fashion industry due to his personal stylish pairings of high-end fashion and streetwear.
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Travis Scott's liking for camp designs made its way into his collaboration with Been Trill.
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In 2015, Travis Scott's collaborated with A Bathing Ape and marked his first project with the popular streetwear brand.
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All fans in attendance at Toyota Center received a t-shirt personally designed by Travis Scott, featuring the Rockets playoff slogan, "Run as One", in his handwriting, along with call outs to the artist.
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In 2020, Travis Scott partnered with Evisu, a Japanese denim brand founded by Hidehiko Yamane in 1991.
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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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Since then, Travis Scott has partnered both creatively and as the face of several clothing lines for luxury fashion houses like Helmut Lang and Saint Laurent.
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Travis Scott has played a live concert within Fortnite which drew millions of views.
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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 started making appearances for American professional wrestling promotion WWE in 2025.
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Travis Scott would make his professional wrestling debut on January 6,2025, where Scott appeared in-person at WWE Raw's premiere on Netflix, in which his song's title, "4x4", was revealed and was confirmed to serve as the program's opening theme.
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Travis Scott would appear at the Elimination Chamber: Toronto event on March 1,2025 where he accompanied Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to the ring ahead of Rock's segment with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.
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When John Cena turned on Rhodes during the segment, Travis Scott assisted Rock and Cena in attacking Rhodes, establishing himself as a heel.
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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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In 2018, 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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In 2021, Travis Scott starred in a cover story of i-D Magazine Issue 362 "Utopia in Dystopia" photographed by Spike Jonze.
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Travis Scott graced two covers for the issue, including a limited-edition cover featuring original artwork by Jonze.
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Travis Scott teamed up with i-D Magazine for a limited edition merch capsule release.
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Travis Scott added his original signature artwork to the special edition issue of the magazine.
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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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In 2022, Travis Scott launched a multi-tier, long-term series of community-focused philanthropy and investment efforts called Project HEAL through his Cactus Jack Foundation.
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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 was released over six hours later after posting a $650 bond.