A representative for Scott declined to comment to CNBC Make It.)Īnd as Scott devotees eagerly awaited the release of his third album, the whole world learned the rapper's name: That September word leaked that Kylie Jenner was pregnant with his baby. (He later pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Scott's shows are notoriously rowdy - he's been called "hip hop's king of chaos" - and in May 2017 he was arrested after allegedly encouraging fans to rush the stage at a Arkansas show. Scott already had a loyal base by 2017 one of his albums had gone platinum and another was on its way. He steadily released music every year and by 2015, he was opening for (and reportedly dating) Rihanna and he released his first studio album, "Rodeo." In 2016 came "Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight." Scott inked his first major record deal with Epic Records in 2012. found out about Scott and contacted him, he finally had a foot in the door. Bloggers started to take notice of Scott's talent. Scott crashed on another friend's couch and started uploading his music on the internet. "I was lying to my parents like, 'Man, I'm in school.' They came to visit me, I wasn't there. "My parents cut me off because I dropped out of college," Scott says. He was there about three or four months, but then moved to Los Angeles, where he found himself broke after his parents found out about his lies. In New York, Scott told Complex he crashed at a friend's house, "sleeping on the floor, and grinding," making music. Bought me a plane ticket next day, dipped out to New York." I need a new computer.' And somehow they got me the money and I spent on like living. "I was like, 'Yo, I need mad money for books. He survived, at first, by scamming his parents into thinking he was still in school. Scott said he found every day of college depressing because he wanted to make music and rap, to tell his life story, he told Complex.
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But still, he hated school, and dropped out of the University of Texas when he was a sophomore. Scott took drum and piano lessons, and he was smart, graduating high school early at 17.