Future voices his praise of Wade's musical influence and instruction, calling him the "mastermind" behind his sound. His first cousin, record producer and Dungeon Family member Rico Wade, encouraged him to sharpen his writing skills and pursue a career as a rapper, which could also be used to create temporary respite from street life. He received the name "Future" because he was nicknamed "The Future" by his group members. He attended Columbia High School in Decatur.įuture began his career under the name "Meathead" while performing as one of the members of the musical collective The Dungeon Family. Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn was born on November 20, 1983, in Atlanta, Georgia. Among the best selling musicians, Future's accolades include 2 Grammy Awards. He released the full-length collaborative projects Super Slimey (2017) with Young Thug, Wrld on Drugs (2018) with Juice Wrld, and Pluto x Baby Pluto (2020) with Lil Uzi Vert. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance, while its parent album received a nomination for Best Rap Album.įuture released the mixtapes Beast Mode (with Zaytoven), 56 Nights, and What a Time to Be Alive (with Drake) in 2015 the latter included the song " Jumpman". His ninth studio album, I Never Liked You (2022), spawned his second number-one hit, " Wait for U" (featuring Drake and Tems), which became his first chart-topping single as a lead artist. In 2021, Future achieved his first number-one single on the Hot 100 after a record-breaking 125 entries after featuring with Young Thug on Drake's " Way 2 Sexy". Future's eponymous fifth album and its successor Hndrxx (both 2017) made him the first artist in history to debut two albums in consecutive weeks atop the US Billboard 200 the former contained the international hits " Used to This" (featuring Drake) and " Mask Off".Īfter departing A1, Future released the albums The Wizrd (2019) and High Off Life (2020), which featured the RIAA certified Diamond single " Life Is Good" (featuring Drake). He then achieved critical and commercial success with DS2 (2015) and its singles " Fuck Up Some Commas" and " Where Ya At" (featuring Drake), and followed it up with Evol (2016) and its lead single " Low Life" (featuring The Weeknd). īorn and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Future signed a recording contract with A1 Recordings and Epic Records in 2011, and released the albums Pluto (2012) and Honest (2014), which contained the platinum singles " Turn On the Lights", " Honest", " Move That Dope" (featuring Pharrell Williams and Pusha T), and " I Won" (featuring Kanye West). Due to the sustained contemporary popularity of his musical style, he is commonly regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation. Known for his mumble-styled vocals and prolific output, Future is considered a pioneer of the use of melody and auto-tune in modern trap music. On the other hand, Kanye West has embraced the trend, making the song “I Love It” with Lil Pump and “Panda” with the nearly incomprehensible rapper Desiigner.Nayvadius DeMun Cash ( né Wilburn born November 20, 1983), better known by the stage name Future, is an American rapper. Snoop Dogg impersonates today’s "rap" from videos While some regard mumble rap as an exciting evolution of hip-hop, rappers such as Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and J.Cole have taken issue with it, dunking on the subgenre and its most famous artists. Mumble rap songs are also known for their ad-libs, such as “Aye” or “Yuh,” which are improvised background vocals repeated throughout the song.
Mumble rap is characterized by unintelligible and repetitive lyrics usually pertaining to money, women, and drugs. Artists synonymous with mumble rap include Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi Vert, and Playboi Carti, who bragged in a song that he “bought a crib for mama” off the money he made mumble rapping.
While the seeds of mumble rap were planted by artists such as Lil Wayne, Future, Chief Keef, Migos and Young Thug, the term is most commonly used to describe a newer generation of rappers, the majority of which found fame by releasing their music on Soundcloud.
Mumble rap is a controversial form of hip-hop that emerged in the early 2010s.
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