Who is Travis Scott? What you need to know about Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend ahead of his super bowl performance

Scott will make his Super Bowl Halftime debut - what's he got planned?
Debut: US rapper Travis Scott
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Emma Powell1 February 2019
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Travis Scott is gearing up to join the likes of Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson with a Super Bowl LIII Halftime performance.

The US rapper, who is dating Kylie Jenner, will perform alongside Outkast rapper Big Boi and headliners Maroon 5, who will no doubt be bringing their moves like Jagger, as the Rams take on New England Patriots.

His involvement has been met with a fierce backlash by some while others are convinced his set will include a proposal to girlfriend Kylie Jenner.

Here’s everything you need to know:

Loved up: Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott at the Met Gala
Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Who is Travis Scott?

Three time Grammy-nominated Scott, real name Jacques Berman Webster II, is an American rapper and producer who signed his first major-label deal in 2012. He dropped two mix tapes before releasing his debut album Rodeo in September 2015. He followed it up with Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight a year later and the hotly anticipated Astroworld in August 2018.

He is famed for hits including SICKO MODE, Antidote and Goosebumps and also curated the soundtrack for NBA 2K19.

What’s Travis Scott’s net worth?

Scott is said to be worth around $8 million – which is no small sum – but is completely gazumped by girlfriend Jenner’s close-to $1 billion fortune.

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Why is Travis Scott’s Super Bowl performance controversial?

Fans are divided over Scott’s participation in the annual event after thousands called for artists to boycott the event in support of Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who refused to stand to protest racial injustices.

Scott agreed to perform providing the NFL donate to Dream Corps. He also claimed to have called Kaepernick to explain his decision – but Kaepernick’s girlfriend later slammed the alleged call on Twitter, posting a screenshot of the definition of “sell out”.

How did Travis and Kylie Jenner get together?

Neither Scott nor Jenner can remember when they first met, but they had mutual friends, and hung out at Coachella in April 2017 which marked the start of their relationship. Speaking in their tell-all GQ interview Jenner said the festival wasn’t a first date but a “hang that went well”.

Jenner’s best friend Jordyn Woods said the pair had immediate chemistry, with Jenner spontaneously joining Scott on tour after Coachella.

She told GQ: “He said, ‘I’m going back on tour — what do we want to do about this?’ Because we obviously liked each other. And I was like, ‘I guess I'm going with you’.”

How many kids do Travis and Kylie have?

The pair welcomed their first child, daughter Stormi, on February 1 2018. They announced the news in a homemade video which documented their relationship and her pregnancy, as well as marking her return to the spotlight having shunned it for nine months.

The designer-clothes-owning tot proved she is following in the footsteps of her dad after Jenner shared a video of Stormi dancing, and attempting to sing along, to Scott’s concert.

Daddy: Travis Scott's daughter Stormi Webster
Instagram / Travis Scott

Will Travis Scott propose to Kylie Jenner at the Super bowl?

Jenner frequently refers to Scott as her husband, which has led some to believe the high profile couple have secretly tied the knot. They managed to keep their baby news secret – well sort of – so it would come as no surprise if their nuptials were super private.

But others are convinced he’ll pop the question during the big game with many claiming he’ll follow in his potential future-brother-in-law Kanye West’s footsteps. The US rapper asked Kim Kardashian to marry him in 2013 by shutting down San Francisco’s AT&T Stadium and hiring an orchestra to play as he flashed up the words “PLEEEASE MARRY MEEE!!!”

Sunday, February 3 – or Super Bowl Sunday – was also the day the couple announced the birth of their daughter and Scott recently told Rolling Stone: “We’ll get married soon.

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