:Snootie Wild
{{Short description|American rapper and singer (1985–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Snootie Wild
| image = Snootie WIld.jpg
| caption = Snootie Wild in 2015
| birth_name = LaPreston Porter III
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1985|4|23}}
| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
| genre = Hip hop
| occupation = Rapper, singer
| years_active = 2006–2022
| label = {{hlist|Heartland|CMG|Epic}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Gunplay|K Camp|Yo Gotti}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|26|1985|4|23}}
| death_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.
}}
LaPreston Porter (April 23, 1985 – February 26, 2022), better known by his stage name Snootie Wild, was an American rapper and singer. He was best known for his first single, "Yayo", which success helped launch his career. The song charted in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In October 2013, it was announced that a fellow Memphis-based rapper, Yo Gotti, had signed Wild to his Collective Music Group (CMG) imprint.{{cite news|title=Snootie Wild Is Bringing Something Real To The Table|url=http://revolt.tv/video/snootie-wild-is-bringing-something-real-to-the-table/2F05A41B-7881-43BC-9C61-E84CB5FFFF90|accessdate=April 16, 2014|newspaper=Revolt TV|date=April 6, 2014}}{{cite news|title=Bubbling Under: Chainsmokers Get Their Shot With Selfie|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5915508/bubbling-under-chainsmokers-get-their-shot-with-selfie|accessdate=April 16, 2014|newspaper=Billboard|date=February 21, 2014}} In September 2014, Wild released his only extended play, Go Mode. The EP's second single, "Made Me", peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the highest-charting single of his career. Snooty Wild signed to Epic Records/CMG with Yo Gotti.
Early life
Porter was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 23, 1985.{{cite news|last=Diep|first=Eric|title=The Break Presents: Snootie|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/the-break/2013/12/the-break-presents-snootie/|accessdate=April 16, 2014|newspaper=XXL|date=December 23, 2013}} He is the nephew of Arthur Lee from the rock band Love.{{cite web | url=https://memphisrap.com/news/hip-hop-news/snootie-wild-talks-memphis-music-scene-yo-gotti-his-uncle-rocker-arthur-lee/ | title=Snootie Wild Talks Memphis Music Scene, Yo Gotti, & His Uncle, Rocker Arthur Lee | date=September 3, 2014 }} He grew up listening to artists like Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat and Yo Gotti. He spent four years in prison from the age of 21 to 25.{{cite web|title=Happy Birthday, Snootie Wild!|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/04/snootie-wild-birthday/|work=XXL|date=April 23, 2016|accessdate=September 30, 2016}}
Career
While signed under Heartland Entertainment, Wild released his breakout single "Yayo", which was produced by K-Figz. The song caught the attention of Yo Gotti, who later remixed the song, adding another verse. Gotti included the remix on his thirteenth mixtape Nov 19: The Mixtape, which was released on September 2, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/09/yo-gotti-releases-nov-19th-mixtape/|title=Yo Gotti Releases 'Nov 19th' Mixtape – XXL|work=XXL|date=September 2, 2013 }} The song was again remixed by the Atlanta-based rapper T.I., which helped further its success. "Yayo", featuring Yo Gotti, became the official version and was released via digital distribution on February 3, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yayo-feat.-yo-gotti-single/id815118386|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426042754/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yayo-feat.-yo-gotti-single/id815118386|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2014|title=iTunes Store|work=apple.com}} The song debuted at number 50 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at number 40 on Billboard{{'}}s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
On October 28, 2013, it was announced that Yo Gotti had signed Wild to his Collective Music Group (CMG) imprint.{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/10/yo-gottis-cmg-label-signs-snootie/|title=Yo Gotti's CMG Label Signs Snootie – XXL|work=XXL|date=October 28, 2013 }} In December 2013, it was revealed Wild had secured a recording contract with Epic Records.{{cite web|url=http://yogottimusic.com/news/xxl-presents-come-snootie-wild/|title=XXL Presents... The Come Up: Snootie Wild|publisher=Yo Gotti Music}} He has since performed several times with Gotti, including on Gotti's national tour and a performance at B.B. King's in New York City. Wild released the music video for "Yayo" in March 2014.{{cite news|last=Diep|first=Eric|title=Watch Snootie Wild And Yo Gotti's Yayo Video|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/03/watch-snootie-wild-and-yo-gottis-yayo-video/|accessdate=April 16, 2014|newspaper=XXL Mag|date=March 20, 2014}} Wild also performed at the 2014 SXSW Interactive, in early 2014.{{cn|date=December 2023}} The official remix of "Yayo" featuring Fabolous, French Montana, Jadakiss and YG was released on May 13, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/snootie-wild-yayo-remix|title=Listen to Snootie Wild's "Yayo" Remix f/ Fabolous, Jadakiss, French Montana, and YG|author=Zach Frydenlund|work=Complex}} The remix appeared on CMG's first collective compilation project titled Chapter One, which was released on May 22, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.datpiff.com/Yo-Gotti-CMG-Chapter-One-mixtape.614109.html|title=Yo Gotti & CMG – Chapter One|work=DatPiff}} It has 16 tracks and includes Fabolous, Jadakiss, French Montana, YG and K Camp. Production was by Big Fruit, TK, Megaman, Nonstop and others. Wild is credited on five tracks of the mixtape, but appeared on one track more. On September 23, 2014, Wild released his first EP Go Mode.
