The Kid LAROI had some as he pursued music. The Australian , birth name Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard, broke out internationally in 2019 but his first song was released in 2015 and he has been rising ever since. He has collaborated with the likes of the late Juice Wrld who was his mentor in addition to "big brother", Miley Cyrus, and Jungkook.
He is considered to be one of Australia's most successful artist. The 20-year old released his debut album last year called The First Time which he's currently on tour for until July 22. Now as the singer-songwriter is preparing to hit the stage on the , lets look at how his journey to stardom as well as his childhood was plagued with financial and housing struggles.
LAROI was born and raised in Sydney to music producer Nick Howard and talent manager Sloane Howard. He also has a younger brother by the name of Austin Howard who is 18. When his parents split up, he went to live with his mother and they ended up in project housing in RedFern/Waterloo, inner city suburbs in Sydney.
In interviews, the Without You singer talked about how they were broke and his mother had to sell drugs for them to get by. Unfortunately, they were of their project housing due to noise and traffic complaints forcing them to couch surf between friends’ houses. In a Spotify documentary, LAROI talked about the penniless and houseless moment in his childhood.
“I kind of had like a crazy childhood,” LAROI recalled. "It got to a point where we had nowhere to .
