Jordan Terrell Carter, known as Playboi Carti, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is widely recognized for his mumbled lyrics, gothic fashion, and mysterious public persona. His eponymous debut mixtape was released in April 2017, and included the Billboard Hot 100 charting singles ‘Magnolia’ and ‘Woke Up Like This’ His debut studio album, Die Lit, peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200.
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Jordan Terrell Carter, known as Playboi Carti, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is widely recognized for his mumbled lyrics, gothic fashion, and mysterious public persona. His eponymous debut mixtape was released in April 2017, and included the Billboard Hot 100 charting singles ‘Magnolia’ and ‘Woke Up Like This’ His debut studio album, Die Lit, peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200. Carti was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Fairburn, Georgia. He attended North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs. Before rap Carter wanted to become an NBA star to try and make something of himself. He skipped high school classes regularly to work on his music or go to his job at H&M which led to Carti barely graduating high school. He was so close to not graduating that no one showed up to his graduation because they didn’t know he was going to graduate.
In 2015 at a show at SXSW, Carti met ASAP Rocky, who mentored Carti. In 2016, he was featured on the A$AP Mob’s single ‘Telephone Calls’ Carti signed to ASAP Mob’s AWGE label and Interscope Records. The release of his mixtape ‘Accompanying’ in June 2017 spawned two successful singles: Magnolia, which reached number 29 on the Billboard 100, and Woke up Like This, which reached No 12 on the PopMatters chart. He embarked on a tour with Gucci Mane and Dzy Mane and toured with ASAP Ferg and Lil Uzi Vert and signed a deal with IntersCope Records in November 2017. He has also been featured on several other artists’ mixtapes, including Lil Yachty, Ethereal, MexikoDro, and ICYTWAT.
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