Travis Scott
While the clock strikes 10 during a cold night in January in Atlanta, Travis Scott, the King of Rage, is preparing to release a performance that will bring his career to new summits – literally. Scott has already won a dizzying number of achievements for a modern hip-hop star: four albums n ° 1 on the Billboard 200, the most profitable tour of all time by a solo rap act, the first rapper to sell the Sofi Stadium stadium of Los Angeles of Los Angeles Los Angeles. But tonight, perched on the roof of the Mercedes-Benz stadium and not much more than 10 feet on the edge, he dreams even more.
As a last song, “4×4” – which has become its fifth Billboard Hot 100 N ° 1 when he made his debut at the top of the graphic in early February – goes through the speakers, the flame rubs his hands before Getting started in the pre-sape of your performance at halftime for the national championship of play football playoffs. At the signal of the Video director Gibson Hazard, the ultimate rap breaker rebounds without fear, savoring the thrill and the danger of the moment.
The 33 -year -old native Houstonian, who was once a balloon boy for the NBA Houston Rockets, has love for the sports culture of his hometown – and his theaters who accompany him – who is as deep as his Passion for its unique hip-hop strain in the South. As an adolescent sitting in his grandfather’s kitchen, he looked at the battle of three three-sleeved round sleeves between his beloved Houston astros and the Chicago White Sox in the 2005 World Series of the kitchen of His grandfather (the astros lost this match, and the series in four). He remembers seeing 13 points of the legend of the Rockets Tracy Mcgrady in 33 seconds against the San Antonio Spurs in 2004. The inflexible spirit of Scott for the captivating public on the biggest stages was born in these historical sports moments. “I was a ball boy for the Rockets when T-Mac was about to leave (the team in the late 2000s) and he was somehow painful,” recalls Scott when he exchanged a Domino pizza slice the day after the recording of its ardent performance. “I always wanted him to win.”
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