Lil Yachty, born Miles Parks McCollum in Mableton, Georgia in 1997, came up on SoundCloud and helped define mid-2010s bubblegum trap with Lil Boat (2016). Then came Let's Start Here (2023), a psychedelic rock-and-funk left turn made with Magdalena Bay and MGMT that reset how people hear him. Dig into Lil Yachty vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Miles Parks McCollum, performing as Lil Yachty (and as Lil Boat in his earlier material), was born in Mableton, Georgia on August 23, 1997. He launched his recording career on SoundCloud in the mid-2010s and was signed to Quality Control Music. His distinctive red braided hairstyle and his early Lil Boat (2016) and Teenage Emotions (2017) mixtapes brought him commercial attention. He was widely cited as a defining figure in the bubblegum trap subgenre of the mid-2010s. His 2023 album Let's Start Here represented a creative pivot - a psychedelic rock-and-funk album produced largely by Magdalena Bay, MGMT, and Patrick Wimberly - that received critical reassessment of his work.
Lil Yachty's sound has spanned hip hop, trap, mumble rap, bubblegum trap, alternative hip hop, psychedelic rock, and pop, with progressive stylistic exploration. His foundational influence on the mumble rap and bubblegum trap movements of the mid-2010s is widely documented.
Quality Control, Capitol, and Motown pressings of the Lil Yachty catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Lil Yachty typically start with Let's Start Here (2023) or Lil Boat (2016).
