Playboi Carti

Carter was arrested on April 3, 2020 on drug and gun charges. He was later released on bond.

Carter has been described as a "mumble rapper", and his music as "playful, hard-hitting, and very melodic." Complex called his style of rapping "spare and repetitive, more concerned with flow and catchy phrases." Briana Younger at Pitchfork said that "Carti’s music is less about lyricism and more about atmosphere", going on to say that "whatever Carti lacks in substance he makes up in sheer audacity." Carter's music is influenced by rappers such as Gucci Mane, Young Thug, A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert, Chief Keef, Yung Lean, and Lil Wayne.

As of June 2019, Carter was currently living and working in and around the Atlanta area after relocating from Los Angeles.

Most recently, Carti and Lil Uzi Vert have teased a collaborative mixtape. On May 11, 2018, Carti released his debut full-length album Die Lit. His upcoming project Whole Lotta Red is expected in 2020.

In 2018, Carter began dating Australian rapper Iggy Azalea.

In August 2018, Carter stated via Twitter that he had been diagnosed with asthma. He was later seen with an inhaler.

Carti released his eponymous debut mixtape in April 2017. The release gained attention from various music publications, including XXL, Pitchfork, Spin, HotNewHipHop, and PopMatters, and reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. The mixtape spawned two successful singles: "Magnolia", which reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Woke Up Like This" featuring Lil Uzi Vert, which reached No. 76. Accompanying the mixtape's release, Carti embarked on a tour with Gucci Mane and Dreezy. He appeared on DJ Mustard's album and was featured on his single "Baguettes in the Face" featuring NAV and A Boogie wit da Hoodie.

On June 13, 2017, Playboi Carti was named as one of the ten of XXL' s "2017 Freshman Class". Around this time, he was featured on A$AP Mob's single "Raf" from their album Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy and Lana del Rey's single "Summer Bummer" from her album Lust For Life.

In July 2017, Carter was arrested for domestic abuse charges after arguing with his girlfriend outside of the Los Angeles International Airport and then grabbing her by her backpack and pulling her out of the terminal. In August, it was announced that Carter would not face domestic abuse charges.

Jordan Terrell Carter was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Fairburn, Georgia. In a 2016 interview with Complex he stated, "My ma couldn't tell me shit. Nobody could tell me shit." This type of lifestyle influenced Carter to get into trouble as a youth and sway away from the idea of pursuing a higher level of education after high school. He attended North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs. Before rap Carter wanted to become an NBA star to try and make something of himself. In an interview with The Fader Carti said "I was a young AI and didn't go to practice. That was the time I was really ducking school and it was all hoop and no rap. I would smoke before practice, get on the court and drop 30." Growing up playing basketball Carti looked up to players like Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and Vince Carter. After not showing up to practice and getting into a disagreement with his coach Carter stopped pursuing basketball as a career option and started spending more time on music. Carter skipped high school classes regularly to work on his music or go to his job at H&M which led to Carti barely graduating high school. In an interview with The Fader he said, “I was in class with freshmen finishing work, and if I finished the nine assignments before this time I could graduate.” He was so close to not graduating that that no one showed up to his graduation because they didn't know he was going to graduate. Carti hated the idea of being an upcoming rapper working at H&M, so he made the decision to quit.

In 2016, he was featured on the A$AP Mob's single "Telephone Calls" from their album Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends. The same year, Carti signed to the A$AP Mob's AWGE imprint and Interscope Records.

Carti began rapping at an early age under the name Sir Cartier in 2011 and soon after changed it to Playboi Carti in 2013. Much of his early work has been deleted from the Internet. Once Carti chose to pursue music full-time he made the decision to move to New York with some family.Being in New York Carti had made the decision to stay at his drug dealers house.Members of ASAP were in and out of the house Carti stayed at. Eventually Carti ran into ASAP Bari a founding member of ASAP who already knew about his music. ASAP Bari eventually introduced Carti to ASAP Rocky.ASAP Rocky was so influential to Carti that he decided to stay with him in Texas instead of going back to New York.In 2015 at a show at SXSW, Carti met ASAP Rocky, who mentored Carti. He then began to attract attention in 2015 with his singles "Broke Boi" and "Fetti" featuring Da$h and Maxo Kream, both of which were published to SoundCloud. Around this time, Carti frequently collaborated with artists in Atlanta's underground rap scene, including his cousin UnoTheActivist, Thouxanbanfauni, Yung Bans, Lil Yachty, Ethereal, and producers MexikoDro, and ICYTWAT. Furthermore, he began to tour with ASAP Ferg and Lil Uzi Vert and signed a deal with Interscope Records.

Jordan Terrell Carter (born September 13, 1995), known by his stage name Playboi Carti, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. Formerly signed to Atlanta-based underground label Awful Records, Carter is currently signed to ASAP Mob's AWGE Label and Interscope Records. His eponymous debut mixtape was released on April 14, 2017, and his debut studio album, Die Lit, was released on May 11, 2018. His second studio album, Whole Lotta Red is yet to be released.