LUV IS RAGE 2
Billboard 200 (one week), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (five weeks), Top Rap Albums (five weeks)
“XO TOUR LLIF3”
Rap Streaming Songs (one week), R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs (one week)
The 2016 mega-viral hit “Bad and Boujee,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in January, didn't just catapult Migos to superstardom -- it shone a spotlight on a singular Philadelphia rapper who used his first four featured bars to yelp, “Yah!” Lil Uzi Vert, 23, was already an underground star for his mixtapes, where he emotively sing-raps about love and fame over woozy beats, but he became a hitmaker in February with “XO Tour Llif3,” a brooding track marked by the refrain, “Push me to the edge/All my friends are dead.” In September, debut album Luv Is Rage 2 launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, cementing his place among rap’s most vital new voices. For Atlantic chairman/COO Julie Greenwald, the allure is clear: “Whatever he’s feeling, he takes you on the journey with him.”
