Playboi Carti

Born Jordan Terrell Carter in Atlanta, Georgia, Playboi Carti is a rapper who made a name for himself in the underground scene before gaining mainstream attention with the release of his self-titled debut mixtape in 2017. The big singles were "Magnolia" and "Wokeuplikethis," which both made the Billboard Hot 100. His first full-length album, Die Lit, dropped the following year.

Carti initially used the moniker Sir Cartier when he started uploading music to SoundCloud in 2011. A couple years later, he renamed himself Playboi Carti and started branching out to other platforms. He connected with fellow Atlanta rapper Ethereal of the underground collective and record label Awful Records, which welcomed Carti to the roster. Ethereal took Carti under his wing and helped him fine-tune his sound and style.

Carti counts ASAP Rocky as one of his early mentors. The pair met at a house party in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW music festival in 2015 and became fast friends. Carti stuck around and settled in Houston for a while, a city he namechecks on the popular cut "Fetti."