Travis Scott, born Jacques Bermon Webster III, is a highly successful American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has achieved significant chart success, including five number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and over one hundred charting songs. His accolades include a Latin Grammy Award, Billboard Music Award, and MTV Video Music Award, among others, along with ten Grammy nominations. Scott's musical style blends hip-hop and lo-fi elements, often described as ambient, with influences from Kanye West and Kid Cudi. His stage name is a combination of Kid Cudi's real name and that of a favorite uncle.
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On April 30, 1991, Jacques Bermon Webster III, who is known professionally as Travis Scott, was born. He is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
In 1992, McDonald's launched a "McJordan" burger with Michael Jordan in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was the first celebrity meal since then, until Travis Scott's collaboration in September 2020.
In 2008, Travis Scott formed a duo with Chris Holloway called The Graduates and they released their untitled first EP on Myspace.
In 2009, Travis Scott and OG Chess formed the group The Classmates and released the project Buddy Rich, with Scott mainly handling production.
In 2010, Kid Cudi released his album Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, which was later compared to Travis Scott's debut mixtape Owl Pharaoh (2013).
In 2010, The Classmates, consisting of Travis Scott and OG Chess, released their project Cruis'n USA, with Scott mainly handling production.
In 2012, Travis Scott planned to release his first solo full-length project, a mixtape titled Owl Pharaoh, as a free download, but it was delayed.
In 2012, Travis Scott signed his first major-label recording contract with Epic Records and a publishing deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music as an in-house producer.
In late 2012, The Classmates, the group of Travis Scott and OG Chess, disbanded due to personal conflicts and financial disputes.
On March 22, 2013, Travis Scott released the music video for the song "Quintana", which was set to appear on Owl Pharaoh.
On March 29, 2013, XXL revealed Travis Scott as a member of their Freshman Class of 2013, and he premiered a snippet of his debut single, "Upper Echelon".
On April 2, 2013, Travis Scott announced that Owl Pharaoh would be released on the iTunes Store on May 21, 2013.
In April 2013, Travis Scott entered a joint-venture record deal with T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records.
On April 23, 2013, Travis Scott's single "Upper Echelon" was sent to urban contemporary radio.
On April 2, 2013, Travis Scott stated Owl Pharaoh would be released on the iTunes Store on May 21, 2013.
In 2013, Travis Scott released his debut mixtape, Owl Pharaoh, which was compared to Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010).
On March 13, 2014, Travis Scott performed a new song, tentatively titled "1975" featuring Big Sean, at South by Southwest (SXSW).
On May 5, 2014, Travis Scott released the full version of the song previously known as "1975", with its new title "Don't Play".
On July 11, 2014, "Don't Play" was officially released as the lead single from Days Before Rodeo via digital distribution.
In 2014, Travis Scott released his debut mixtape, Days Before Rodeo.
On March 1, 2015, Travis Scott's concert tour, called The Rodeo Tour, with Young Thug and Metro Boomin, started in Santa Ana, California.
On April 1, 2015, Travis Scott's concert tour, called The Rodeo Tour, with Young Thug and Metro Boomin, ended in Portland, Oregon.
On September 4, 2015, Travis Scott released Rodeo, his debut album, through Grand Hustle and Epic Records, featuring guest appearances and production from various artists, with the singles "3500" and "Antidote".
In 2015, Travis Scott collaborated with A Bathing Ape (BAPE) and marked his first project with the popular streetwear brand. His collection with BAPE consists of three pieces: a shark hoodie, a long-sleeve tee, and a t-shirt.
In 2015, Travis Scott was arrested for disorderly conduct at Lollapalooza after inciting concertgoers to rush the stage. He later pleaded guilty to reckless conduct.
In 2015, Travis Scott's debut studio album, Rodeo, was released and achieved critical and commercial success, featuring the singles "3500" and "Antidote".
On January 4, 2016, Travis Scott announced that he had a new studio album in the works.
On March 29, 2016, Lyor Cohen, an executive at 300 Entertainment, revealed that Travis Scott and Young Thug were releasing a single together and called Scott's upcoming album a "classic".
On April 7, 2016, Travis Scott previewed a single with Young Thug at one of his shows.
On May 17, 2016, Travis Scott announced that his second album would be titled Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, and confirmed the title of his third album to be Astroworld.
