Jack Harlow

Jackman Thomas "Jack" Harlow (born March 13, 1998) is an American rapper.

Jackman Thomas Harlow was born on March 13, 1998, in Louisville, Kentucky.

He is the son of Maggie (née Payette), a businesswoman, and Brian Harlow, and was raised on a horse farm near Shelbyville.

He has one younger brother, Clayborn Harlow.

He is of French and Irish descent.

Harlow moved from Shelbyville to Louisville with his family as a child and began rapping at age 12.

He and his friend Copelan Garvey used a Guitar Hero microphone and a laptop to record rhymes and songs.

They made a CD, Rippin' and Rappin', and sold copies at their school, Highland Middle School.

When he was in seventh grade, Harlow acquired a professional microphone and made his first mixtape, Extra Credit, using the moniker Mr. Harlow.

He formed a collective, Moose Gang, with various friends; during this time, he worked on two mixtapes that were ultimately never released, Moose Gang and Music for the Deaf.

He attended Atherton High School, where he played on the boys' varsity soccer team.

He began a musical career in 2015, and released several EPs and mixtapes until signing with Don Cannon and DJ Drama's record label Generation Now, an imprint of Atlantic Records in 2018.

In November 2015, Harlow released his first commercial record, the EP The Handsome Harlow.

It was released on Gill Holland's sonaBLAST!

record label.

Throughout high school, he often played sold-out shows at Louisville venues like Mercury Ballroom, Headliners, and the Haymarket Whiskey Bar.

In March 2016, he opened for Vince Staples in Louisville.

In June 2016, less than a month after graduating from Atherton High School, he released the mixtape 18, which was the first album on his label and music collective, Private Garden.

The collective also features Harlow's frequent collaborators, the Homies, composed of Louisville rappers and producers Ace Pro, 2forWoyne, Shloob, Quiiso, and Ronnie Lucciano.

Over the course of the next year, Harlow performed at South by Southwest, Bonnaroo Music Festival, and the Forecastle Festival.

In the summer of 2017, Harlow released the single "Routine".

In October of that year, he released another single, "Dark Knight", with an accompanying music video.

He credits Cyhi the Prynce with helping him work through his writer's block and finish the song.

"Dark Knight" became the lead single on Harlow's mixtape Gazebo, which was released in November 2017.

Harlow went on a 14-city Gazebo Tour in support of the album.

The Homies opened for Harlow, and the tour ended in January 2018.

In May 2018, Harlow opened for indie rock band Portugal. The Man on select tour dates.

The next month, he was featured alongside Lil James and Sixteen on the Skeme song "Get Sumn".

After moving to Atlanta, Harlow worked at the Chick-fil-A in the Georgia State University cafeteria to supplement his income.

A month after working at the cafeteria he was introduced to DJ Drama at Mean Street Studio.

In August 2018, it was announced that Harlow had signed to DJ Drama and Don Cannon's Generation Now record label, in conjunction with Atlantic Records.

Harlow's first mainstream breakthrough came with the release of his 2020 single "Whats Poppin."

Aided by its popularity on TikTok, and following a remix with rappers DaBaby, Tory Lanez, and Lil Wayne, it peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Performance.

That same year, he was included on XXL magazine's 2020 Freshman Class and released his debut studio album Thats What They All Say (2020), which received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

In 2021, Harlow guest featured on Lil Nas X's single "Industry Baby," which became his first number one song on the Billboard Hot 100.

His second album, Come Home the Kids Miss You (2022) was supported by his second number-one single and first to debut at the position, "First Class."

In 2023, he guest performed on Jungkook's single "3D", which peaked at number five, while his song "Lovin on Me" became his third number-one single on the chart.

Harlow has received numerous accolades, including Top New Artist at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards.

That same year, he was named Variety's "Hitmaker of the Year" and was included in Forbes 30 Under 30.

He made his acting debut as Jeremy in the 2023 remake of the 1992 film White Men Can't Jump, directed by Calmatic.