2. Symere Woods
Born 31 July 1994 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States as Symere
Woods. He is well known as Lil Uzi Vert and is an American hip-hop
artist. He gained popularity after is hit singer ‘money longer’. He also
appeared in Migos song ‘bad and boujee’. In August 2017, he released
his debut studio album, Luv Is Rage 2, where it reached number one on
the Billboard 200 Albums Chart.
3. Uzi Vert looks up to
Marilyn Manson
who is an old
fashioned rock star,
when he was
younger this is who
he looked up to. He
has a very unusual
style in the world of
hip-hop, he has
often been related
to rock.
Uzi Vert's rapping skills were noticed by Don Cannon,
who heard one of Uzi's songs being played on the radio
by DJ Diamond Kuts. Uzi later signed a record deal with
DJ Drama, Don Cannon and Leighton Morrison's record
label Generation Now, and Atlantic Records. Uzi gained
attention after being featured on Carnage's single
"WDYW" with ASAP Ferg and Rich The Kid in 2015.
Uzi Vert’s target
audience would be
the younger
generation 15-30,
due to some of his hit
singles making it to
no.1 he got noticed
by this generation.
The hip-hop scene is
also stereotypically
aimed at young
adults.
He was nominated for multiple
awards with the song bad and
boujee however never won. The
first award he won was the MTV
VMA song of the summer for
‘XO TOUR LIF3’
