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As someone who would describe himself as more of an artist than a rapper, Lil Yachty burst onto the scene in 2016 after one of his SoundCloud tracks went viral. Since then, his aptitude on social media has kept him afloat and kept the collaboration requests rolling in. But what type of a man is Lil Yachty really, and what does the future have in store for him?

Lil Yachty was born under the name Miles Parks McCollum in Mableton, Georgia. He grew up in Atlanta and was introduced to a life of media production through his father, Shannon McCollum, a well-known photographer. At an early age, he became accustomed to being in front of a camera and was introduced to music of many genres, inspiring him to be someone that didn’t hold to one version of what art could be. His musical influences ranged from the likes of Kanye West and Soulja Boy to Coldplay and Fall Out Boy to classics like the Beatles.

Growing up, Lil Yachty wasn’t afraid to stand out. He liked fashion, he liked bright colors, and he was bullied for it. But he always knew that his differences were what made him stand apart from others, distinct and memorable instead of fading into the background. He would use that to build his brand and his following.

Going Viral: A Burgeoning Career

Lil Yachty has been grouped with a new generation of rappers. These rappers gain huge fan bases from social media and achieve fame by going viral off Soundcloud and other media platforms. The longevity of their careers depends on if they can adapt to the new trends and keep their fans while remaining distinctly themselves.

The Beginning of Lil Yachty, the Artist

In 2015, Miles Parks McCollum decided to move to New York City after living in Atlanta and working at McDonald’s. He stayed with a friend and lived humbly, slowly building up his social media presence and networking skills. This slow pace led to him attending college at Alabama State University for what would only be a short two months, before he decided to move back and fully dedicate himself to cultivating a network of like-minded artists. Thus, Miles McCollum became Lil Yachty.

Going Viral

Lil Yachty got his start on Soundcloud, where his song “One Night” went viral after it was used in a comedy video. With these newfound thousands of eyes on him, he was able to capitalize on his months of hard work networking with fashion personalities and get a job modeling for Kanye West’s 2016 Yeezy show in Madison Square Garden.

Soon after his modeling exposure, he released his first mixtape Lil Boat , which peaked at 106th on the US Billboard 200. The rest of 2016 was filled with successful collaborations and featuring spots. Two features in particular, on “Broccoli” by DRAM and “iSpy” by Kyle, were extremely well received and were nominated for numerous awards, putting Lil Yachty firmly in the public eye.

Signing With a Label

Nearly a year after signing a joint record deal with Motown Records, Quality Control Music, and Capitol Records, Lil Yachty released his first full-length studio album, Teenage Emotions, in May of 2017. The album peaked at 5th on the US Billboard 200 and paved the way for two additional studio albums released in 2018, Lil Boat 2 and Nuthin’ 2 Prove respectively.

Throughout 2019 and 2020, Lil Yachty continued his streak of features and collaborations with other artists until he released his fourth studio album in May of 2020, Lil Boat 3 . The album peaked at 14th on the US Billboard 200, the lowest position of any of his albums. However, the lower ranking of his last album didn’t deter the rapper’s determination at all. In fact, it was seemingly bolstered by the fact that Drake , a man who Lil Yachty has long looked up to and idolized, featured on one of Lil Yachty’s Lil Boat 3 tracks, “Oprah’s Bank Account.”

Image and Musical Style

A unique figure in the crowd, Lil Yachty has long said he doesn’t want to be put in a mold, stuck in one genre or image. He wants to be considered an artist more than a rapper.

When Lil Yachty broke out on the scene, he was instantly recognizable for his brightly dyed red hair with beads, usually styled artfully in his face. However, 2020 saw the rapper ditch the red braids for his natural black color. Although some fans tried to analyze it as a sign of a turn to darker tones in his music, Lil Yachty has maintained that (much like Ariana Grande) his new hair is due to the strain that the red dye had on his hair, causing it to not grow correctly and to even fall out. So yes, the red dye is gone, but he still maintains his braids and beads.

Although Lil Yachty once was well known for his sparkling grill, nowadays, you’ll see him rocking a pair of very expensive veneers, as has been the trend for social media stars in 2020.

As someone who has deliberately kept a more mysterious and yet still open persona, Lil Yachty doesn’t have a specific style. Or, at least he won’t share it. He seems to be open to all types of fashion but isn’t one to follow specific trends. He does what he feels looks and feels right in the moment, whether it be matching his beads to his clothes or admiring crop tops on men.

For a man with such a unique combination of influences, styles, likes, and dislikes, defining him is actually very straightforward. He’s easygoing. This easygoing nature is what has appealed to his fans for so long. He’s humorous, fun, and distinctly lighthearted, a recipe for success on social media.

Musical Style

Early on in his career, Lil Yachty’s music was disregarded by established rappers who thought his generation of Soundcloud rappers wasn’t authentic or real to the genre. He was accused of being style over substance, with his rap style specifically being called “ mumble rap .”

These early criticisms didn’t seem to phase Lil Yachty much, as he had long wanted himself to be genre-defying with his music anyways. He rejected restrictions of what people consider to be real rap. As his fanbase is mainly young like him, he wants to remain relatable, wholesome even, wanting to rap more about teenage life than alcohol and drugs. In fact, in his early days, he claimed to not like the taste of alcohol or the effects of drugs, saying he didn’t need either in his life.

