Rapper Jackman Thomas Harlow hails from Louisville, Kentucky, and was born on March 13, 1998. He began his career in 2015 and put out a number of EPs and mixtapes before signing with Atlantic Records imprint Generation Now, which is run by Don Cannon and DJ Drama. When Harlow’s 2020 single, “Whats Poppin,” was released, he experienced his first significant success. Its success on TikTok helped it reach number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, and with a remix including the rappers DaBaby, Tory Lanez, and Lil Wayne, it was nominated for a Grammy Award. Before he released his debut studio album, Thats What They All Say (2020), which was awarded a platinum certification in the US, Harlow was named to XXL magazine’s “2020 Freshman Class.” Harlow and Lil Nas X collaborated on the 2021 single “Industry Baby,” which became her first chart-topper and peaked at number one on the Hot 100. In 2022, Harlow released his second album, Come Home the Kids Miss You, and its lead single, “First Class,” became both his second and first number-one single on the Hot 100.
Harlow has been nominated for a number of honors by several organizations, including Top New Artist at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. He was named “Hitmaker of the Year” by Variety that same year and was also named to Forbes’ list of 30 Under 30. It was revealed that Harlow will make his acting debut in 2022’s remake of Calmatic’s 1992 film White Men Can’t Jump.
