The ongoing feud between the two resulted in diss tracks from both parties with insults about drug use, homosexuality, and past experiences from the show. The single "Response Diss" is a diss song directed toward Young Lyric, a fellow competitor from The Rap Game. The tape featured artists like Molly Brazy, Lil Key, Crucial, and Silentó. Stephens' second mixtape, Latto Let 'Em Know, was released in April 2017. She was offered a recording contract from Dupri with So So Def Records but ultimately turned down the deal claiming it was not enough money, opting to be an independent artist. Latto, under the stage name "Miss Mulatto" at the time, was the overall winner of the competition.
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The boot camp-style series followed young aspiring rappers in a competition against one another over a span of eight weeks. In 2016, Stephens became a contestant on the Lifetime reality series The Rap Game, produced by Jermaine Dupri and Queen Latifah. Career 2016–2018: Career beginnings and The Rap Game Prior to doing music, she participated in drag racing. At the age of ten, Stephens decided to become a rapper and began writing her own rap songs. Born to an African American father and white mother, Stephens was bullied in school for being "light-skinned", which inspired her to later adopt the stage name Miss Mulatto when she began her rapping career, after the " mulatto" racial classification. She moved to Georgia at age two, and was raised there, attending Lovejoy High School. 2.2 2019–2020: Breakthrough and Queen of Da SoufĪlyssa Michelle Stephens was born in Columbus, Ohio on December 22, 1998, to Misti Stephens and Shayne Pitts.2.1 2016–2018: Career beginnings and The Rap Game.She won the BET Award for Best New Artist in 2022. She was named MTV Global's Push Artist of the Month in February 2021. She was a part of the XXL Freshman Class in 2020. Latto received nominations for Best New Hip Hop Artist at the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards and Top Rap Female Artist at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. Latto's highest-charting single to date, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Latto's mainstream breakthrough came with the release of " Big Energy", the lead single from her second studio album 777 (2022). Both songs were certified platinum and appeared on Latto's debut album Queen of da Souf, which was released in August 2020 and as a deluxe edition in December 2020. In 2020, Latto released the follow-up single " Muwop" (featuring Gucci Mane). It was accompanied by a remix by rappers Saweetie and Trina. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2020, peaking at number 95. She first appeared on the reality television series The Rap Game in 2016, where she was known as Miss Mulatto and won the show's first season, but she was later turned down.Īfter releasing her 2019 single " Bitch from da Souf", Latto signed with RCA Records. Alyssa Michelle Stephens (born December 22, 1998), professionally known as Latto or Big Latto (formerly known as Mulatto), is an American rapper.