Who is Playboi Carti?
Playboi Carti is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and model. He is recognized for his experimental music style, mumbled lyrics, gothic fashion, and mysterious public persona. He has released many popular albums, singles, and mixtapes in the course of his career. Some of his popular albums and singles include “Magnolia”, “Die It”, “Whole Lotta Red”, and “Like This”.
Playboi Carti is also referred to by other nicknames like “Sir Cartier”, “Cash Carti”, “Young Carti” and “King Vamp”.
Playboi Carti’s real name is Jordan Terrell Carter. He was born on September 13, 1996, in Riverdale, Georgia, United States. He is 26 years old as of October 2022. He was brought up in a middle-class family in Georgia, United States.
About Playboi Carti’s parents
Playboi Carti was born in Riverdale, Georgia, the United States to his parents – Terrell Carter (father) and Mrs Carter (mother). He is the last of two children. He grew up in Fairburn, Georgia, United States. His father worked in a private company while his mother is a housewife.
About Playboi Carti’s father – Terrell Carter
Playboi Carti’s father, Terell Carter worked in a private company. He has always been a loving and caring father who wholly supported his son’s career. He got married to Mrs Carter (Playboi Carti’s mom) in the early 1990s. There is no information about his birth year and early life.
About Playboi Carti’s mother – Mrs Carter
According to reports, Playboi Carti’s mom, Mrs Carter is a housewife. She got married to Terrell Carter (Playboi Carti’s father) in the early 1990s. There is no information regarding her early life and background.
About Playboi Carti’s siblings
Information about Playboi Carti’s siblings is not available online at this time. The rapper likes to keep his family life private. However, in his single, “Die4guy”, the Playboi Carti raps about a Reggie Carter who he refers to as his brother, and how he wanted to be like him.
He said:
I wanted to be just like my brother, he was sellin’ drugs (What?)
I wanted to be just like my brother, he a damn thug (What?)
Reggie Carter, Reggie (Yeah)
That’s my brother (What?)
Jordan Carter, Carti (What?)
I’m your brother
About Playboi Carti’s education
Playboi attended North Springs Chater High School in Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. He skipped classes regularly to work on his music or to go to his job at H&M and, as a result, he barely managed to graduate from High School. He got into a lot of trouble as a youth and he never got the chance to pursue a higher level of education.
Playboi Carti’s wiki profile
Full Name | Jordan Terrell Carter |
Nicknames | Sir Cartier, Cash Carti, Yung Carti, and King Vamp |
Place of Birth | Riverdale, Georgia, United States |
Date of birth | September 13, 1996 |
Age | 26 years old |
Nationality | American |
Career | Rapper, Singer, Songwriter and Model |
Height | 5″6 |
Marital Status | Single |
Parents | Terrell Carter (Father) Mrs Carter (Mother) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | North Springs Chater High School |
@playboicarti |
How Playboi Carti started his career
Before getting into the rap scene, Playboi Carti had dreamt of becoming an NBA star to try and make something of himself. He began rapping under the name Sir Cartier in 2011 and later changed it to Playboi Carti in 2013. He started uploading his songs on SoundCloud in 2011. Three years later, after a meeting with American producer Ethereal, Playboi joined Awful Records. Once he decided to pursue music full-time, he relocated to New York. While in New York, he got introduced to American rapper A$AP Rocky.
In 2015, Playboi began to gain popularity for some of his singles including “Broke Boi” and “Fetti” both of which were published on SoundCloud. He collaborated with other artists in Atlanta’s underground rap scene including Lil Yachty, UnoTheActivist, Yung Bans, and others. He started going on tours with rappers like ASAP Ferg and Lil Uzi Vert right after he signed a new deal with Interscope Records. He released his debut mixtape in 2017 and his second album “Whole Lotta Red” in 2018.
Aside from being an artist, Playboi is also a model. The rapper has walked the runway for Louis Vuitton, Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 5, VFiles, and Drake’s OVO Lookbook. Playboi Carti has a clothing line called “Narcissist” with collections that include hats, hoodies with mugshots printed on them, bomber jackets, sleeveless tees, and tank tops. He claims the clothing line is all about “being the best you”.
He said in a statement:
This is our lifestyle. When I wake up, this is already in me and it’s already in a lot of people. It’s all about being yourself and just expressing your feelings through clothing.
Playboi Carti’s marriage and wedding
As of the time of publishing this article (October 2022), rapper Playboi Carti is not married and does not have a wife. The 26-year-old rapper has never been married. He was formerly in a live-in relationship with Australian singer Iggy Azalea in 2018 and they have a son together. However, they ended their relationship in 2020 after Playboi allegedly cheated.
List of Playboi Carti’s girlfriends
Playboi Carti has been linked to several female celebrities over the years. His dating history is quite long (for his age) and includes Iggy Azalea, Blac Chyna, Brandi Marion, Rubi Rose Benton, and more. Below is a list of the women Playboi has dated in the past.
- Playboi Carti was in a relationship with Rubi Rose Benton in 2014.
