the kid laroi

Intro Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard[6] was born on 17 August 2003[7] in Waterloo, New South Wales, in the inner south of Sydney.[8] He has one brother, Austin Howard.[9] His father, Nick Howard, briefly pursued a recording career and signed with executive Simon Cowell, but later shifted into production and engineering work for Australian acts such as Bardot and Delta Goodrem. His mother, Sloane Howard, was a talent manager and record executive of Aboriginal and European descent, who once managed Popstars winner Scott Cain.[10][11] Howard's maternal great-great-grandfather was a part of the Stolen Generation of children of Aboriginal descent; through this ancestor he is a Gamilaraay (or Kamilaroi) man, from which he derived his artistic name "Laroi".[12][13][14] His interest in hip hop music began at an early age when his mother would play music around the house from artists like Fugees, 2Pac, Lil Wayne and Kanye West.[15] He later praised West and called his 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak "his favourite of all time".[16] Howard's father was not a consistent force in his life and his stepfather became his father figure as a result.[17] Howard draws his inspiration to succeed from a desire to break the cycle of hardship that is common in his community. .[18][19] When Howard's parents separated when he was four, his childhood became more unstable. At the age of seven he moved to the rural town of Broken Hill in New South Wales and lived with his mother, brother, grandparents and stepfather.[8] He attended a private school, Sacred Heart Parish School, where he was a house captain and won a speaking award.[20] After leaving Broken Hill, Howard attended another private school, Sacred Heart College in Adelaide, for a period of time until he was bullied and his mother could not afford it anymore; they moved back to Sydney in 2017.[9][21] In Sydney, Howard attended the Australian Performing Arts Grammar School on a scholarship, but he dropped out midway through year nine to pu