On June 3, 2016, Travis Scott's collaborative single with Young Thug and Quavo, titled "Pick Up the Phone", was released.
On August 31, 2016, Travis Scott announced on Instagram that his album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight was finished.
On September 2, 2016, Travis Scott premiered the album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight on his third episode of .wav radio and was later released on iTunes and Apple Music.
On September 11, 2016, the album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight became Travis Scott's first number one album on the U.S. Billboard 200.
In 2016, Diamond Supply Co., a California-based streetwear brand, collaborated with Travis Scott to launch a clothing collection designed by Scott. The Collab consisted of graphic tees, long-sleeve tees, hoodies, coach jackets, and dad hats.
In 2016, Harmony Korine teamed with Travis Scott and Gucci Mane to release a collaborative music video for their collaboration "Last Time"; Korine made a cameo appearance in the short directed by David Helman.
In 2016, Travis Scott's second album, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, became his first number-one album on the Billboard 200 chart.
On February 16, 2017, Travis Scott performed at All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana.
On March 10, 2017, Travis Scott performed at the New Orleans BUKU Music + Art Project festival.
In March 2017, Travis Scott announced he would be launching his own imprint, under the name of Cactus Jack Records.
On April 3, 2017, it was reported that Travis Scott was working on a collaborative studio album with Quavo and he confirmed it was coming soon. He also announced that his third studio album Astroworld was nearing completion.
In April 2017, Travis Scott began dating media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner.
On May 16, 2017, Travis Scott released three new tracks on SoundCloud: "A Man", "Green & Purple (featuring Playboi Carti)", and "Butterfly Effect".
On June 15, 2017, Travis Scott announced he would be doing a European leg of the "Birds Eye View Tour", starting on June 23 in Paris and concluding on July 9 in Turku, Finland.
On July 14, 2017, the music video for Travis Scott's song "Butterfly Effect" was released.
On August 10, 2017, Travis Scott tweeted "ALBUM MODE" after finishing the "DAMN. Tour", signaling his focus on AstroWorld full-time.
On August 27, 2017, Travis Scott performed with Thirty Seconds to Mars at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on their single "Walk On Water".
On September 18, 2017, Quavo stated in an interview that his album with Travis Scott was coming "real soon" and that they had over 20 records ready.
In October 2017, Travis Scott was featured in "Deserve" by Kris Wu.
On December 6, 2017, Travis Scott was featured on Trippie Redd's single "Dark Knight Dummo".
On December 7, 2017, Quavo confirmed the collaborative album with Travis Scott would be titled Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho.
On December 21, 2017, Travis Scott and Quavo released their collaborative album, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, which debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200.
In 2017, The Houston Rockets officially announced a collaboration with Travis Scott for Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio on Thursday, May 11. 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.
In 2017, Travis Scott formed the duo Huncho Jack with Quavo and released their collaborative album, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho.
In 2017, Travis Scott founded Cactus Jack Records, an American record label distributed by Epic Records, which also has its own publishing division Cactus Jack Publishing.
In 2017, Travis Scott founded his record label, Cactus Jack Records, which has signed artists including Don Toliver and Sheck Wes.
In 2017, Travis Scott was arrested for similar conduct to his Lollapalooza behavior after a performance at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion. Also in 2017, a fan sued Scott and the organizers of a concert at Terminal 5 after falling from a balcony.
In February 2018, Kylie Jenner gave birth to her and Travis Scott's daughter.
On May 4, 2018, Travis Scott released the single "Watch", featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West, as promotional material for his upcoming album Astroworld.
On August 3, 2018, Travis Scott released his third studio album, Astroworld, to critical acclaim. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
On November 2, 2018, Travis Scott was featured on five tracks of Metro Boomin's debut studio album, Not All Heroes Wear Capes, contributing to "Overdue", "Dreamcatcher", "Up to Something", "Only 1 (Interlude)", and "No More", as well as background vocals on "Space Cadet".
In 2018, Travis Scott expressed his interest in Broadway theatre, stating he would like to do an album of show tune covers and eventually write his own musical.
In 2018, Travis Scott released his third studio album, Astroworld, which became his second consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200 and featured his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "Sicko Mode".
