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Travis Dupri Williams (born September 29, 1988), better known by the state name “Travis Dupri, is an American hip hop artist. Travis was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Silver Spring during his adolescent years. He located to Martinsburg, WV during his senior year of high school and that is where he developed a strong passion for music.

Travis Dupri started his rap career in 2008 while working with the young Jeremy Winans, the nephew of the talented gospel artists, CeCe and BeBe Winans. Travis Dupri released his first mixtape, Mr. Popular, in 2009. The mixtape led him to gain many fans throughout the Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia area. He then released an EP titled “The Roots” in early 2010. The Roots was the more musical/original side of Travis Dupri, which allowed him to find his musical lane. This EP led to a tour that his group, Grown Nature, went on” The White Wine & Good Music Tour. After a successful tour, Travis Dupri was back to work. He went on to release his third and fourth projects, Pinot Grigio and King Trav.

His latest album, WE$T, will be very special because it will consist of all original tracks. Travis Dupri worked with various producers and there will be special features on this album as well.

Highlighting moments of his career are when Travis won The Source Unsigned Hype Award in 2010, opened up for Travie McCoy & Gym Class Heroes in 2011, opened up for Jagged Edge and Big Sean in 2013, and opened up for Que in 2014.

Travis Dupri has been featured on a couple of radio stations and newspapers throughout the DMV area, mainly every Friday on 89.7FM.