Travis Scott

CTL-E-5380 · Person · musician · 1991–present

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Travis Scott, born Jacques Bermon Webster II in Houston, Texas, in 1991, is an American rapper, singer and producer known for heavily produced, atmospheric recordings and large-scale live spectacle. After early mixtapes including Owl Pharaoh and Days Before Rodeo, his debut studio album Rodeo appeared in 2015. Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, released in 2016, became his first number-one album on the Billboard 200. Astroworld, named for a closed Houston amusement park, followed in 2018 and produced Sicko Mode, his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, made with Drake. Through his Cactus Jack imprint he has released collective projects and built a brand extending into fashion and live events. Utopia, released in 2023 after a long gap between studio albums, also debuted at number one. His career also carries a grave public record: a crowd crush during his Astroworld Festival set in Houston on November 5, 2021, killed ten people, an event that prompted wide scrutiny of festival safety and remains part of any honest account of his public life.

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• Also known as: Jacques Bermon Webster II, Jacques Webster II, La Flame

Notes

Statistics: Born April 30, 1991, Houston, Texas; Astroworld (2018) and Utopia (2023) documented as Billboard 200 number-one albums in the sources accessed 2026-10-15; November 5, 2021 Astroworld Festival crowd crush killed 10 people, per those sources. Recording Academy artist page counts 10 GRAMMY nominations and 0 wins as of October 15, 2026, per the Recording Academy, resolving the earlier 8-vs-10 conflict in favor of 10. · Curator's Judgment: DRAFT — Houston's psychedelic-trap architect at stadium scale, whose catalogue and live business reshaped rap spectacle — a record that must also hold the 2021 festival deaths plainly, without euphemism. · Photo slot: CLEARED — Wikimedia Commons File:Travis Scott February 2016.jpg, Brandon Dull, CC BY 2.0, verified via Commons API 2026-10-15; direct URL https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Travis_Scott_February_2016.jpg; master in packet photos/. · Remediation 2026-10-15: Recording Academy artist page retrieved and added as primary source; nomination total corrected in these notes to the Academy's count of 10 (earlier secondary summaries gave 8 and 10); record upgraded to Verified.

Relationships

• Drake — collaborated with
  Travis Scott and Drake recorded Sicko Mode together on Astroworld (2018); the single became Scott's first Billboard Hot 100 number one.

Referenced by

• Playboi Carti — collaborated with → this record

Sources

• Simple Wikipedia contributors, "Travis Scott" — https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Scott
• Last.fm contributors, "Travi$ Scott Biography" — http://www.last.fm/music/Travi$+Scott/+wiki
• GRAMMY.com (Recording Academy), "Travis Scott Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio" — https://www.grammy.com/artists/travis-scott/24827/ (primary source)

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