BirthDecember 221998

Latto

Latto, American rapper and singer

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When
Tuesday, December 22 199828 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Latto

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Alyssa Michelle Stephens, professionally known as Latto, is an American rapper and singer from Atlanta, Georgia. Born December 22, 1998, she rose to prominence through television and chart success in the 2020s.

Who they were

Alyssa Michelle Stephens, known professionally as Latto, is an American rapper and singer from Atlanta, Georgia. She first appeared on Jermaine Dupri's reality television series The Rap Game in 2016, where she was known as Miss Mulatto and won the show's first season, but rejected its award of a recording contract with Dupri's So So Def Recordings.

Early lifeAI-assisted

Latto was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She began pursuing music and performance at a young age.

Path and careerAI-assisted

Latto first gained national attention in 2016 as Miss Mulatto, winning the first season of Jermaine Dupri's reality series The Rap Game. She declined the show's recording contract offer with So So Def Recordings.

She released her debut EP 'Latto' in 2019 and achieved mainstream success with singles including 'Big Energy' (2022), which topped the Billboard Hot 100. Her albums 'Queen of da Souf' (2020) and '777' (2022) established her as a leading figure in contemporary hip-hop.

Why this date

Latto appears on our December 22 calendar for 1998 as a birth entry.

December 22 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1998Latto
  2. 2001Richard Reid
  3. 2001Burhanuddin Rabbani
  4. 2008Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
  5. 2010Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010
  6. 2012Bashir Ahmad Bilour
  7. 2014United States Copyright Office
  8. 2016RVSV-ZEBOV vaccine
  9. 2017United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397
  10. 20182018–2019 United States federal government shutdown
  11. 20182018 Sunda Strait tsunami

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December 22 1998 — 28 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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