Lil Yachty has described his music as “happy bubblegum trap” and “boat music,” an interesting choice of description since three of his four albums are named Lil Boat 1 , Lil Boat 2 , and Lil Boat 3 .

He wants his music to be fun and genre defying. To that end, he raps about video games and samples music and themes from cartoons to include in his songs. Lighthearted and fun, Lil Yachty doesn’t want his music to be a copy of rappers before him; he wants to be distinctly unique. An artist more than a rapper, a recognizable brand above all else.

Accomplishments

With 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs, four full studio albums, and a fervent young fan base founded on social media, Lil Yachty is quickly blazing a path in the music industry. He continues to reap the rewards of his hard-won networking skills, collaborating with dozens of rappers and producers – some up and coming, while others are people he has admired for ages. In 2016, he even appeared in a Sprite commercial with Lebron James, expanding his network even further beyond artists in the music business.

Lil Yachty has appeared in three movies: Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve , Long Shot , and How High 2 . He has also done voice work in one animated movie: Teen Titans Go! To the Movies .

Awards – Songs

“Broccoli” by Dram featuring Lil Yachty

2017 Billboard Music Awards nominations for top rap collaboration, top rap song, and top audio streaming song
2017 MTV Video Music Awards nominations for best hip hop video and best collaboration.
2017 Grammy nomination for best rap/sung collection.

“iSpy” by Kyle featuring Lil Yachty

2017 MTV Video Music Awards nomination for best visual effects.
2017 MTV Europe Music Awards nomination for best video.

Awards – Personal

2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards nomination for best new international artist.

Personal Life

Although he gained fame through social media, Lil Yachty’s personal life has been fairly quiet when compared to the blatant over-exposure of other artists and influencers.

Famous Friends and Feuds

At the beginning of his career, Lil Yachty was a part of a group called The Sailing Team, composed of other rappers and producers such as K$upreme, Burberry Perry, and his own sister Kodie Shane. However, since 2019 Lil Yachty has stated that The Sailing Team is no more, claiming that his effort in the group outweighed the rest of their contributions.

Lil Yachty gained his initial fame from social media. He owes much to it, and yet it has also landed him in controversy and feuds. Most controversy comes from his twitter account, and song lyrics, namely his song “E-ER,” which fans have felt sexualizes a female TikTok star inappropriately.

One of Lil Yachty’s most famous controversies was a three-day feud with Soulja Boy over a photo and leaked audio. It resulted in a public reconciliation over social media and a few extra thousand followers each for them.

Issues With the Law

In 2015, Lil Yachty was arrested in Florida for credit card fraud and stayed in jail until he paid a bail of $11,000. He cited the incident as something he never wanted to repeat. However, the dreaded year of 2020 brought more issues with the law in the form of speeding and crashing Ferraris.

He is also currently being sued for assault and battery following an altercation with a man during the 2019 Rolling Loud festival.

What’s Next?

Lil Yachty has promised his fans new music for 2021 and has so far released a music video called “ Royal Rumble ,” a collaboration with six other rappers all hailing from Michigan. He also has plans to tour starting in May, with a stop at the Rolling Loud Festival in Portugal in June.

Beyond music, he will have a role in the upcoming Mattel Films movie based on the game Uno. So far, it is said to be a heist movie based in Atlanta, following Atlanta’s underground hip hop culture.

Other than that, he stays a constant influence on social media, recently showing off his closet and impressive collection of shoes. As someone who was built on the backbone of social media, the race to stay relevant is ever important to an artist such as Lil Yachty. The music industry held more interest in him in the beginning of his career, as he had skyrocketed so fast and so young into the public eye. However, Lil Yachty still peaks interest and is bound to remain in the game for a while, if at least due to his business skills.

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Until the pandemic, Lil Yachty never stopped to think about how quickly he became famous. “It was a full year from walking across the stage in high school to then I’m in this penthouse in midtown Atlanta , I got this G-wagon, put my mother in a house,” Yachty explains. “It’s a fast life. You not ever getting the chance to think about a lot of shit.”

Yachty’s 2016 hit “Minnesota,” which had the treacly energy of a nursery rhyme, earned the then-17-year-old the title “King of the Teens.” But since then, he’s become an elder statesman of a certain brand of young superstar — and something like the Gen Z answer to Diddy. He collaborated with brands like Nautica and Target; he appeared in the movie How High 2 ; he signed an endorsement deal with Sprite. Signees to his new label imprint, Concrete Boys, even get an iced-out chain.

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Born Miles Parks McCollum, Yachty embodies many of the ways the music industry has changed in the past decade. He rose to fame on the internet and commands attention with or without new music. Over Zoom in March, he’s calm and reserved, pausing intently before he responds to questions. The youthful exuberance is still there, though. At one point, his mom, who lives nearby, calls to ask what he wants from the grocery store. “I need Pop-Tarts,” he says sweetly. “I really want them cinnamon-bun Pop-Tarts.”

He can afford lots of Pop-Tarts. Yachty reportedly made $13 million on endorsements in 2016 and 2017. (“Work hard, play hard,” he responds when asked about the number.) He spends more than $50,000 a month on various expenses, according to one recent headline. (“If anything I pay a little more. I have many assets and insurance, plus an elaborate payroll.”) He’s working on a Reese’s Puffs cereal collaboration, a film based on the card game Uno, and he was one of the first rappers to hop on the crypto craze, selling something called a “YachtyCoin” last December in an auction on the platform Nifty Gateway. According to a report from Coinbase, the token sold for $16,050. Yachty explains that when he was first discovered by Quality Control records founder Kevin “Coach K” Lee, “one of the biggest things he talked about was being a brand. Being bigger than just an artist — being a mogul.”

