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| Born | Cameron Joseph Dailey September 3, 1995 Novato, California, U.S. |
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| Awards | List of awards and nominations |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Website | lilsquad |
Cameron Joseph Dailey (born September 3, 1995), known professionally as Shuttle (formerly stylized as Lil Shuttle), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2017, Shuttle signed his first major-label deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music.
Shuttle's first full-length project, the mixtape Wins, was self-released in 2016. It was followed with a second mixtape, Lil Shuttle, in June 2017. His debut studio album, 9 (2018), was led by the hit single "VVS". His second album, Arizona (2019) became his first number one album on the Billboard 200. His third album Californian Psycho (2020). A week after, Shuttle's record label MagnoliaRecords released the highly anticipated compilation album Modern Art.
Shuttle's musical style has been described as a fusion of traditional hip hop, lo-fi and ambient. Scott has sold over 28 million certified records in the US alone. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award and won a Billboard Music Award.
Early Life
editCameron Joseph Dailey was born in Marin County, California. Dailey lived with his mother and father in Novato, Marin County. Located in the north western Bay Area, the neighborhood was notorious for wealthy middle to upperclass families and had an impact on a young Dailey, "I grew up in like the nice part of town. But there was also like, sketch areas around.". His mother worked in sales and his father worked for Old Navy. Dailey attended Novato High School and graduated at eighteen. Dailey then attended the Arizona State University, before dropping out his sophomore year to fully pursue his music career.
After dropping out, Dailey immediately moved to Los Angeles to further his music career. His parents, frustrated that he had dropped out of school, eventually cut him off financially.
Career
edit2015-17: Wins and Lil Shuttle
editNow in Phoenix and with a small following Shuttle was able to finally record in a professional music studio and in late 2015 got to work on his first mixtape Wins. Production for the album was handled by another one of Shuttle’s childhood friends Oreo who was at school in Miami at time. The project did relatively well for Shuttle at the time but after school payment Shuttle was low on money and could barely afford to keep going to the studio.
By early 2017 he would scrounge up enough money to record his self titled second mixtape Lil Shuttle. The lead single to the project "Oceans" blew up now sitting at around 30 million plays on Soundcloud. To the dismay of Shuttle's parents he chose to drop out of college and move to LA to focus more on his musical career. Off of the success of the Lil Shuttle project Shuttle would go on a small tour. The project would also garner attention from big artists such as Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTentacion and Travis Scott. It would also receive attention from labels and Shuttle would sign with Kanye West’s GOOD Music.
2018-19: 9 and Arizona
edit9 was released on June 13, 2018, by GOOD Music and Epic Records. The album features guest appearances from Lil Puff, Lil Bro and Shade, and includes production from Mike Dean, Kanye West, Oreo and Shuttle himself, among others. The album was supported by two singles: "Magi" featuring Shade, and "VVS". 9 received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number twenty three on the US Billboard 200 chart. It also debuted at number three on the Billboard Rap Albums chart.
On August 4, 2018, Shuttle would announce that he has a new studio album on the way. On September 8, 2018, it was announced that Shuttle would start his own imprint record label under GOOD Music MagnoliaRecords. On November 2, 2018, Shuttle previewed a single with Lil Bro at one of his shows. On February 2, 2019, Shuttle announced that the title of his second album would be Arizona.
On July 3, 2019, Shuttle announced that Arizona was finally finished in a story on Snapchat. Shuttle premiered the album on his episode of Travis Scott's .wav radio on Arizona, and was later released on iTunes and Apple Music. On July 21, 2019, the album became Shuttle's first number one album on the US Billboard 200.
2020: Magnolia, Californian Psycho and Modern Art
editOn June 3, Shuttle announced a concert tour called "Arizona". The next day, the dates and cities for the tour were unveiled, with it beginning on July 12, in Phoenix, Arizona, and coming to an end on September 21, in Seattle, Washington. On June 15, 2017, Scott announced he would be doing a European leg of the "Arizona Tour". The European leg started on the October 17 in Paris, and concluded on November 9 in Turku, Finland. This leg was mainly festival sets or in smaller club settings.
On December 25, 2019, Lil Squad released three songs as part of their collaborative album, Modern Art. The song "One Two" debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200.
2021-Present
editIn late 2020 Shuttle started dating dancer, Sofia Evon. During this time period Shuttle would fade out of the public eye. He did not tour or do interviews. He and Sofia broke up in the summer of 2022. This event caused Shuttle to go deeper into hiding form the spotlight. He would start to return in the spring of 2023.
Artistry
editShuttle has stated that he is influenced by Travis Scott, Kanye West, Frank Ocean and Lil Uzi Vert.
Shuttle makes heavy use of audio manipulation effects such as Auto-Tune, phasing, delays, and stereo-sculpted chorusing and harmony structures, predominantly influenced by producers Mike Dean and Alex Tumay. Shuttle's musical style has been described as a "blend between traditional hip-hop and lo-fi" and often characterized as "ambient". Vulture described Shuttle's sound as "unremittingly dark, syncretic, hi-res, and above all unnatural."
Shuttle has said that he is a fan of film. He has said that he would like to write and direct his own film in the future.
Personal Life
editShuttle began dating Instagram model and DJ Chantel Jeffries in March 2018. The couple separated in June 2019.
Shuttle has also been tied to model Kendall Jenner in early 2020.
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