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My Take
Lil Yachty is one of the most fascinating shape-shifters in modern hip-hop. He broke out as the red-braided, bubbly face of the SoundCloud era with Lil Boat, and a lot of people wrote him off as a novelty back then. Then he flipped the script entirely with Let's Start Here, a genuinely ambitious psych-rock pivot that earned real critical respect. That willingness to evolve, to risk alienating his original fans for the sake of artistic curiosity, is what makes him worth following. He's also become a tastemaker and producer, quietly more influential than his goofy image suggests.
Overview
Lil Yachty (born Miles Parks McCollum, August 23, 1997) is an American rapper, singer, and producer from Mableton, Georgia. He rose to prominence in the mid-2010s with the mixtape Lil Boat and the viral hit 'One Night,' becoming a leading figure in the melodic, lo-fi 'SoundCloud rap' wave. He later expanded his sound dramatically with the 2023 psychedelic album Let's Start Here.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lil Yachty
- Name (Japanese)
- リル・ヨッティ
- Reading
- りる・よってぃ
- Born
- August 23, 1997 (age 28)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Mableton, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Rapper / Singer / Songwriter / Music producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Alabama State University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.