Song:Highest in the Room
Album:Now That's What I Call Music! 73
Highest in the Room is one of two number one hits for rapper Travis Scott. The thing that's odd about this song is it looks like it was released by accident. So it can be tricky to find om an album. He was born Jacques Webster II Apr. 30, 1992 in Houston. His father played the drums and apparently his grandfather was a jazz musician though he is never identified. I don't think it's Ben Webster. So his father was especially opposed to Scott becoming a musician. So when he dropped out of University of Texas San Antonio to move to New York, he was cut off financially. He formed The Graduates with Chris Holloway and they released a 2008 EP on MySpace. Then he formed The Classmates with OG Chess and released a couple of EPs. Things weren't going well and eventually he moved to Los Angeles where rapper T.I. discovered him and signed him to his Grand Hustle label. He released his debut album Rodeo in 2015. The single Antidote was a top 20 hit. He released an album in 2016 and then the album Astroworld in 2018. Sicko Mode was Scott's first #1 hit. Meanwhile he started dating Kylie Jenner and she had a daughter with him in Feb. 2018. Then they split up Sept. 2019. And Highest in the Room was about their breakup. The song leaked out but Scott pulled it back. He wasn't going to release it. But the demand was so great that Scott had no choice. And then it topped the charts. It's his biggest hit to date. He released a remix on an EP by the collective JackBoys. But the original version is only available as a single. You can get it on the latest edition of the Now series. And it looks like Scott and Kylie have reconciled per People and TMZ. Scott will begin a tour next month and maybe he will record after that. Here's the video for Highest in the Room by Travis Scott.
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