XXL Magazine. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016.

He is recognized for his experimental musical style, mumbled lyrics, gothic fashion, and mysterious public persona.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Carti was initially signed to local underground label Awful Records prior to signing with ASAP Mob s AWGE Label under Interscope Records.

After gaining a cult following early in his career, Carti gained mainstream attention in 2017.

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.

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.

In an interview with The Fader Carti said I was a young AI and didnt go to practice.

That was the time I was really ducking school and it was all hoop and no rap.

I would smoke before practice, get on the court and drop 30.

He stopped playing basketball after a disagreement with his coach, and then dedicated his time to music.

Carter skipped high school classes regularly to work on his music or go to his job at HM which led to Carti barely graduating high school.

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 didnt know he was going to graduate.

Carti hated the idea of being an upcoming rapper working at HM, so he made the decision to quit.

Once Carti chose to pursue music full-time he made the decision to move to New York with some family.

Being in New York Carti had made the decision to stay at his drug dealers house.

Members of ASAP were in and out of the house Carti stayed at.

Eventually Carti ran into ASAP Bari, a founding member of ASAP who already knew about his music.

ASAP Bari eventually introduced Carti to ASAP Rocky.

ASAP Rocky was so influential to Carti that he decided to stay with him in Texas instead of going back to New York.

He then began to attract attention in 2015 with his singles Broke Boi and Fetti featuring Dah and Maxo Kream, both of which were published to SoundCloud.

Around this time, Carti frequently collaborated with artists in Atlantas underground rap scene, including his cousin UnoTheActivist, Thouxanbanfauni, 19 Yung Bans, Lil Yachty, Ethereal, and producers MexikoDro, and ICYTWAT.

Furthermore, he began to tour with ASAP Ferg and Lil Uzi Vert and signed a deal with Interscope Records.

Months later, in August 2018, Carti announced his second studio album Whole Lotta Red.

In April 2020, Carti released his first new music since 2018 with the song Meh, which peaked at number 35 on the Hot 100.

The following month, he was featured on the single Pain 1993 by Drake, which debuted at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Cartis first top-ten on the chart.

On November 23, 2020, Carti announced that Whole Lotta Red was complete and had been submitted to his label.

On Thanksgiving Day, 2020, Carti was featured on Lil Yachty s deluxe album Lil Boat 3.5 on the song Flex Up with Future.

The following month, hip-hop commentator DJ Akademiks announced that Whole Lotta Red is scheduled for a Christmas Day release.

Carter confirmed the Christmas release date on December 21, 2020.

On December 25, 2020, Carti released the 24-track long album Whole Lotta Red.

It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming Cartis first chart-topping release.

GQ has defined Carter as the leader of a youth style, and said that he represents a stylistic midpoint between the fashion gloss of AAP Mob, the punk-rock attitude of Uzi Vert, and the playful camp of Yachty.

Carter met Simons at a fashion show in New York.

Carter is featured on the song RAF by AAP Mob, which was dedicated to Raf Simons.

The music video for the song included Carter, AAP Rocky, and Quavo wearing rare Raf Simons-designed clothing.

Carter considers Kanye West and AAP Rocky inspirations for his fashion style.

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