In 2015, Howard formed the duo "Dream$Team" with Adelaide rapper DJ Marcus Jr. In an interview with Triple J, Howard stated that the first rap name he gave himself was "FC6". Howard started out recording raps over beats on his mother's phone and uploading them to SoundCloud. It worked: he met and later collaborated with Swae Lee. His social engineering tactics paid off when he sent a female friend on a mission to play his music to Swae Lee in a hotel. I'd try to play my music and find different ways to meet them or get backstage". Howard detailed how he hustled to make it big outside of Australia by building international relationships and stated "I would go and wait outside hotel rooms for big artists that were coming to town. In 2019, hip-hop podcast No Jumper filmed a documentary of Howard and his friends in Redfern as they describe the area as a "ghetto". In a 2021 interview, he explained that his mother is his best friend and he wanted to help her through their tough financial situation, so he found a part-time job at a fruit store. During this period, his family lived in a Housing Commission building in Redfern and he drifted between friends' houses. In Sydney, Howard attended the Australian Performing Arts Grammar School on a scholarship, but he dropped out midway through year nine to pursue his international career. After leaving Broken Hill, Howard attended another private school, Sacred Heart College in Adelaide, for a period of time until he was bullied and his mother could not afford it anymore they moved back to Sydney in 2017. He attended a private school, Sacred Heart Parish School, where he was a house captain and won a speaking award. At the age of seven he moved to the rural town of Broken Hill in New South Wales and lived with his mother, brother and grandparents at the time. Howard said that sometimes his mother sold drugs to get by. When Howard's parents separated when he was four, his childhood became more chaotic. Howard attributes his inspiration to succeed to avoid a fate like his uncle and make him proud. Howard's father was not a consistent force in his life and his uncle became his father figure as a result. Howard's maternal great-great grandfather was a part of the Stolen Generation of children of mixed Aboriginal descent through this ancestor he is a Gamilaraay (or Kamilaroi) man, from which he derived his artistic name "Laroi". His mother, Sloane Howard, was a talent manager, record label founder and music executive of Aboriginal descent who once managed Popstars winner Scott Cain. His father, Nick Howard, is a music producer and sound engineer who has worked with Australian stars such as Bardot and Delta Goodrem. Howard was born on 17 August 2003 in Waterloo, New South Wales, in the inner south of Sydney. Laroi also claims that he does not have a single genre and he enjoys making both rap and pop music. Additionally, Howard's songs " Without You" and its remix with Miley Cyrus, and his collaboration with Justin Bieber, " Stay", reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with "Stay" peaking at number one for seven non-consecutive weeks. His debut mixtape, F*ck Love (2020), peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA Charts, making him the youngest Australian solo artist ever to reach the top of the chart, and also reached number one on the US Billboard 200. He gained a local following before joining a partnership agreement with Lil Bibby's Grade A Productions and Columbia Records, and attained mainstream popularity in 2021 with his collaboration with Justin Bieber on " Stay", which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He originally gained recognition from his association and friendship with American rapper Juice Wrld while he was on tour in Australia. Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard (born 17 August 2003), known professionally as the Kid Laroi (stylised as the Kid LAROI), is an Australian rapper, singer and songwriter.
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