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I ask Yachty where he sees himself in five years. “Hopefully, a really successful actor,” he responds. “And with a bangin’ eight pack. I’ll probably cut my hair up, maybe a little beard. Real sex-symbol shit, you know what I’m saying?” For Yachty, who opened the door to a new brand of celebrity rapper, it doesn’t register as wishful thinking. His enduring celebrity is proof of what’s possible with a solid flow and internet savvy. “I just want to do everything. Because I’ve realized I can,” Yachty explains. “I’ve learned the power I have. The only thing stopping me is me, for real.”

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With his debut mixtape, ‘Lil Boat,’ Lil Yachty fully shed the mumble rap label, transitioning from SoundCloud sensation to major label star.

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Lil Yachty’s debut mixtape, Lil Boat , is one of the pre-eminent releases of the SoundCloud era. Released on March 9, 2016, it made Lil Yachty a star, spawned multiple hits, and further legitimized the DIY-style rap that emerged at the beginning of the decade.

The Atlanta MC entered the crowded rapper-singer fray with a work that’s split into two distinct sides, seeing him grapple with dueling elements of his personality and career. The first half of Lil Boat sees Yachty flex his flow, while the second half finds him crooning in AutoTune. That may be a slightly reductive way to look at the collection (in reality, he does both throughout), but there’s certainly a kind of TI vs TIP split-personality concept to the whole affair. Yachty uses his style to demarcate who is who, and, despite his glee throughout, Lil Boat is a surprisingly subtle work for the chaotic time it represents.

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Yachty’s debut mixtape is a standout work for the usual reasons – great name, great cover, and two singles that will forever be associated with Yachty and the era from which he emerged: “One Night” and “Minnesota.”

As a title, Lil Boat was perfect. Serving two purposes at once, it created a fitting alt.moniker for the MC while helping a lot of people to pronounce his name (did you actually say it like “yacht”?). Nautical luxury isn’t the most commonly-evoked lifestyle in hip-hop (outside of Puffy), so that theme alone was enough to put Yachty in his own lane. And then there’s the artwork: not a yacht, barely even a boat; it’s basically a little wooden dinghy. Beautifully composed, the image looks like a classical painting, bordered in a red that matches Yachty’s hair. It’s almost Americana in tone – though Yachty’s music is anything but.

All hail “King Of The Youth”

Yachty may be poised and confident on that cover, but he’s also lost in the gloom at sea – an apt metaphor for the musical style he was leading. While not traditional in any sense, Yachty is honest with his emotions in a way that younger generations have always been, and Lil Boat found him attempting to navigate his way through the emotionally turbulent years of his late youth. Shortly after his breakout, Yachty would declare himself “King Of Teens” or, alternatively, “King Of The Youth.” This might have sounded ridiculous to adults who weren’t even sure how to pronounce his name, but those adults were no longer in charge. Lil Yachty was not part of some hip-hop assembly line; like other DIY pioneers before him, Yachty and his crew were making these songs at home, often in a matter of minutes.

Outside of the Vikings football team and Ice Cube ’s “What Can I Do?,” Minnesota doesn’t get name-checked very often in hip-hop. Simply naming a track after a state was seemingly in line with the aforementioned “half-Americana, half trolling” theme of Lil Boat – but, of course, the song isn’t actually about Minnesota. It’s more of a celebration of Lil Yachty’s arrival on the scene. The draw and significance of having both Quavo and Young Thug on a song in 2016 is hard to overstate, and their guest appearances turned “Minnesota” into a certified-gold hit. At the time, Quavo was just months away from releasing “Bad And Boujee,” while Thug was fresh off Barter 6 and in the middle of his Slime Season run. Together, he and Yachty appeared at Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 fashion show, on February 11, where The Life Of Pablo received its public unveiling. Just two days after releasing his debut mixtape, Yachty was at the epicenter of one of hip-hop’s biggest cultural shifts.

Unprecedented moves

Lil Boat was big enough that Burberry Perry – Yachty’s right-hand man at the time and the producer behind most of the mixtape – came under pressure from the fashion label Burberry and was forced to change his name. That wasn’t exactly an unprecedented move, but the speed with which it happened certainly was. It’s not often that an internationally renowned fashion house serves a cease-and-desist to a kid who got famous on the internet and was barely old enough to vote.

Perry’s production on Lil Boat ’s lead single, “One Night’ (Yachty’s best-known song to date), guided the way for the rest of the collection. Even the beats he didn’t produce fall right in line, all cascading bells, and whistles alongside keys that let you hear Yachty’s grin throughout.

Lil Yachty’s emergence closely resembles that of the Odd Future collective, who, years earlier, more or less launched DIY rap on the internet (depending on how you view Lil B’s rise to fame). Seemingly overnight, Yachty was partnering with Urban Outfitters and the aptly titled Nautica clothing brand. His rapid ascent would have sounded like fan fiction just a few years earlier but, after his breakout, many artists began following his path to fame on a regular basis.

