Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard (born August 17, 2003), known professionally as the Kid Laroi (stylised as The Kid LAROI), is an Australian singer-songwriter and rapper. He originally gained recognition from his association and friendship with American rapper Juice Wrld while he was on tour in Australia. He gained a local following before joining a partnership agreement with Lil Bibby's Grade A Productions and Columbia Records, and attained mainstream popularity in 2021 with his collaboration with Justin Bieber on "Stay", which charted globally at number 1 in numerous countries including his native Australia, Canada, the United States, and others. His debut mixtape, F*ck Love (2020), peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA Charts, making him the youngest Australian solo artist ever to reach the top of the chart, and also reached number one on the US Billboard 200. Additionally, Howard's songs "Without You" and its remix with Miley Cyrus, and his collaboration with Justin Bieber, "Stay", reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with the latter peaking at number one for seven non-consecutive weeks. He also claims that he does not have a single genre and enjoys making both rap and pop music. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Kid Laroi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
