Travis Scott
Travis Scott is one of rap's biggest cultural forces, a Houston-born hitmaker whose name sells out stadiums, limited-edition Nikes, and fast-food menu items, but who also can't fully escape the shadow of Astroworld.
Travis Scott (born Jacques Berman Webster II on April 30, 1991) is a rapper, producer, and creative director from Houston, Texas. He broke through with his 2013 mixtape Owl Pharaoh, built massive momentum with Rodeo (2015) and Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016), and reached mainstream dominance with Astroworld (2018), a critically acclaimed album that spawned the multi-platinum single “SICKO MODE.”
Beyond music, Scott has built one of the most powerful sneaker collaboration businesses in the world. His Nike and Jordan Brand partnerships consistently resell for multiples of retail, and his McDonald’s meal in 2020 was the first celebrity-branded combo since Michael Jordan’s in the 1990s. He is, by any measure, one of the most commercially effective artists of his generation.
Scott is also the father of two children with media personality and billionaire entrepreneur Kylie Jenner: daughter Stormi Webster (born February 2018) and son Aire Webster (born February 2022). Their on-again, off-again relationship has made him a permanent fixture in tabloid culture far beyond the rap world.
The defining crisis of his public life remains the Astroworld Festival tragedy of November 5, 2021, in Houston, where a crowd surge during his headlining set killed 10 people and injured hundreds more. The incident triggered a wave of lawsuits and intense public debate about artist responsibility at live events, and its legal and reputational fallout has continued for years.
He has since returned to releasing music and performing globally, but the Astroworld tragedy remains the first thing many people associate with his name, which explains much of the search traffic that lands on pages like this one.