On May 14, 2015, Wild released the mixtape Ain't No Stoppin, which included the single "Rich or Not".{{cite web|title=Snootie Wild – Ain't No Stoppin' Me|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/snootie-wild-aint-no-stoppin-me-new-mixtape.115814.html|work=HotNewHipHop|date=May 14, 2015|accessdate=September 30, 2016}} In August 2016, he was featured on the track "Believe" by the rapper Master P,{{cite web|title=Master P, Moe Roy & Snootie Wild Say You Didn't "Believe"|url=http://hiphopdx.com/singles/id.34868/title.master-p-moe-roy-snootiewild-say-you-didnt-believe|work=HipHopDX|date=August 13, 2016|accessdate=September 30, 2016}} which appeared on the latter's mixtape, The G Mixtape.{{cite web|title=Master P – The G Mixtape|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/master-p-the-g-mixtape-new-mixtape.116523.html|work=HotNewHipHop|date=August 21, 2016|accessdate=September 30, 2016}}
Death
On February 25, 2022, Porter was found in a ditch in Houston with gunshot wounds to his neck. He was hospitalized in critical condition, but died the following day at age 36.{{cite news|url = https://www.xxlmag.com/snootie-wild-dead/|title = Snootie Wild Dies After Allegedly Being Shot|work = XXL|date = February 26, 2022|accessdate = February 26, 2022|last = Coleman|first = C. Vernon III}} He left behind four children.{{cite web|title=5 Questions With Snootie Wild|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/5-questions-with-snootie-wild-news.21856.html|work=HotNewHipHop|date=May 26, 2016|accessdate=September 30, 2016}} His funeral was held in Memphis, Tennessee.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Snootie Wild's Funeral Services Will Be On March 19 - The Source |url=https://thesource.com/2022/03/16/snootie-wilds-funeral-services-will-be-on-march-19/,%20https://thesource.com/2022/03/16/snootie-wilds-funeral-services-will-be-on-march-19/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316054549/https://thesource.com/2022/03/16/snootie-wilds-funeral-services-will-be-on-march-19/ |archive-date=16 March 2022 |access-date=2024-06-04 |language=en-US}} Ten months after the crime, Ivory Duke Williams was arrested by Houston police and charged with the murder.{{cite web | url=https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2022/dec/nr221215-05.htm | title=2nd Update: Suspect Arrested in February Fatal Shooting at 4213 Alice Street }}
Discography
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of EPs, with selected information ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:2.2em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:2.2em;font-size:90%;" | US R&B ! scope="col" style="width:2.2em;font-size:90%;" | US Rap |
|---|
| scope="row" | Go Mode
|
| 119 || 18 || 8 |
= Mixtapes =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of mixtapes, with selected information ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Mixtape details |
| scope="row" | Chapter One (with CMG) |
|
|---|
| scope="row" | Ain't No Stoppin' Me |
|
= Singles =
== As lead artist ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US
!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US !style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Yayo" (featuring Yo Gotti) |rowspan="3"|2014 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Yayo" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ss_chart_search_title%3A%22Yayo%22&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A344&refine=1|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles – Yayo|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 14, 2016}}}} || 30 || 19 |
| rowspan="2"| Go Mode |
| scope="row" | "Made Me" (featuring K Camp) | 93 || 38 || — | |
| scope="row" | "Rich or Not"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/rich-or-not-single/953674503|title=Rich or Not – Single by Snootie Wild & Cassius Jay|date=December 16, 2014|publisher=iTunes}}
| — || — || — | |Ain't No Stoppin Me |
| scope="row" | "El Pablo"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/el-pablo-single/1104376999|title=El Pablo – Single by Snootie Wild|date=April 18, 2016|publisher=iTunes}}
|rowspan="1"|2016 | — || — || — | |{{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| colspan="7" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
==As featured artist==
=Notes=
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Music videos
=As lead artist=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, with directors, showing year released ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Director(s) |
| scope="row"| "IDGAF"
| rowspan="1"| 2013 | Moe Nunley |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Yayo" (featuring Yo Gotti) | rowspan="3"| 2014 | Mr. Boomtown |
| scope="row"| "No Kissing" (featuring Zed Zilla) | Cricket |
| scope="row"| "Made Me" (featuring K Camp) | Motion Family |
= As featured artist =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, with directors, showing year released ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Director(s) |
| scope="row"|"Haunted Traphouse" (TP Da Great featuring Snootie Wild) | rowspan="1"|2011 | Moe Nunley |
|---|
| scope="row"|"Money Bandit" (Tiny T featuring Snootie Wild) | rowspan="2"|2014 | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"|"Double Cup (Remix)" (DJ Infamous featuring Yo Gotti, Ace Hood, Kirko Bangz, Jim Jones, Snootie Wild and Tiffany Foxx) | Stevie Rodriquez |
| scope="row"|"Gimme Back my Dope (Remix)" (Da Mafia 6ix featuring Snootie Wild) | rowspan="1"|2015 | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"|"You know Im a Boss" (Extream Bling featuring Snootie Wild){{Cite news|url=https://todayshonoree.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/boss-squad-entertainment-artist-extream-bling-is-todays-honoree/|title=Boss Squad Entertainment Artist Extream Bling is Today's Honoree|date=May 8, 2018|work=Today's Honoree is The No. 1 Blog For Recognizing The Works of Others|accessdate=August 1, 2018}} |2015 |
See also
References
{{Notelist}}
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External links
- [http://www.snootiewild.com/ Snootie Wild official website]
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