Travis Scott Says He And Kylie Jenner Aren't Married Yet — But It'll Happen 'Soon'
Very few people had a higher end 2018 than
Travis Scott. The 26-year-old rapper's third album,
Astroworld, hit No. 1, propelled by the song-of-the-year contender "
Sicko Mode," featuring Drake. He threw a hometown festival in Houston where carnival rides were just as integral to efficiency because the music, and took those mechanical feats on tour with him. His girlfriend (
or wife?), Kylie Jenner,
gave birth to their daughter, Stormi.
It only makes sense that the artist's year would conclude with a probing new
Rolling Stone cover story, where he makes sure to spend serious time talking about his love for Jenner, an avowed fan of both Tim Burton and Wes Anderson movies. "Me, I hate cameras," Scott says. "I don't like people in my corporation. Going into a situation like that, you'd think it could be a whole public fest. You never know. 'Maybe she's into all of the photographs, or worried about this and that.' And then you realize motherfuckers is typical as possible. I realized what really mattered to her, which is none of this shit. She's the coolest motherfucker of all time."
In it, he talks about originally hoping Stormi could be a boy and the subsequent elation that came from becoming a father nonetheless. ("Life is fire, bro," he says.) There's a good scene where he nearly crashes his Lamborghini attempting to meet Jenner before she takes off on a plane. (He makes it; they eat pizza.) His inner circle remains close, including a videographer named White Trash Tyler along with a high-school friend, who recollects Scott "freestyling, clowning, roasting on everybody at the cafeteria lunch tables." It's vivid.
The piece is centered around a visit Scott makes back to Houston, to his grandmother's home. He talks about letting fans rush up onstage any time while he plays, something he says he does to honor his brother, Marcus, an enormous music fan with autism. "I bring these kids up out of heart, because I know my brother would freak the fuck out if one of his preference artists invited him up," Scott says. "I'm thinking of Marcus every time."
And because it's 2018, he talks briefly about
Kanye West in light of his mentor's wild, potentially toxic year supporting President Trump: "He's certainly hit me up about it, and I've instructed him, 'Man, you got kids looking up to you, feel me?'"
There's also a fantastic nugget revealing James Harden contacted Scott's manager to be able to see if they could push back Scott's headlining set at Astroworld Fest so he may visualize it right following the Rockets game that night. (He made it for "Sicko Mode.") And certainly, there's talk about what's next in his relationship with Jenner, to whom he says he's certainly not wedded yet: "We'll get wedded soon. I just gotta sturdy up — I gotta suggest in a fire way."
Read the complete story and take the ride
over at Rolling Stone.
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