Lil Uzi Vert is an American rapper. He was born in Philadelphia, in 1994, and began his rap career in 2010. He signed to Atlantic Records in 2015, and garnered a lot of music industry attention upon the release of his debut single, Money Longer, in 2016, which went on to be a double platinum selling track. Lil Uzi Vert cites Marilyn Manson as his ultimate inspiration, alongside Paramore, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West. His second studio album, Eternal Atake, was released in 2019. He is considered ‘one to watch’, and a future rising star.