The situation led to Woods getting their first face tattoo, the word 'Faith' under their hairline, which provoked them to take their rap career seriously. Woods dropped out of school and soon started working at a Bottom Dollar store, but they quit after four days and were kicked out of their home by their mother. Woods, Aston and another friend created a rap group, Steaktown, which broke up when Woods was 17. Woods began rapping in tenth grade, calling themself a 'regular kid, I didn't really wanna rap', after hearing classmate William Aston freestyle over a remade Chris Brown instrumental.

They also began listening to Marilyn Manson, Paramore, Smash Mouth, The Rocket Summer, Simian, My Chemical Romance, and The All-American Rejects when they were 13 years old, and have said they are a 'big Marilyn Manson fan' and called Mechanical Animals their favorite album. Woods later began listening to Wiz Khalifa and Meek Mill, who influenced their future style. They grew up listening to Mike Jones and Ying Yang Twins Jones' debut album was the first album they purchased. Symere Woods was born July 31, 1995, in North Philadelphia's Francisville neighborhood. Eternal Atake, like Luv Is Rage 2, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Their second studio album, Eternal Atake (2020), was among the most anticipated albums in contemporary trap and rap when it was finally released following years' worth of delays. At the 2018 Grammy Awards, Lil Uzi Vert was nominated for Best New Artist. ' XO Tour Llif3' acted as the lead single to Lil Uzi Vert's debut studio album Luv Is Rage 2 (2017), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). They later secured their first top ten single with ' XO Tour Llif3', which won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer. After releasing two additional mixtapes in 20, including one in collaboration with Gucci Mane, Lil Uzi Vert was featured on the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping Migos' single ' Bad and Boujee'. the World (2016), which also contained the song ' You Was Right'. The song would act as the lead single for the subsequent mixtape Lil Uzi Vert vs. Lil Uzi Vert attracted mainstream attention following the release of their debut single ' Money Longer' in 2016. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Lil Uzi Vert gained initial recognition following the release of the commercial mixtape Luv Is Rage (2015), which led to a recording contract with Atlantic Records, to whom they signed under DJ Drama's Generation Now imprint. They are characterized by their facial tattoos, facial piercings, eccentric hairstyles and androgynous fashion, imagery built on a melodic approach to trap. Symere Bysil Woods ( / s aɪ ˈ m ɪər/ sy- MEER born July 31, 1995), known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.

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