Woods and Kodak Black 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, Uzi 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, Lil Uzi appeared at an A$AP Mob show in New York City to honor the deceased rapper ASAP 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 Wiz Khalifa and Young 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 30, 2015. He was featured on Fall Out Boy and Wiz 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 Lil Durk and “Dej 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 Rich the Kid and ASAP 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 ASAP 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”.

In July 2021, Woods revealed on a tweet that his birth certificate shows he was born in 1995, after erroneously believing he was born a year earlier- in 1994. The situation led to Woods getting his first face tattoo, the word “Faith” under his hairline, which provoked him to take his rap career seriously. Woods dropped out of school and soon started working at a Bottom Dollar store, but he quit after four days and was kicked out of his home by his mother. Woods, Aston and another friend created a rap group, Steaktown, which broke up when Woods was 17. Woods began rapping in 10th grade, calling himself a “regular kid, I didn’t really wanna rap”, after hearing classmate William Aston freestyle over a remade Chris Brown instrumental. He also began listening to Marilyn Manson, Paramore, Smash Mouth, The Rocket Summer, Simian, My Chemical Romance and The All-American Rejects when he was 13 years old, and has said he is a “big Marilyn Manson fan” and called Mechanical Animals his favorite album. Woods later began listening to Wiz Khalifa and Meek Mill, who influenced his future style. He grew up listening to Mike Jones and Ying Yang Twins Jones’ debut album was the first album he purchased. Symere Woods was born July 31, 1995, in North Philadelphia’s Francisville neighborhood. Lil Uzi Vert height is 5 feet 4 inches or 163 cm (1.63 m). Symere Bysil Woods (born July 31, 1995), known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper and singer. Lil Uzi Vert Height – How tall is Lil Uzi Vert?

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