Lil Uzi Vert is an American hip hop artist and a singer. He is one of the highest-paid rappers and has millions of fans. Lil Uzi is one of the very few rappers in the world who has had multiple successful tours and has achieved several number singles.
Lil Uzi Vert Net Worth
Lil Uzi Vert has a net worth of $16 million and has achieved this massive net worth by being a successful rapper. In September 2017 and September 2018, Lil Uzi Vert managed to earn an astounding $20 million. He is one of the 20 highest-paid rappers in the world. The rapper earned massive success and earned 3.5 billion streaming views. He managed to achieve this net worth by achieving success in his music career. He has performed 76 live shows around the world.
Early Life
Lil Uzi Vert was born as Symere Woods in Francisville, North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 31, 1994. The rapper was inspired by singer Ying Yang Twins, Wiz Khalifa, Marilyn Manson, and Paramore. The rapper was in the tenth grade and started his rapping career after he prepared music with his classmate. They remade Chris Brown instrumental and released it later. He started a rap group with his two friends and the band was called Steaktown. Woods started working at a Bottom Dollar grocery store after he dropped out of school. He quit his job in four days and was kicked out of his house.
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Career
Woods changed his stage name to Lil Uzi Vert before he entered the world of rap. Woods released his debut album EP “Purple Thoughtz Vol 1.” The single “White Shit” became viral in 2017 and helped Woods to make an entry into the mainstream.
Woods was noticed by the producer Don Cannon after his album got released. Cannon signed a contract with Woods and he released his first mixtape, “The Real Uzi”, signed a record deal with a prominent record label Atlantic Records. The song featured Rich the Kid and it became popular.
Woods also released many songs on SoundCloud and his songs Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa’s “Boys of Summer” became popular instantly. He later released his mixtape, “Luv is Rage”, released on October 20, 2015, which made him the “breakout artist of 2015.
In 2019 Uzi released a single titled “Futsal Shuffle 2020″. His studio album “Eternal Atake” became a lot of success. The album debuted on top of the Billboard 200 and earned him a lot of success. Uzi collaborated on a remix of StaySoldRocky’s “Party Girl” and featured with another popular rapper on a joint project that was titled “Pluto x Baby Pluto.”
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Personal Life
Woods was in love with a fashion designer Brittany Byrd from 2014-2017. Byrd attended Parsons School of Design and moved to California to attend the school and this is where she met Woods. She was also a part of the music video “Money Longer.”
After rapper Lil Peep died, Uzi announced that he will not take drugs anymore. After another fellow rapper and his friend XXXTentacion died, Woods requested other rappers to build a foundation that is against gun violence.
