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Birth name | Javarri Latre Walker [1] |
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Born | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | June 13, 2000
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Years active | 2016–present |
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Children | 1 |
Website | www |
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Penalty | Pending (as of August 21, 2024) |
Date apprehended | June 30, 2022 |
Javarri Latre Walker (born June 13, 2000), known professionally as Hotboii (often stylized as H O T B O I I or HOTBOII), is an American rapper from Orlando, Florida. His 2020 single, "Don't Need Time" received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and spawned a remix featuring American rapper Lil Baby. He signed with Geffen Records, Interscope Records and Rebel Music, in conjunction with Hitmaker Music Group and 22 Entertainment to release three studio albums: Double O Baby (2020), Life of a Hotboii (2021), and Blinded by Death (2022)—the latter of which entered the Billboard 200. [2]
Javarri Latre Walker was born on June 13, 2000, in Orlando, Florida, growing up in the Pine Hills neighborhood on the westside of Orlando as one of 17 siblings. [3] He listened to artists such as Lil Wayne, Rich Homie Quan and Kodak Black. [2] He began rapping at the age of seven and began releasing music in 2016 with the help of his mother, [4] [5] beginning by uploading music onto SoundCloud and YouTube. [6]
Walker served two years in a juvenile detention program from 2016 to 2018 for breaking and entering. [2] [5] It was during this time that he decided to take his career more seriously, further developing his songwriting while in juvenile detention. [5] [6]
Just before his incarceration, Walker had begun to receive some attention locally for his song "Switcharoo". [5] After his release in 2018, he began further pursuing a recording career, publishing his first music video in September of that year for his song "Life of a Dog". [7] In 2019, he released the single "YG's", a "detailed walk through [his] experiences and survival tactics in the street" that quickly gained traction. [2] [8] He began 2020 by securing features from Stunna 4 Vegas ("4PF Like Baby") and Rylo Rodriguez ("Sick of Cell") before releasing his breakout single "Don't Need Time" on April 27. [5] Written in memory of his recently deceased friend Wolph, the piano-driven track was notably slower-paced and more self-reflective than his previous songs. [5] In five months it accumulated more than nine million streams on Spotify and 24 million YouTube views on its music video, which was shot at Wolph's funeral. [5] On August 25, a remix featuring Lil Baby was released along with a new music video that addressed the theme of police brutality following the killing of another one of Hotboii's friends, Salaythis Melvin, by an Orange County sheriff's deputy earlier that month. [5] [9] [10] "Don't Need Time" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in April 2021 and Platinum in July 2022. [11]
Hotboii released his first mixtape, Kut Da Fan On, on May 22, 2020. [4] It included previous singles such as "Don't Need Time", "YG's", and "Goat Talk", and guest appearances from Florida-based rappers including Plies, LPB Poody, Rico Cartel and 438 Tok. Many of its songs were written during his time served in the juvenile detention program. [12] Pitchfork noted how he "came into his own by polishing his blend of painful street tales and witty punchlines" on the project, [13] while Audiomack called it "41 hyper-realistic and melodic minutes of contemporary hip-hop goodness." [12] After releasing further music videos, he secured a guest feature from Chicago rapper Polo G on "Goat Talk 2", a follow-up to the original which became among his most popular songs.
He signed with Interscope Records, Geffen Records, and Jay Rebel's Rebel Music to release his debut studio album, Double O Baby on December 22. [14] It contained guest features from Lil Mosey, Toosii and Pooh Shiesty. [15] Expanding on the theme from his previous project, songs such as "Police Brutality", "Malcolm X" and "Problems (No Rights)" addressed social issues which faced the African-American community, in context of that year's George Floyd protests and specifically his friend Salaythis Melvin's killing by police. [16] Elevator Mag praised his "masterful flow and soul-baring storytelling" on the album. [15] Later that month, he performed on the Rolling Loud 's Home for the Holidaze livestream, headlined by Rick Ross. [17]
Following the February 2021 release of "Fuck Shit", Hotboii returned on May 28 with the single and music video for "Nobody Special", featuring Future. Hotboii was scheduled to perform at Rolling Loud Miami from July 23 to 25, 2021. [18]
On July 29, 2022, Hotboii released his third studio album, Blinded By Death. It contained higher-profile guest appearances from Lil Uzi Vert, Big30, and Kodak Black, with "Nobody Special" serving as its lead single. The album debuted at number 89 on the Billboard 200, marking his first project to appear on mainstream music charts. Shortly after its release, he was incarcerated once more due to legal circumstances which remain unbeknownst to the public. He returned in October of the following year with the single "N.A.S.A.", a single with frequent collaborator and record producer ATL Jacob. [19]
Walker was arrested on July 12, 2021 on charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering. [20] He was booked at the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando and his bond was revoked. [21] [22]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US [23] | US Heat. | ||
Double O Baby |
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Life Of A Hotboii [25] |
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Blinded By Death [27] |
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Title | Mixtape details | Peak chart positions |
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US Heat. [28] | ||
Kut Da Fan On |
| 5 |
Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
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"Inda Booth" [29] | 2016 | Non-album singles | |
"Ping Pong" [30] (with LPD Poody) | 2019 | ||
"In A Cell" [31] | Kut Da Fan On | ||
"Go Up" [32] | |||
"4Pf Like Baby" [33] (featuring Stunna 4 Vegas) | 2020 | Non-album singles | |
"Goat Talk" [34] (solo or featuring Polo G) | Kut Da Fan On | ||
"Sick Of Cell" [35] (featuring Rylo Rodriguez) | Non-album singles | ||
"Where the Love" [36] (featuring 438 Tok) | Kut Da Fan On | ||
"They Don't Know" [37] | |||
"Don't Need Time" [38] (solo or featuring Lil Baby) | |||
"Left Lonely" [40] | Double O Baby | ||
"How It Go" [41] (with Slatt Zy) | East Lake Projects | ||
"War Ready (Remix)" [42] (with DaDa1k) | Non-album singles | ||
"Dim" [43] | |||
"Police Brutality" [44] | Double O Baby | ||
"No Limit" [45] | |||
"Menace" [46] | |||
"Fuck Shit" [47] | 2021 | Non-album singles | |
"Cheese" [48] (with Mike Smiff) | |||
"Nobody Special" [49] (with Future) | Life Of A Hotboii | ||
"Oath" [50] | Non-album singles | ||
"One In A Million" [51] | |||
"All The Opps" [52] | Life Of A Hotboii | ||
"Never Say Never" [53] | |||
"Doctor" [54] (featuring Lil Tjay) | |||
"Offset" [55] | |||
"Lately" [56] | 2022 | Non-album singles | |
"All I Know" [57] | |||
"WTF" [58] | Blinded By Death | ||
"Rich How I'm Dyin" [59] | |||
"Live Life Die Faster" [60] (with Kodak Black) | |||
"Tell Me Bout It" [61] | |||
"Over Again" [62] | Blinded By Death (Deluxe) | ||
"Block Lit" [63] (with Lil 50) | Non-album singles |
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