Woods and Kapri (born Octave) embarked on a joint tour in May 2016, titled the "Parental Advisory" tour.
The project spent 55 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart, eventually being certified Gold. The mixtape debuted at number 37 on the Billboard 200 chart, making its Woods first entry on the chart. On April 15, 2016, Vert released his third mixtape and first commercial mixtape Lil Uzi Vert vs. Controversy arose in March 2016 after a riot broke out at SXSW's final day during Woods set. In February, he released the single, "Money Longer" on his SoundCloud following a radio debut on Shade 45. In January 2016, Vert appeared at an Mob show in New York City to honor the deceased rapper Yams. He was further called a "breakout artist of 2015" by HotNewHipHop. The project, which features production from then-bubbling producers such as Sonny Digital, TM88 and Maaly Raw with features from Billboard charting rappers such as Khalifa and Thug, was received positively and was featured on numerous music blogs such as Fader, XXL and Vibe. Woods released his second mixtape, Luv Is Rage on October 20, 2015. He was featured on Fall Out Boy and Khalifa's "Boys of Zummer" tour in August 2015. He also released several songs on SoundCloud including the Metro Boomin produced "No Wait", "Pressure" which is a collaboration with Durk and ''Loaf". After the release of The Real Uzi, Woods signed a record deal with Atlantic Records through DJ Drama, Don Cannon's and Leighton Morrison's imprint, Generation Now.įollowing his signing to Atlantic Records, Woods was featured alongside Kid and Ferg on Carnage's single "WDYW". The project and following features caught the attention of producer and Def Jam A&R Don Cannon after DJ Diamond Kuts played one of Woods' songs on a local radio station, who signed Woods to his The Academy imprint and produced his first mixtape, The Real Uzi which was released on August 5, 2014. 1, Woods caught the attention of then industry-mainstays like Mob. Shortly after the release of Purple Thoughtz Vol. The track, which was produced by Spaceghostpurrp, went viral in 2017 within hip-hop circles following Wood's entry into the mainstream. The project, which was described as "phonk" and having cloud rap beats from The Guardian due to its psychedelic and "trippy" production features Woods with a bigger focus on lyricism than most of his career and was released with the single "White Shit" which included a video.
He later changed his name to Lil Uzi Vert from the way someone described his rap flow, saying his flow was "Fast, like a machine gun."Woods' first project, an EP titled Purple Thoughtz Vol. Woods began to rap in 2010 and began to associate with musical groups like Steaktown and in what he says was "just for money" under the name "Sealab Vertical".
His second studio album, Eternal Atake (2020), was among the most anticipated albums in hip hop and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. At the 2018 Grammy Awards, Lil Uzi Vert was nominated for Best New Artist. "XO Tour Llif3" acted as the lead single to Lil Uzi Vert's debut studio album Luv Is Rage 2 (2017), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He later secured his first top ten single with "XO Tour Llif3", which won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer.
After releasing two additional mixtapes in 20, including one in collaboration with Gucci Mane, Lil Uzi Vert was featured on the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping Migos' single "Bad and Boujee". the World (2016), which also contained the song "You Was Right". The song would act as the lead single for the subsequent mixtape Lil Uzi Vert vs. Lil Uzi Vert attracted mainstream attention following the release of his debut single "Money Longer" in 2016. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Uzi Vert gained initial recognition following the release of the commercial mixtape Luv Is Rage (2015), which led to a recording contract with Atlantic Records, to whom he signed to under DJ Drama's Generation Now imprint. Characterized by his face tattoos, facial piercings, eccentric hairstyles and androgynous fashion, his music is often defined by dark subject matters and imagery built on a melodic emo approach to trap. Symere Bysil Woods (born July 31, 1994), known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.
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