<P> Woods began rapping in 10th grade, calling himself a "regular kid, I didn't really wanna rap", after hearing classmate, William Aston, freestyle over a remade Chris Brown instrumental . Woods, Aston and another friend created a rap group, titled "Steaktown" which broke up when Woods was 17 . </P> <P> Woods dropped out of school and soon came to employment at a Bottom Dollar, though barely lasting a week, he quit after four days and was kicked out of his home by his mother . The situation led to Woods getting his first face tattoo, the word "Faith" under his hairline, which provoked him to taking his rap career seriously . </P> <P> Woods began to rap in 2010 and began to associate with musical groups like Steaktown and in what he says was "just for money" under the name "Vert" originally which he says stood for "vertical" like a "vertical jump ." He later changed his name to Lil Uzi Vert from the way someone described his rap flow, saying his flow was "Fast, like a machine gun ." Woods' first project, an EP titled Purple Thoughtz Vol. 1 was released on January 19, 2014 . The project, which was titled as "phonk" and "cloud rap" from the Guardian due to its psychedelic and "trippy" production features Woods with a bigger focus on lyricism than most of his career and was released with the single "White Shit" which included a video . The track, which was produced by Spaceghostpurrp, went viral in 2017 within hip - hop circles following Wood's entry into the mainstream . Shortly after the release of Purple Thoughtz Vol. 1, Woods caught the attention of then industry - mainstays like ASAP Mob . </P> <P> The project and following features caught the attention of producer and Def Jam A&R Don Cannon after DJ Diamond Kuts played one of Woods' songs on a local radio station, who signed Woods to his The Academy imprint and produced his first mixtape, The Real Uzi which was released on August 5, 2014 . After the release of The Real Uzi, Woods signed a record deal with Atlantic Records through DJ Drama, Don Cannon's and Leighton Morrison's imprint, Generation Now . </P>

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