Having hit it big in such a short space of time, Yachty wasn’t about to slow down. He went on to guest (and absolutely steal the show) on “Broccoli,” a DRAM song with a Yachty-perfect beat. As one of the stars in Quality Control ’s shining roster, Yachty was operating alongside some of the biggest acts in hip-hop. With Lil Boat, he fully shed the “mumble rap” label, completing the transition from SoundCloud sensation to major label star.

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L il Yachty is not happy. Last night, the 19-year-old rapper played a sold-out London show with Migos , but feels that the crowd favoured the wildly hyped hip-hop trio over him. “I just didn’t get the energy,” he sighs, a little melodramatically. “I just gotta work on my music. I gotta make some more hits that everyone likes.”

He looks so downcast that I try to comfort him by reminding him that a) he already has a string of singles that loads of people like, and b) he hasn’t even released his debut album yet. He looks slightly less morose. A more comprehensive pep talk would include his millions of social media followers, tens of millions of YouTube views, his Grammy nomination (for the DRAM collaboration Broccoli ), his slew of guest verses (he did more than 40 last year, including one for the Chance the Rapper album) and the fact that his meticulously orchestrated image has made him one of the most recognisable faces in contemporary hip-hop.

It does seem fitting, however, that Lil Yachty is in a fug of angsty self-pity. After all, the rapper – otherwise known as Miles McCollum – has christened himself “king of the teens”, and is using his precocity to channel the rollercoaster of self-doubt and euphoria that is adolescent life to create his first album, Teenage Emotions. To some – including a significant faction of the hip-hop community – Yachty is a frighteningly modern proposition: a teenager obsessed with branding, social media and outlandish fashion who makes music that exists somewhere between deadly serious and very silly. With his grinning, vocoder-drugged vocals, love of crappy, retro internet graphics, samples from Rugrats and Mario and lyrics about fun and friendship, Yachty is at the vanguard of a new wave of rap stripped of gangster danger and instead fuelled by an anything-goes wackiness.

Yachty isn’t just the man of the moment because of his “bubblegum trap” , as he once jokingly described it (he hates the term now, but sadly for him it’s an excellent description of his rapturous, hyper-consumable sound). It’s more the way he has harnessed social media. Forget the 00s stereotype of a middle-class teen sticking a few tracks on MySpace and waiting for the record deals to roll in.

Instead, from the day he left high school, Yachty set about coordinating a full-scale social media offensive. He began accruing followers by going to stay with a friend in New York, attending parties and deliberately not promoting the music he was producing in case it smacked of desperation (“I didn’t want to be that rapper handing out mixtapes, trying to get people to listen to it”). Soon his socialising got him featured on other people’s accounts. “If you take a picture with somebody and they tag you, they now know who you are,” he explains. “I just started meeting people with 10,000, 5,000 [followers]. Because back then that was a lot – I had 1,000, so if you had 10,000, that’s 9,000 more than me, you could help introduce me. You have 10, I have two of those, I have three now. I just pickpocketed everyone’s following.”

Lil Yachty onstage in Paris, February 2017.

This internet savviness is something Yachty prides himself on. “Nobody looked at things how I looked at it back then, about two years ago,” he says. “I knew how the internet worked. But it didn’t work as quick [as he thought it would], and I got a little scared. So that’s when I went to college.” He studied broadcasting for a short time before dropping out. Then, one of his songs was used in a hugely successful viral video, he was invited to model for Kanye’s fashion line and was soon on the road towards bona fide pop-stardom, thanks to a series of infectious singles, including 1 Night and Minnesota .

Not that his canny careerism ended there. What followed was a spate of serious self-branding. Yachty’s distinctive look – tomato ketchup-coloured braids, offbeat retro sportswear – has been part of a deliberate move to make himself into a product. “You’ve got to be like a cartoon character, you’ve got to be memorable,” he says. “You see him and you know. SpongeBob wears a button-up shirt with a tie and brown pants. He opens his closet, he got the same thing.”

Having been keen to differentiate himself from his fellow students at high school, he now began doing it in a more considered way. “I had these white glasses I used to wear all the time. People started coming to my shows wearing white glasses, or they had their hair braided with white glasses,” he says. He also “used to wear stripes all the time, like a sailor”, as well as thrifted items from Nautica, a big US label in the 90s. He was determined to get an advertising deal off the back of it and surpassed himself on that front: nowadays, he’s the brand’s creative director. Yachty seems especially enthusiastic about his work with brands: when counting his blessings, he focuses on his advertising deals: “I didn’t think I would work for Nautica,” he says. “I never thought in my life I would have a Sprite deal , never in my life did I think I would have a Target deal , ever.” (He features in adverts for the companies, alongside LeBron James and Carly Rae Jepsen respectively.)

For Yachty and his peers, the idea that flogging stuff and having artistic integrity are mutually exclusive is not just old fashioned but nonsensical. “People on my comments call me a sellout,” he says with frustration. “What’s the problem? I never do anything crazy. They have instructions – you want me to dance and record a song for half a million dollars? OK. I’m a 19 year-old kid from the suburbs. I didn’t grow up in the hood. I wasn’t gangbanging. What the fuck am I selling out from?” Yet he’s also adamant that he wouldn’t pretend to be something he wasn’t just to get a deal. He doesn’t drink or smoke, which he suggests gives him the edge when it comes to corporate big bucks – but that’s just good luck. “That’s how things work, you be who you are, and then people like you. They gravitate. You don’t act like something for it. That’s just who I was.”