In 2018, Travis Scott signed fellow Houston artist Don Toliver to Cactus Jack Records. Shortly before the deal, Toliver dropped his first major label project, Donny Womack.
In 2018, following the release of Astroworld, Travis Scott announced the Astroworld Festival, an annual festive concert with appearances from multiple artists that would take place across the street from the former site of Six Flags AstroWorld.
On April 18, 2019, Travis Scott released "Power is Power" with SZA and The Weeknd for the HBO series Game of Thrones, featured on the soundtrack album For the Throne.
On April 30, 2019, Travis Scott announced his collaboration with Nike for the release of the Cactus Jack Air Jordan 1's, which were scheduled to be released in May of that year.
On May 23, 2019, Travis Scott was featured alongside J. Cole on Young Thug's single, "The London", which served as the lead single for Thug's debut studio album, So Much Fun.
On August 28, 2019, Travis Scott's documentary film, Look Mom I Can Fly, was released on Netflix.
In September 2019, Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner broke up, but later rekindled their relationship.
On October 4, 2019, Travis Scott released the single "Highest in the Room", which debuted at number one on the Hot 100, becoming his first song to debut at the top.
On December 2, 2019, Travis Scott announced a compilation album titled JackBoys with his Cactus Jack label members.
On December 27, 2019, Travis Scott released the JackBoys compilation album, featuring a remix of "Highest in the Room".
On December 30, 2019, Travis Scott released the music video for "Gatti", featuring Pop Smoke.
In 2019, Cactus Jack artist Chase B released his single, "Mayday", which featured Young Thug, and Cactus Jack labelmates.
In 2019, three people were trampled and injured as a crowd rushed to enter the compound at Astroworld.
In late 2019, Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Records released the compilation album JackBoys, which topped the Billboard 200.
On March 20, 2020, Travis Scott released the music video for "Out West", featuring Young Thug.
On August 22, 2020, Travis Scott released the single "The Plan", which is the theme song for Christopher Nolan's film Tenet.
In September 2020, Travis Scott appeared on the cover of GQ's September issue, revealing that he would be releasing a collaborative album with Kid Cudi, following their number-one single, "The Scotts", released earlier in May.
In September 2020, Travis Scott collaborated with McDonald's to launch a limited edition meal called "The Travis Scott," a variation of the Quarter Pounder with Cheese. The partnership also included a line of McDonald's and Cactus Jack-branded merchandise.
On September 25, 2020, Travis Scott released the single "Franchise" featuring Young Thug and M.I.A., which debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
On October 7, 2020, Travis Scott released a remix of "Franchise" with an additional feature from Future.
In October 2020, Travis Scott announced his partnership with the PlayStation team as a Strategic Creative Partner to promote the PlayStation 5 console. They released special merchandise and an unboxing video.
In November 2020, Travis Scott established the Cactus Jack Foundation to assist Houston youth with education expenses and creative endeavors.
In 2020, Rapper SoFaygo signed to Cactus Jack Records.
In 2020, Travis Scott and his Cactus Jack team collaborated with Epic Games to launch new merchandise inspired by Fortnite, including clothing, action figures, and Nerf guns. Scott also performed a live concert within Fortnite, which drew millions of views.
In 2020, Travis Scott became the first artist on the Billboard Hot 100 to have three songs, "The Scotts" and "Franchise", debut at number one in less than a year.
Since 2020, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi, known as The Scotts, had been working on their debut collaborative effort, which included the release of the Billboard Hot 100 number one single, "The Scotts".
On January 15, 2021, Travis Scott released a remix of "Goosebumps" with producer HVME.
On June 24, 2021, Travis Scott announced a collaboration with Dior for a menswear collection slated for release in the summer of 2021. A livestream showcasing the collection also featured snippets of songs from his upcoming album Utopia.
On August 2, 2021, Travis Scott signed a movie production deal with A24. He also announced the completion of a draft for a film based on his then-upcoming fourth studio album Utopia, later revealed to be Circus Maximus.
On September 7, 2021, after weeks of speculation, Kylie Jenner revealed that she and Travis Scott were expecting their second child.
On October 30, 2021, Travis Scott closed out day 3 of Rolling Loud NYC, performing the unreleased song "Escape Plan" and previewing another unreleased track off Utopia.
