He told Vogue that he was teased for being an early adopter of new styles, such as colored skinny jeans. Ĭarter developed a unique fashion sense from an early age, shopping in thrift stores. In an interview with The Fader, he said, 'I was in class with freshmen finishing work, and if I finished the nine assignments before this time I could graduate.' He was so close to not graduating that no one showed up to his graduation, because they didn't know it was actually going to take place. Ĭarter skipped high school classes regularly to work on his music or go to his job at H&M, which led to Carter barely graduating high school. I would smoke before practice, get on the court and drop 30.' He stopped playing basketball after a disagreement with his coach. That was the time I was really ducking school and it was all hoop and no rap. In an interview with The Fader, he said, 'I was a young AI and didn't go to practice. īefore rap, Carter wanted to become an NBA star to try and make something of himself. He attended North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs.

Nobody could tell me shit.' This type of lifestyle influenced Carter to get into trouble as a youth and sway away from the idea of pursuing a higher level of education after high school. In a 2016 interview with Complex, he stated, 'My ma couldn't tell me shit. He grew up in the nearby suburb Riverdale. Jordan Terrell Carter was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 13 sources are divided between the birth years of 19.

Carter is also scheduled to release his third studio album in 2024.Īside from his solo career, Carter founded the record label and creative agency Opium in 2019, through which he has signed aesthetically-similar fellow Atlanta-based rappers Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely, as well as the trap duo Homixide Gang. In 2024, he guest appeared alongside Rich the Kid on ¥$ ( Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign)'s 2024 single, ' Carnival', which became his first number-one hit on the Hot 100. Following a two-year hiatus, his second studio album, Whole Lotta Red (2020) debuted atop the chart and was met with critical acclaim it was listed as among the greatest albums of that year by Rolling Stone and The Washington Post. Carter gained mainstream attention following the release of his eponymous debut mixtape (2017), which peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100-charting singles ' Magnolia' and ' Wokeuplikethis' (featuring Lil Uzi Vert).Ĭarter's debut studio album, Die Lit (2018) reached further success on the Billboard 200, peaking at number three. He first signed with the local underground record label Awful Records in 2014, and later signed with ASAP Mob's record label AWGE, in a joint venture with Interscope Records two years later. An influential figure among his generation, he has contributed to the progression of trap music along with its subgenre of rage. Jordan Terrell Carter (born Septemor 1996) a, known professionally as Playboi Carti, is an American rapper and record producer.

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