Yachty grew up in Atlanta, a city with a rich hip-hop history that stretches from OutKast and TLC to the current cluster of acts including Future, Young Thug, 21 Savage and ILoveMakonnen that have helped the area become rap music’s capital over the past couple of years. Despite being signed to Atlanta’s trend-setting indie label Quality Control, Yachty says he feels as if he exists outside the scene due to his suburban upbringing. “Those people who are all part of that 21 Savage [crew], they grew up there. I kinda grew up on the outside of the suburbs, listening to Coldplay and shit, which they don’t fuck with. So that’s why my music is so much different. And open.”

Yachty is obsessed with Coldplay, in a way so myopic that I am convinced he knows it has comedy value. “Most of my influences aren’t rap. I love Coldplay,” he tells me. He’s especially evangelical about Chris Martin (“just his voice, the way he uses it as an instrument”) and reels off – presumably as proof of his devotion – the band’s entire discography. Was he an obsessive fan of anyone else during his childhood? “Coldplay. Only Coldplay.”

It’s this register – not sarcastic, but knowingly comic – that characterises Yachty’s music, with its silly pitched-up singing, cartoonish samples, pop-mindedness and disregard for the tropes of hip-hop. You might call it post-ironic – simultaneously earnest and knowing. It’s also why Yachty gets annoyed when people describe his music as a joke. “It just isn’t hardcore or street or gangster. People confuse it for funny, or jokeyish, but it’s just as serious as anything else,” he says. He used to write skits as a child, and still has comedy characters – including an old man called Darnell Boat – in his arsenal. He must recognise that his act is amusing? He softens his defence slightly. “Of course. It’s fun, it’s definitely fun – I can see how it’s funny,” he says. “I’m promoting positivity, I’m promoting happiness and loving yourself and having fun. But it’s not a joke.”

When Yachty revealed the cover for Teenage Emotions , this irreverent joyousness was at the fore, the rapper surrounded by a range of adolescents that deviate from the “norm”, including a gay couple, a girl with vitiligo, a boy with albinism and an overweight girl. He was motivated to create it, he says, “because these people are people too. As a teenager, that’s when you first start seeing all these different things. Gay people, people with vitiligo – everyone’s still a human.” The message is one of celebration and kindness, and it makes me think of the way young people are more confident about their difference nowadays, asserting it on social media in a climate of what seems like greater acceptance.

But Yachty suggests this is a relatively superficial reading of what’s happening. “As much as it is that way, it’s not that way,” he says. “A lot of people behind doors are depressed because they wake up and they see themselves and they feel like they’re not the same as anyone else. You know, and they are. So that’s why I did this cover, putting all the quote unquote outcasts on the cover, because I’m like the outcast in hip-hop. What can I do about it? I’m not going to spend time trying to please anybody. I just do me. I’m not trying to bother anybody.”

Yachty isn’t exactly overturning every hip-hop cliche – his lyrics are still punctuated by “pussies”, “bitches”, and involved blowjob similes – but he is unconventional enough to disturb the genre, attracting scorn (or bewilderment) from rappers including J Cole , Lil Wayne , Soulja Boy , Vic Mensa , Anderson Paak and Joe Budden . “Older hip-hop people, they don’t understand evolution, or just don’t want it. One of the two,” he says dolefully. It’s true that there hasn’t really been a punk moment in hip-hop – no burn-your-idols equivalent of Johnny Rotten’s I Hate Pink Floyd T-shirt rebellion – and the genre still respects its elders: in the endless echo chamber of the internet, Yachty has got a huge amount of grief for being slightly flippant about the talents of Tupac and Biggie. He says US radio’s hip-hop establishment is the worst for chastising him: “These people that have been waiting to see you – they’re gonna let you have it.”

Yet despite his despondency at all the ruffled feathers, disgruntled hip-hop stalwarts and alienated crowds, it’s clear that this outsider status is Yachty’s lifeblood. “I couldn’t be regular,” he says, horrified at the notion. As the self-appointed poster boy for young people who feel out of place, he’s got the perfect motto. “I always wanted to be different”, he says decisively. “Being the same sucks.”

Teenage Emotions is released by Quality Control on 26 May

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Miles Parks McCollum (born August 23, 1997), known professionally as Lil Yachty , is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He first gained recognition on the internet in 2015 for his singles "One Night" and "Minnesota" (featuring Quavo, Skippa Da Flippa and Young Thug ) from his debut EP Summer Songs. He released his debut mixtape Lil Boat in March 2016. In June 2016, Yachty announced that he had signed a joint venture record deal with Motown, Capitol Records, and Quality Control Music.

Yachty has released five studio albums, beginning with Teenage Emotions in 2017. His second and third studio albums, Lil Boat 2 and Nuthin' 2 Prove , were released in 2018, followed by Lil Boat 3 , in 2020. Yachty's fifth studio album, entitled Let's Start Here , was released in 2023, and was inspired by psychedelic rock. Four of his albums have charted within the top 20 of the Billboard 200, with Lil Boat 2 peaking at number 2. Yachty has also released several mixtapes and EPs throughout his career, with his most recent Michigan Boy Boat being released in 2021. Lil Yachty is also notable for his features on the 2016 multi-platinum songs "Broccoli" by DRAM and "ISpy" by Kyle, his eccentric hairstyle, and his optimistic image. Yachty was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on "Broccoli".