On November 5, 2021, Travis Scott released a two-song single titled "Escape Plan / Mafia".
In November 2021, a mass-casualty crowd crush occurred during Travis Scott's performance at his annual Astroworld Festival, resulting in ten deaths and hundreds of injuries.
In December 2021, Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Foundation distributed thousands of toys to children in Houston.
In 2021, Travis Scott was featured in a cover story for i-D Magazine Issue 362 "Utopia in Dystopia," photographed by Spike Jonze. He also teamed up with i-D Magazine for a limited-edition merchandise capsule release.
In 2021, Travis Scott's collaboration with Epic Games and Fortnite came to an end.
In 2021, the celebrity meal craze, popularized by Travis Scott's collaboration with McDonald's, was exported to Europe, with Spanish singer Aitana serving as the first European act to have its own McDonald's meal.
Later in 2021, Travis Scott signed Malu Trevejo to Cactus Jack Records in partnership with Atlantic Records.
In February 2022, Kylie Jenner gave birth to her and Travis Scott's son.
On April 22, 2022, Travis Scott was featured on his first song since the Astroworld Festival crowd crush, "Hold That Heat" alongside Future and producer Southside.
On April 27, 2022, the Primavera Sound festival announced that Travis Scott is scheduled to perform at their festivals held in Buenos Aires, Santiago, and São Paulo respectively.
On May 15, 2022, Travis Scott performed at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, marking his first performance since the Astroworld Festival tragedy in 2021.
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.
On August 6, 2022, Travis Scott performed his first solo show since the Astroworld Festival tragedy at The O2 Arena in London.
In December 2022, Kid Cudi revealed that he and Travis Scott were no longer working on their collaborative album, effectively announcing its cancellation.
In 2022, Travis Scott launched Project HEAL through his Cactus Jack Foundation, a multi-tier series of community-focused philanthropy and investment efforts, providing $5 million for community-based initiatives in Texas.
In January 2023, Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner separated for a second time.
On March 1, 2023, Travis Scott allegedly punched a sound technician at Nebula nightclub in New York City after being asked to lower the music volume. He also reportedly damaged $12,000 in sound equipment.
On March 2, 2023, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) issued a warrant for Travis Scott's arrest in relation to the Nebula nightclub incident, however, the matter was later resolved with a settlement and no charges were pressed.
On March 19, 2023, Travis Scott and DJ Calvin Harris performed at MDLBEAST in Jeddah, on the eve of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
On June 29, 2023, a Texas grand jury declined to indict Travis Scott in a criminal probe of the Astroworld crowd surge.
In July 2023, Kid Cudi stated that the collaborative album with Travis Scott, known as The Scotts, is definitely happening at some point.
On July 21, 2023, Travis Scott released the lead single to Utopia, "K-pop" with Bad Bunny and The Weeknd.
In 2023, Travis Scott released Utopia, which became his fourth consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200 and featured top-ten singles.
On February 4, 2024, Travis Scott performed at the 2024 Grammy Awards, performing "My Eyes", "Fein", and "I Know ?" from Utopia. His performance of "Fein" with Playboi Carti caused controversy due to a reference to his ten Grammy nominations without a win.
In the early hours of June 20, 2024, Travis Scott was arrested in Miami Beach on charges of disorderly intoxication and trespassing property after warning. He capitalized on this incident by releasing merchandise containing his mugshot.
In the early hours of August 9, 2024, Travis Scott was arrested in Paris after allegedly getting into a fight with his bodyguard and a hotel security guard. He was released without charges the following day.
On August 18, 2024, Travis Scott announced that a remastered version of the mixtape Days Before Rodeo would be released on August 23, in celebration of its 10th anniversary.
On January 24, 2025, Travis Scott released the single "4x4", which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
On March 1, 2025, Travis Scott appeared at the Elimination Chamber: Toronto event, accompanying Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to the ring. He later assisted Rock and John Cena in attacking Cody Rhodes, establishing himself as a heel.
On April 20, 2025, Travis Scott appeared at WrestleMania 41 Night 2, walking out to his song "Fein" and getting involved in the main event. He ultimately helped John Cena win his record 17th world championship in WWE.
In 2025, Travis Scott released the single "4x4", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100.
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