Symere Bysil Woods, known as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. His music is defined by often dark subject matters and imagery built on a melodic emo approach to trap. He gained initial recognition following the release of the commercial mixtape Luv Is Rage, which led to a recording contract with Atlantic Records. His second studio album, Eternal Atake, was among the most anticipated albums in hip hop and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. At the 2018 Grammy Awards, Lil Uz Vert was nominated for Best New Artist.
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Symere Bysil Woods, known as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. His music is defined by often dark subject matters and imagery built on a melodic emo approach to trap. He gained initial recognition following the release of the commercial mixtape Luv Is Rage, which led to a recording contract with Atlantic Records. His second studio album, Eternal Atake, was among the most anticipated albums in hip hop and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. At the 2018 Grammy Awards, Lil Uz Vert was nominated for Best New Artist. Woods began rapping in 10th grade, calling himself a \”regular kid, I didn’t really wanna rap\”, after hearing classmate William Aston freestyle over a remade Chris Brown instrumental. Woods dropped out of school and soon started working at a Bottom Dollar store, but he quit after four days and was kicked out of his home by his mother. The situation led to Woods getting his first face tattoo, the word \”Faith\” under his hairline, which provoked him to take his rap career seriously. He has said he is a big Marilyn Manson fan, and called Mechanical Animals his favorite album. Woods’ first project, an EP titled Purple Thoughtz Vol. 1 was released on January 19, 2014, and was described as ‘phonk’ and having cloud rap beats from The Guardian due to its psychedelic and ‘trippy’ production.
The track, which was produced by Spaceghostpurrp, went viral in 2017 within hip-hop circles following Wood’s entry into the mainstream. Woods was featured on Fall Out Boy’s single ‘Dej Loaf’ alongside Rich the Kid and ASAP Ferg on his tour of Zummer in August 2015. He released his second mixtape on October 20, 2015, and his second album, Luv is Rage 2, was released in October 2016. Woods has released several songs on Soundcloud, including the single ‘Pressure’, which is a collaboration with Lil Boomin and Boomin’s producer, Boomin. He also released his first single, ‘Money Longer’, on August 5, 2014. He later secured his first top ten single with ‘XO Tour Llif3’, which won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer. His debut studio album ‘Luv Is Rage 2’ debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He has released two more mixtapes in 2016 and 2017, including one in collaboration with Gucci Mane, which also contained the song ‘You Was Right’ Woods has been featured on several songs, including ‘Bad and Boujee’, on Wiz Khalifa’s ‘Boys’ and ‘The All-American Rejects’ He has been on tour with rapper Lil Yachty since August 2015 and has performed at the Lollapalooza festival in New York City and Los Angeles.
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