Lil Yachty from America is popular for writing and singing rap songs.  Lil Yachty is one of the youngest rappers who got recognization in the year 2015. He achieved fame with his first chartbuster singles ‘Minnesota’ and ‘One Night’. His debut mixtape gained the attention of many producers and hip-hop recording artist. Let us discover the hidden facts about this young artist.

Early Life

Miles Parks McCollum aka Lil Yachty was brought into this world on the 23rd of August in the year 1997. His provenance is Mableton, Georgia. His childhood was spent listening to Drake who was a rapper from Canada. Lil was enrolled at the Alabama State University but he quitted the studies for focusing on music. It was in the year 2015 that Lil adopted the name Yachty for himself. To establish himself as a rapper, he shifted from Atlanta to New York City. There in New York, Lil was welcomed and sheltered by his friend. During his stay there, Lil got employed at McDonald’s to support himself. In the remaining time, Lil used to develop contacts with the local fashion individualities. He developed a good fan following on Instagram.

Personal

Lil is single as of now. Before attaining fame, Lil was caught in a credit card deceit in Florida. He was later apprehended from the Palm Beach area along with one more person. A bail bond valuing $11,000 was released. Later, when Lil achieved fame, he opened up on this and stated that all his previous convictions have been eradicated. His assumption was based on the fact that he was a teen while doing the crime.

In the year 2016, Lil went on to endorse Bernie Sanders for the presidential elections. He was moved after seeing the leader’s commitment to the civil rights march.

Lil Age and Other Figures

Lil is 22 years old as of now. He is 1.80 m tall and weighs around 73 kg.

Career

Lil got his big break out of the blue. His song ‘One Night’ was used in one of the viral videos in the year 2015. Though the video was humorous, many people got stuck on the song and were wondering about its singer. It was when Lil gained recognization and people were inquisitive to hear more from him. In the year 2016, Lil got the opportunity to make his debut as a fashion model. He did modeling for the Yeezy fashion line which is owned by Kanye West. The same year, Lil created a new mixtape named Lil Boat comprising of the song that changed his fortune ‘One Night’. This was the beginning of Lil’s outstanding career. Many established music artists and rappers developed a keen interest in working with Lil.

This was when Lil got associated with DRAM and they jointly created the song ‘Broccoli’. This song opened on the number 5 position in the Billboard’s Top 100. Thereafter, Lil went into working with the famous rapper of that period Chance. Lil created his second mixtape Summer Songs 2 exactly after a year of his first mixtape release. This album leveraged from the earlier accomplishment. Later, Lil allied with rhymers such as Tee Grizzley and Kyle.

Lil’s first studio major album ‘Teenage Emotions’ was launched in the year 2017. It was an instant hit and stood on the 5th position on the Billboard Top 200. By now, Lil had established himself in the music industry. Lil was looked upon by many artists such as Diplo, Grace, Stefflon Don, and Migos as a young talent. Lil managed to convince these well-known’s to share the space with him for his first album. A total of three promotional singles were launched concurrently with the album. The first promotional video was entitled ‘Harley’. The second was ‘Bring It Back’ and the ‘X Men’ was the third.

‘Bubblegum Trap’ is what Lil refers to his style as. He has tested sounds from Charlie Brown, Mario Bros, and took the themes from Rugrats in his songs. The production of his songs is handled by TheGoodPerry who is Lil’s friend. Lil was quickly climbing the ladder to success and he proved this in the year 2018. He created his next studio album Lil Boat 2. Though the album got miscellaneous critiques, it stood second on the list of Billboard Top 200. Around 64,000 units were sold. In the same year, Lil joined the renowned pop music band Ocean Park Standoff for the song ‘If You Were Mine’.

2019 was a relaxation year for Lil. With the highest regard, Lil announced in the year 2020. He revealed his upcoming studio album Lil Boat 3. It would be released in the latter part of the year. He dropped the single ‘Oprah’s Bank Account’ which featured Drake. He was the same Drake whom Lil idolized since the springtime of his life. Lil has also paired with several musicians such as Lil Keed and Lil Gotit along with producer Zaytoven. Collectively, they launched the project A-Team. This project comprised of 10 songs. It was headed by single tracks such as Accomplishments, Drip Jacker, Hightop Shoes.

He also shared the screen with Carly Rae Jepsen for promoting Target. His partnership with Chef Boyardee was an extraordinary one. Lil along with Donny Osmond created a fresh theme song ‘Start the Par-dee’ for Chef Boyardee.

Lil Yachty’s Net Worth

In the year 2018, Lil signed a deal with the famous E-Sports team Faze Clan. Several conjecturing commodity deals for the future were in the queue. Since he collaborated with Yeezy, Lil has remained active as a fashion model. Later, he was approached by fashion brands such as Adidas, Sprite, Target, Nautica, and Urban fitters.

Lil’s income is through music sales, shows and streams, and the endorsement he does. It is believed that Lil charges as much as $100,000 for each show. Adding to this is the criteria of the guest verse, where he commands around $35,000. His music is constantly streaming on all channels and the views have crossed the 500 million mark. This yields some big amounts for Lil.

Lil’s net worth is predicted to be around $8,000,000 ($8 million) to date.

Looking at Lil’s, he is still in his 20’s which means he has a long way to go. People are predicting him to be the next Jay Z for the coming generation.