- Playboi Carti was in a relationship with Justine Skye in 2016.
- Playboi Carti was in a relationship with Jordyn Woods in 2017.
- Playboi Carti hooked up with television personality Alexis Skyy in 2017.
- Playboi Carti was in a brief relationship with American model Blac Chyna in 2017.
- Playboi Carti was in a relationship with Iggy Azalea in 2019.
- Playboi Carti was in a relationship with Brandi Marion in 2020.
- Playboi Carti was rumoured to be in a relationship with Rosalia in 2021.
About Playboi Carti’s relationship with Rubi Rose
Rubi Rose Benton is an American rapper, songwriter, and model. She was born on October 2, 1997, in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. She is 25 years old as of October 2022.
Playboi Carti and Rubi Rose met in 2014 via mutual friends during the early stage of Playboi’s career. They were friends for a year before they started dating. The couple had a great relationship, but there was a time they got into a crazy argument and Playboi fired a gun at Rubi.
In an interview on VLADTV in 2019, Rubi Rose explained that Playboi loves shooting out of the balcony of her house in Atlanta. Then one day, he shot at her after she hid his phone to prevent him from leaving the house.
She said:
Me and him were crazy…we got into a little argument because I hid his phones before his flight and it just was like, we were outside, it wasn’t directly at me, it was more like in the vicinity…it wasn’t even like a big deal.
They later broke up in 2017 and Playboi Carti moved on to date Iggy Azalea. Rubi Rose stated in an interview on “No Jumper” that she wouldn’t be where she is in life today if she had remained in a relationship with Playboi Carti.
She said:
I got to keep it moving. If I was still with him, I wouldn’t be where I am right now. I have to think about it like that…I was just so in love. I was so in love.
About Playboi Carti’s relationship with Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea is an Australian rapper and former model. She was born on June 7, 1990, in Ryde Hospital, Sydney, Australia. She is 32 years old as of October 2022.
Playboi Carti and Iggy first linked up in September 2018. They later moved in together in their Buckhead Mansion in Atlanta, United States. After dating for almost a year, there were speculations that Playboi had proposed to Iggy Azalea after she posted a photo of a ring on her Instagram story in July 2019.
In December 2019, Iggy announced that she was six months pregnant. Although reports claim the 32-year-old rapper gave birth to her son Onyx Kelly in April 2020, Iggy did not reveal the birth of her son until June 2020.
In October 2020, a few months after the birth of their son, Iggy Azalea took to her Instagram page to confirm the end of her relationship with Playboi Carti. While she was being vocal about the state of their relationship, Playboi chose to maintain his silence. In December 2020, Iggy Azalea took to Twitter to blast Playboi for cancelling his Christmas plans with his son and was allegedly hanging out with Brandi Marion at his album release party.
A few days after Christmas, Iggy explained on Twitter that she and Playboi spoke and already worked things out for the good of their child. Playboi Carti also posted some videos and photos of him and his son on Twitter to prove that he isn’t an absentee father. As of October 2022, Iggy Azalea is rumoured to be in a relationship with Canadian rapper Tory Lanez.
About Playboi Carti’s relationship with Brandi Marion
Brandi Marion is an American model and social media personality. She was born on May 18, 1999, in Marietta, Georgia, United States. She is 23 years old as of October 2022.
In 2020, Playboi Carti was accused of seeing Brandi Marion while his then-girlfriend Iggy Azalea was pregnant with his son. Brandi denied being involved with the rapper but later admitted that the two have been seeing each other for a while. Later on, a video of Iggy Azalea yelling at Brandi Marion as she is being kicked out of Iggy and Playboi’s Buckhead Mansion started circulating online.
On December 25, 2020, Brandi responded to the allegations of coming between Iggy and Playboi Carti via her Instagram page, saying;
I’m not a homewrecker. I would never knowingly be with someone that is in a relationship.
She went ahead to describe how the two met in May 2020, claiming Playboi Carti had told her he was single and had a son. Then she ended her statement with “That’s the truth, take it how you will”.
About Playboi Carti’s relationship with Rosalia
Rosalia is a Spanish singer and songwriter. She was born on September 25, 1992, in the University General Hospital of Catalonia, Spain. She is 30 years old as of October 2022.
Playboi Carti and Rosalia sparked dating rumours in April 2021 after they were spotted having dinner at the famous Italian joint “Giorgio Baldi”. According to reports, the pair hopped into a car together after leaving the restaurant, all the while trying to avoid public attention. Interestingly, the two never addressed the dating rumours. As of October 2022, Rosalia is in a relationship with Puerto-Rican rapper Rauw Alejandro.
Playboi Carti’s children
- Onyx Kelly
As of October 2022, Playboi Carti is the proud father of one child – a son named Onyx Kelly who was birthed by his then-girlfriend Iggy Azalea. Onyx Kelly was born on April 28, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. He is 2 years old as of October 2022.
Playboi Carti’s net worth
As of 2022, Playboi Carti has an estimated net worth of around $10.5 million. His main sources of income include his career as a rapper and model and his business engagements.