47 Fun Facts About Playboi Carti

What is Playboi Carti's real name?

Jordan Terrell Carter. His name is settled but his age is not: he was born in Atlanta on September 13, and profiles written two years apart imply both 1995 and 1996 as the year.

Under what stage name did Carti release his first songs and videos while still in high school?

Sir Cartier. In his first video, shot when he was 14, he roams South Atlanta strip malls and parking lots with his friends, years before the Playboi Carti name took over.

Carti grew up in which Atlanta suburb?

Riverdale. He grew up there, south of the city, and left at 18 to chase a music career elsewhere, yet he says that being back home in Atlanta is what pushes him to make his best music.

Which Atlanta underground collective, home to the producer Ethereal, gave Carti his start as a rapper?

Awful Records. The rapper Father's DIY label took him in as the crew's little brother, and he credits Ethereal with helping him find his sound: 'This is the guy,' he said of meeting him.

In 2016 Carti signed to AWGE, an imprint run by which rapper?

ASAP Rocky. The two were introduced at South by Southwest in 2015 by the ASAP Mob co-founder ASAP Bari, and a little over a year later Carti had his deal.

Which two 2015 SoundCloud singles first brought Carti wide attention?

'Broke Boi' and 'Fetti'. Both racked up millions of SoundCloud plays, 'Fetti' with guests Da$h and Maxo Kream, and the buzz carried him out of Atlanta's underground to a major-label deal the next year.

Carti shared XXL's 2017 Freshman cover with which rapper?

XXXTentacion. He took the class's tenth spot by winning a fan vote, joining Carti and eight other newcomers on the cover that June, two months after Carti's debut mixtape came out.

The title of 'Magnolia' refers to a housing project in which city?

New Orleans. The Magnolia Projects were home to Juvenile and Soulja Slim, the beat borrows the city's bounce sound, and its own Lil Wayne soon recorded a freestyle over it.

Which rapper features on Carti's 2017 single 'Wokeuplikethis'?

Lil Uzi Vert trades verses with Carti on 'Wokeuplikethis*', a Pi'erre Bourne production from the 2017 mixtape; the pair long teased a joint project called 16*29 that never arrived.

Pi'erre Bourne's producer tag, 'Yo Pierre, you wanna come out here?', is sampled from which 1990s sitcom?

The Jamie Foxx Show: the line is Jamie Foxx's character calling out to a Pierre, and Bourne cut it into his producer tag, which opens 'Magnolia'.

Fans long mistook a bearded man on the cover of Carti's Die Lit for which rock frontman?

Dave Grohl. The Foo Fighters singer was never there: years later a YouTube channel tracked the man down as Francisco Marcano, an actor who had no idea his face would end up on the album.

On the black-and-white cover of Die Lit, Carti is photographed doing what?

Diving off the stage. Photographer Nick Walker staged the shot after a photo of an old punk show, casting a real mosh pit around Carti as he flipped upside down above it.

Which unreleased Carti track with Young Nudy leaked in 2019 and topped Spotify's US Viral 50?

Pissy Pamper. It was reportedly held back because its sample of a 1980 Japanese pop song was never cleared, so a fan's upload of Carti's verse alone is what climbed the chart.

Whole Lotta Red was released on which day in 2020?

Christmas Day 2020: Carti announced the 25 December date only days beforehand, more than two years after he first promised Whole Lotta Red.

Which fashion designer served as executive producer on Whole Lotta Red alongside Kanye West?

Matthew Williams. Then Givenchy's creative director, he had known Carti since the rapper's teens and became a mentor: 'I look at Matt as the older me,' Carti said.

Which guest joins Carti on 'M3tamorphosis' from Whole Lotta Red?

Kid Cudi. Fans had already tied the two together: a leaked Carti verse went viral in 2019 under a nickname borrowed from his name, well before they shared an official track.

Whole Lotta Red took No. 1 on the Billboard 200 from which pop star's surprise December album?

Taylor Swift. Her Evermore had led for two weeks when Carti's album opened with 100,000 units, his first chart-topper, and Evermore took the top spot straight back the following week.

Which Whole Lotta Red track is built on Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor?

Vamp Anthem. The organ piece is film shorthand for horror, a fit for the vampire alter ego Carti wears across the album; asked why vampires, he said they live forever and are the most fashionable characters.

Carti's fall 2021 tour for Whole Lotta Red was first announced under what name?

Narcissist. The same word was the announced title of a follow-up album that never appeared on its promised September 2021 date, and the tour went out under another name.

What is the name of the record label and rap collective Carti founded in 2019?

Opium. He signed young Atlanta acts who share his dark, punk-tinged look and sound, then took them on the road as the openers for his 2025 arena tour.

Carti was executive producer of the 2022 album X by which of his label's signees?

Ken Carson. He came up as a teenager around the producers TM88 and Southside, and says joining Carti's label was never a formal pitch: 'We were just friends.'

Which 2020 Drake song featuring Carti gave him his first Billboard Hot 100 top ten?

Pain 1993. The song is a tribute to Ian Connor, the stylist who took a young Carti under his wing, and its No. 7 debut was the rapper's first trip into the top ten.

Which 2024 Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign track featuring Carti became his first Hot 100 No. 1?

Carnival. Built around a chanting stadium crowd, it had little radio or playlist support and still climbed for a month after Vultures 1 came out before reaching the top in March 2024.

Which Die Lit track features Nicki Minaj?