He made his musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live on April 1, 2023 , the sixteenth episode of Season 48 , and the second SNL episode to have premiered on April Fools' Day, hosted by actress, writer, producer and comedian Quinta Brunson , the creating, executive producing, co-writing, and star of the ABC's hit comedy series Abbott Elementary . He performed his two songs "the BLACK seminole." and "drive ME crazy!" with Diana Gordon from his new fifth studio album Let's Start Here .

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August 23, 1997

Miles Parks McCollum (born August 23, 1997), known professionally as Lil Yachty, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He first gained recognition in August 2015 for his viral hit "One Night" from his debut EP Summer Songs. He then released his debut mixtape Lil Boat in March 2016, and signed a joint venture record deal with Motown, Capitol Records, and Quality Control Music in June of that year.

December 2015

Yachty first came to prominence in December 2015 when the SoundCloud version of his song "One Night" was used in a viral comedy video.

February 2016

In February 2016, Yachty debuted as a model in Kanye West's Yeezy Season 3 fashion line at Madison Square Garden. Yachty's debut mixtape Lil Boat was released in March 2016.

In April 2016, Yachty collaborated with DRAM on the hit song "Broccoli", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. He featured on Chance the Rapper's Coloring Book mixtape, released in May 2016. On June 10, 2016 he announced he had signed a joint venture record deal with Quality Control Music, Capitol Records, and Motown Records. Yachty released his second mixtape Summer Songs 2 in July 2016 with features from G Herbo, Offset, and his former collective the "Sailing Team".

In June 2016, Lil Yachty appeared in XXL magazine as part of their 2016 Freshman Class. As part of this appearance, Yachty performed a 'freshman cypher' alongside Denzel Curry, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, and Kodak Black. As of March 2021, this cypher has received over 180 million YouTube views, by far the most for the XXL channel.

December 2016

In December 2016, he was featured on the hip hop single "iSpy" by Kyle. He was featured in Tee Grizzley's single "From the D to the A", released in March 2017.

In 2017, Yachty appeared in several high-profile promotional campaigns. He starred alongside LeBron James in a Sprite commercial, where he is seen in an ice cave playing the piano. Lil Yachty was picked to be the face of the new Nautica and Urban Outfitters collection for the Spring 2017 season. Yachty also appeared in the "It Takes Two" video with Carly Rae Jepsen for Target.

Yachty has released five studio albums, beginning with Teenage Emotions in 2017. His second and third studio albums Lil Boat 2 and Nuthin' 2 Prove were released in 2018, followed by Lil Boat 3 in 2020. Yachty's fifth album, Let's Start Here (2023) marked a departure from his previous style, experimenting with psychedelic rock. The album was released to generally positive reception. Four of his albums have charted within the top 20 of the Billboard 200, with Lil Boat 2 peaking at number 2. Lil Yachty is also notable for his features on the 2016 multi-platinum songs "Broccoli" by DRAM and "ISpy" by Kyle; as well as his cherry-red hairstyle, lighthearted tone, and optimistic image. Yachty was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on "Broccoli".

April 14, 2017

On May 26, 2017, Lil Yachty released his debut studio album, Teenage Emotions. It features guest appearances from Migos, Diplo, and YG, among others. Three promotional singles were released to coincide with the album. The first promotional single, "Harley", produced by K Swisha, was released on April 14, 2017. The second promotional single, "Bring It Back", produced by Free School, was released on May 4, 2017. The third promotional single, "X Men", produced by 30 Roc and Tillie and featuring a guest appearance from American rapper Evander Griiim, was released on May 18, 2017. He featured in a remix of "With My Team" by Creek Boyz, released December 15, 2017.

In January 2018, it was reported that Lil Yachty and Takeoff were working on a collaborative project. This project has yet to be released as of 2023, especially following the death of Takeoff in November 2022. Yachty's second studio album, Lil Boat 2, was released on March 9, 2018. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Lil Boat 2 performed well commercially, debuting at number two on the US Billboard 200, with 64,000 album-equivalent units. The album featured 2 Chainz, Quavo, and Offset, Ugly God, among other guests. On October 19, 2018, Yachty released his third album, Nuthin' 2 Prove. The project received similarly mixed reception and debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200. Also in 2018, Yachty appeared on Bhad Bhabie's platinum single "Gucci Flip Flops" and Social House's gold single "Magic in the Hamptons", and worked with Donny Osmond to create a theme song for Chef Boyardee titled "Start the Par-dee". In December 2018, E-sports group FaZe Clan announced that Yachty had become their newest member. Yachty took on the name "FaZe Boat", in reference to his 'Lil Boat' nickname and mixtape.

December 20, 2018

On December 20, 2018, Yachty signed with FaZe Clan. Yachty participated in competitive Fortnite tournaments.

February 2020

After a relatively quiet 2019, Lil Yachty teamed up with fellow Atlanta artists Lil Keed, Lil Gotit, and veteran producer Zaytoven in February 2020 for a collaborative mixtape, A-Team. Yachty released the lead single for his next studio album, Lil Boat 3, on March 9, 2020. The song, titled "Oprah's Bank Account", features Drake and DaBaby. The release was accompanied by a 9-minute music video directed by Director X, in which Yachty dresses up as a parody of Oprah Winfrey. Lil Boat 3 was released on May 29, 2020 and debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard 200. A deluxe version of the album titled Lil Boat 3.5 was released on November 27. On October 19, 2020, Lil Yachty announced his intention to release a mixtape before the end of 2020. Michigan Boy Boat was released on April 23, 2021. The project draws heavily from the burgeoning Detroit rap scene, in contrast with Yachty's usual pop rap and Atlanta trap style.

