The Untold Truth Of Travis Scott

Posted by Reinaldo Massengill on Friday, May 3, 2024

Travis Scott may be a great name, but it's not the star's real name. He was born as Jacques Berman Webster II, which Cosmopolitan has decided "is the best e-v-e-r, so congrats to his mom, Wanda, and his dad, Jacques (yep, it runs in the fam)." The mag also pointed out that the rapper mentioned his new name in "Pray 4 Love." Surely you heard him inform the song's listeners: "Let me tell the lost tale about Jacques / Let me tell you how I turned Scott." Indeed, Jacques Webster apparently wasn't the kind of moniker that reflects the vibe that the rapper was aiming for.

Instead, Scott opted for his stage name which comes from another family member. "My uncle's name is Travis. He was like my favorite uncle. My favorite relative," the star told Grantland. Explaining that he "looked up to" his uncle, Scott said that the older man "always just had swag" and "was just smart," saying that he "always made good decisions, good business decisions."

As for the latter part of his stage name, the rapper again owes that to his uncle. "Scott ... was his nickname," he told Complex. I was, like, man, if I wanted to be a rapper I wanted to be this n****. He has this ill-a** crib, is fresh as hell, has all this land. N**** is smooth. Travis is smooth. I've always been smooth."

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