Poke It Out. Eight days after the album's surprise release, Minaj was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live and brought Carti out to perform the song with her.

On which 2023 Travis Scott album does Carti feature on the track 'Fein'?

Utopia. 'Fein' gave the pair their biggest stage: at the 2024 Grammys, Scott hurled chairs around the set before Carti emerged to deliver his verse.

Carti's 2024 collaboration with The Weeknd, 'Timeless', was a single from which Weeknd album?

Hurry Up Tomorrow. The pair first performed 'Timeless' at a one-night concert in Brazil before its release, and Carti spent much of 2025 as the opening act on The Weeknd's stadium tour.

Which single from Carti's 2025 album Music is a duet with The Weeknd?

Rather Lie. Sent to radio within two weeks of the album, it reached No. 4 on the Hot 100, and The Weeknd worked it into his own stadium shows while Carti was opening for him.

Carti says he first got into music through which group, joined mainly to meet girls?

A choir. 'I only was into it for the girls, until the very end,' he told Office magazine; then, he said, he actually got into it and it inspired him.

Which promotional single from Music debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100?

Evil J0rdan. Carti first posted it on Instagram in January 2024, and only when it reached streaming with the album 14 months later could it chart, entering at No. 2.

Which DJ hosts Carti's album Music, shouting over its tracks like an old mixtape?

DJ Swamp Izzo. The Atlanta DJ had hosted Young Thug's early street tapes, and unlike hosts who add their voice afterwards, he was in the studio while the songs were being made.

Carti's guest verse on the 2019 song 'Almeda' was recorded for which singer's album?

Solange. 'Almeda' is named after a neighbourhood in her home city of Houston, and like every guest on When I Get Home, Carti went uncredited on the tracklist.

Which rapper guests on three Music tracks, including 'Good Credit' and 'Mojo Jojo'?

Kendrick Lamar. On 'Mojo Jojo' he never gets a verse: Carti uses one of rap's most decorated lyricists purely for ad-libs, as a hype man.

Carti is described as a pioneer of which hip-hop microgenre?

Rage. The label is usually traced to 'Miss the Rage', a 2021 Trippie Redd single featuring Carti whose title pined for the mosh pits that lockdown had emptied.

On which Tyler, the Creator song from Igor did Carti deploy his high-pitched 'baby voice'?

Earfquake. Tyler wrote it for Justin Bieber and then pitched it to Rihanna; both turned it down, so he kept his own raw vocals on the hook and brought in Carti for the verse.

A mentor introduced Carti to which designer, a hero of his, at a 2017 fashion week show?

Raf Simons. 'I met Raf!' Carti told W magazine, and that May he was a guest on the single 'Raf', a tribute to the Belgian designer.

Carti has walked as a model for Louis Vuitton in Paris and for which Kanye West fashion line?

Yeezy Season 5. It was his first time on a runway, and he said Kim Kardashian showed him how to wear the clothes; the following year he closed Virgil Abloh's first Louis Vuitton show.

Which rapper is the mother of Carti's son Onyx, born in 2020?

Iggy Azalea. Neither of them announced the pregnancy, so news of the birth surfaced through press reports first; months later she said publicly that she had delivered Onyx alone.

Carti's 2018 track with which UK grime MC appears on Die Lit?

Skepta trades verses with Carti on 'Lean 4 Real' from Die Lit and returned as a guest on Music seven years later.

Carti featured on Lana Del Rey's 2017 single 'Summer Bummer' from which album?

Lust for Life. Del Rey brought in Boi-1da, a producer best known for his work with Drake, and 'Summer Bummer' is the result: her noir-pop croon over a rattling trap beat, with Carti supplying the ad-libs.

The hook of Carti's breakout single 'Magnolia' name-checks which viral dance?

The Milly Rock. The Brooklyn rapper 2 Milly created the two-step in 2011, and the shout-out revived it: he answered with a freestyle of his own over the beat, and 'Magnolia' went on to peak at No. 29 on the Hot 100.

At 18, Carti left Atlanta to chase a music career in which city?

New York. His mother is from Brooklyn and had told him Atlanta wasn't all there was, so he stayed with family and friends there and fell in with the downtown fashion crowd that led to his first deal.

Before rapping, Carti hoped to turn professional in which sport?

Basketball was his first ambition; he played in high school and quit after falling out with his coach, pouring the time into recording instead.

As a teenager, Carti went from bagging groceries to a job at which fashion retailer?

H&M. The jobs were short-lived: by his own account he was barely at school either, spending his days in the studio trying to land a record deal.

Which April 2020 single broke Carti's two-year silence on new solo music?

@ Meh. It was released as the first taste of Whole Lotta Red and reached No. 35 on the Hot 100, then was left off the 24-track album when it finally arrived eight months later.

Carti's 2023 song 'Popular' with the Weeknd and Madonna was tied to which HBO series?

The Idol. The song was issued ahead of a soundtrack album that was later scrapped, and HBO cancelled the series itself after a single five-episode season.

Which 2024 Camila Cabello single featured Carti?

I Luv It. Cabello built its chorus on a sample of Gucci Mane's 2009 song 'Lemonade', a sharp left turn from her usual pop, and cast Carti in his rasping deep voice as the guest.

Which country turned Carti away at the border in July 2025 while he was opening for The Weeknd?

Canada. 'Border crossing issues' kept him out, so The Weeknd's stadium shows in Vancouver and Edmonton went ahead with the producer Mike Dean as the only opening act.