October 20, 2021

On October 20, 2021, Yachty announced the birth of his first child, a girl. The identity of the child's mother was not disclosed.

February 18, 2022

On February 18, 2022, in a class-action lawsuit filed against the cryptocurrency company SafeMoon that alleged the company is a pump-and-dump scheme, McCollum was named as a defendant along with professional boxer Jake Paul, musician Nick Carter, rapper Soulja Boy, and social media personality Ben Phillips for promoting the SafeMoon token on their social media accounts with misleading information. On the same day, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a lawsuit against Bitconnect that the Securities Act of 1933 extends to targeted solicitation using social media.

October 11, 2022

On October 11, 2022, Yachty released the non-album single "Poland", which had recently went viral online.

December 2022

In December 2022, Yachty's fifth studio album, then rumored to be called Sonic Ranch, was leaked online. The album was a departure from Yachty's signature trap sound, and was instead heavily influenced by psychedelic rock. On January 27, 2023, the album, entitled Let's Start Here, was released to positive reviews. Yachty's label and collective Concrete Boys, which includes Karrahbooo, DC2Trill, and Draft Day, released their debut single, "Mo Jams", in December 2023.

In March 2023, Yachty was among eight celebrities charged by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, with violating investor protection laws by promoting cryptocurrencies without disclosing that he was a paid sponsor. The lawsuit was connected with crypto asset entrepreneur Justin Sun's Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BBT) companies. He settled the charges for over $400,000 without admitting or denying the claims.

Throughout 2020, Yachty was one of the many celebrities to gain a large following on social media app TikTok. Yachty performed the theme song for the 2020 revival of Saved by the Bell, which was a remixed version of the theme from the original television series. In early 2021, Yachty was reported to be producing and starring in a live-action movie based on the UNO card game, which is being developed by Mattel Films. Yachty is featured in the Pokémon 25th anniversary music album.

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As the rapping world is at the top of its popularity, some rappers established themselves in the music industry and one of them is proficient rapper ‘Miles Parks McCollum’ professionally known as ‘Lil Yachty’ who is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.

He is well recognized for his singles “One Night” and “Minnesota” as well as for his mixtapes “Summer Songs 2” and “Lil Boat”.

For his tremendous music and rapping, he received two MTV Video Music Awards nominations for ‘Broccoli’ and a Grammy nomination for ‘Broccoli’under the category of Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. After that, there is no looking back after Lil Yachty.

Height / Weight / Age

Born on 23 August 1997, this prominent rapper turned 25 years old. He seems enough tall with his height which is 180 centimeters and 5’9” feet. He maintains himself very fit and healthy with a weight of 70 kilograms and 154 lbs in pounds.

Moreover, he is very conscious about his physique and follows a regular and healthy diet in order to keep himself fit as a fiddle with the body measurements of 40 inches chest, 32 inches waist, and 14 inches biceps approximately.

He has earned a good amount of money from his singing and rapping as well as from his endorsement deal with several brands such as Puma, Adidas, EA Sports, Icebox Jewelry, Nautica, Sprite, and many more. His estimated net worth is to be $8 million.

Education / Family

Lil was born and raised in Mableton, Georgia, USA and belongs to the Afro-American ethnicity. He is born to his father Shannon McCollum who is a professional photographer and his mother Lily McCollum.

He also has a lovely sister named Nina McCollum. As for his education, he completed his schooling at his local high school and further went to Alabama State University but he dropped out of college just after two months.

Career / Fashion and Style

As of his career, he used to work at a McDonald’s restaurant. He adopted the stage name “Yachty” in 2015. In 2015, he moved to New York City to pursue his music career. In December 2015, rose to prominence after his song ‘One Night’. He made his debut as a model in Yeezy Season 3 fashion line at Madison Square Garden in 2016.

He released his debut mixtape, ‘Lil Boat’ on March 9, 2016. He collaborated with DRAM on the hit song “Broccoli” in April 2016 and the song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. He featured on Chance the Rapper ‘s Coloring Book mixtape in May 2016.

He announced he had signed a record deal with Quality Control Music, Motown Records, and Capitol Records in June 2016. In July 2016, he released his second mixtape, ‘Summer Songs 2’. He was featured on the hip hop single “iSpy” by Kyle in December 2016.

He released his debut studio album, ‘Teenage Emotions’ on May 26, 2017which featured guest appearances from Grace, Stefflon Don, Migos, Diplo, Evander Griiim, and YG. In December 2017, he featured in a remix of “With My Team” by Creek Boyz. He released his second studio album, ‘Lil Boat 2′ in March 2018.

In April 2018, he featured on the Ocean Park Standoff single “If You Were Mine”. He released his third studio album, Nuthin’ 2 Prove in October 2018. He released a collaborative project, ‘A-Team’ in February 2020 with rappers Lil Keed and Lil Gotit. He released the lead single from Lil Boat 3, titled “Oprah’s Bank Account” in March 2020.

In May 2020, he released his fourth studio album, ‘Lil Boat 3’. He also lent his voice in the American animated superhero film, ‘Teen Titans Go! To The Movies’ for the character of Green Lantern. He appeared in the romantic comedy film, ‘Long Shot’ and the TV film, ‘How High 2″ in March 2019.

Girlfriend, Affairs, Wife, and More

As of his personal life, he is not married yet and focusing on his career. In 2017, he was romantically linked with Megan Denise.

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Some Interesting Facts About Lil Yachty

He was arrested in connection with credit card fraud at a mall along with a man in 2015.
He endorsed many famous brands such as EA Sports, Icebox Jewelry, Nautica, Adidas, Christian Dior, and many more.
He has inked several tattoos all over his body.
He earned a Grammy nomination in 2017 under the category of Best Rap/Sung.
He was teased, bullied, and harassed during high school.
He is quite popular on Instagram with having over 9.8m followers.
He is fondly known for the names Lil Boat, Nautica Boat Boy, and King Boat.
He got some crazy jewelry such as a diamond Bart Simpson with braids.

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Twitter – @lilyachty
Facebook – @lilyachtysailingteam

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Megan Denise: Age, Wiki-bio, Career of Lil Yachty’s Girlfriend 2022

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January 22, 2024 January 22, 2024

Everyone has a taste. Each man or woman, girl or boy has a certain type of character they like about their significant other.

Whether it’s the same gender or different, it doesn’t matter. The heart wants what it wants.

Social media often helps bridge the gap between your crush if you’re too shy to approach him/her directly.

Instagram is one such platform where risky texts are part and parcel of the idea.

We get to tell the story of Lil Yachty’s girlfriend, Megan Denise, and how they met.

Also get to know Instagram Model Megan Denise’s age, wiki-bio and so much more.

Who is Megan Denise?

Straight off Google or any other search engine, you’ll get to see Megan Denise Fox, another famous actress in Hollywood.

However, that is not our focus for now. Many people describe her as Lil Yachty’s girlfriend which is not an accurate description.

Many words can be used to describe Megan Denise. To keep it to a minimum, she is a famous Instagram model and goes by the name Me’Gan , sometimes.

Like all models, she is gorgeous, stunning, and has it all. From being busty and quite curvaceous, she complements her look with adorable freckles on her face.

Relationship with Lil Yachty.

Last year, the famous Trap artist Miles Parks McCollum also known as Lil Yachty shared pictures of his new girlfriend on his social media handle.

This was after he broke up with his previous ex-girlfriend India Love, Also an Instagram Model.

Lil Yachty and Megan Denise

We thought he has a thing for models, but that wasn’t the case.

In an Interview with K104 Radio, she revealed that the rapper is probably one of the best guys she’s met.

He treats her like the lady she is unlike the unpopular opinion of most people.

While she was evasive to confirm the relationship, she did reveal that they have a strong bond together.

It all started with a Direct Message (DM). Contrary to most guys’ style of approaching a girl, the young rapper captured the heart of the model by being all subtle while in flirt mode.

Charmed, she accepted his advances and soon ended up dating him.

Lil Yachty’s Girlfriend Megan Denise’s Career

Scrolling through her Instagram handle, one thing is clear. She travels a lot.

From Atlanta all the way to Las Vegas, Nevada and beyond.

Her skimpy outfits may sometimes be work-related. Modeling for various brands is probably one of her major income generating ways.

Most of her pictures are mostly in swimsuit outfits or of her working out and hitting the gym.

Moreover, she also promotes various photography lines, makeup artists and brand hair products. These may occasionally include weaves, handbags and other boutique items.

On the other hand, there have been ongoing rumors of the model working as a stripper at some of the finest dance clubs.

Some of these include Las Angeles’ Ace of Diamond Club and Girl Collection Club in Las Vegas.

Some of her friends include the famous Boxer Floyd Mayweather who never seems to run out of money and Usher.

The model’s Instagram is full of pictures with the Boxer always clubbing and flaunting his cash.

The Instagram sensation seems like she does make a substantial amount owing to the expensive lifestyle she lives.

However, it is hard to tell as to how much Megan Denise makes annually nor is her net worth known. On the other hand, her boyfriend seems to be doing quite fine.

The trap artist has a current net worth of approximately $12.5 million. Born in Atlanta on August 23rd, 1997, he specialized in music straight after high school.

The artist calls his style of music as Bubblegum Trap. Some of his hit songs include Peek a Boo, Ice Tray and 1 Night.

Collaborations with famous artists like DRAM in the song Broccoli plunged him further into stardom.

Megan Denise’ Tattoos

Megan Denise showing her tattoos

One of the most remarkable things about the model or rather on the model is her tattoos.

As painful as it is getting just one, her whole body is covered in them. Stretching from both her arms to her back, straight through her cleavage to the top side of her belly and even on her butt cheeks.

I think it’s safe to say she has a butt load of tattoos.

One of the most noticeable Megan Denise’s tattoos of them all are the imprints of famous late rapper 2-Pac on her arm.

Others include roses, butterflies, and writings on her left chest.

Wiki-Bio, Age

Most of the model’s information is still in the wind with very little is known about her.

There is still no source of documentation on her bio and age. This will be updated just as her career progresses.

She became the talk of the industry in a controversial video of a kiss with the artist.

Megan Denise may have gotten worldwide recognition by dating Lil Yachty, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t have a career of her own.

Also, it’s difficult to determine her age, but she does look like she’s older than her bae, even with her cute freckles on. Her net worth and most of her bio are still unknown.

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