This Playboi Carti trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and follows Jordan Carter from Riverdale, Georgia and his SoundCloud days as Sir Cartier through Awful Records, ASAP Rocky's AWGE, the self-titled mixtape and Magnolia, Die Lit, the two-year wait for Whole Lotta Red, and the number-one albums and singles that followed with Music and Carnival. It also covers the people and ideas around him: Pi'erre Bourne and his producer tag, the Opium label and Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely, the baby voice and the deep voice, the vampire persona, the rage microgenre, the fashion (Raf Simons, thrift stores, Yeezy runway shows) and the collaborations with Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Uzi Vert. About a third of the questions are easy for casual fans; the rest are for people who have been refreshing the Opium Instagram since 2020. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia's articles on Playboi Carti, his albums and his collaborators, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01What is Playboi Carti's real name?
Jordan Terrell Carter
He was born in Atlanta on September 13 in 1995 or 1996 and grew up in the suburb of Riverdale.
Q 02Under what stage name did Carti first release music on SoundCloud in 2011?
Sir Cartier
He rebranded as Playboi Carti by 2013 and also posted music on Newgrounds.
Q 03Carti grew up in which Atlanta suburb?
Riverdale
He attended North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs and once dreamed of playing pro basketball.
Q 04Which Atlanta underground collective did Carti join in 2014 after meeting the producer Ethereal?
Awful Records
He credits Ethereal with helping him find his distinctive sound.
Q 05In 2016 Carti signed to AWGE, an imprint run by which rapper?
ASAP Rocky
He had met Rocky through ASAP Bari after moving to New York, and AWGE is a joint venture with Interscope.
Q 06Which two 2015 SoundCloud singles first brought Carti wide attention?
'Broke Boi' and 'Fetti'
'Fetti' featured Dash and Maxo Kream, and the songs spread fast through the underground scene.
Q 07Carti's self-titled debut mixtape (2017) peaked at what position on the Billboard 200?
12
It produced 'Magnolia' and 'Wokeuplikethis' with Lil Uzi Vert and got him onto XXL's 2017 Freshman cover.
Q 08The title of 'Magnolia' refers to a housing project in which city?
New Orleans
The track rides a New Orleans bounce-style beat by Pi'erre Bourne and made several critics' best-of-2017 lists.
Q 09Which rapper features on Carti's 2017 single 'Wokeuplikethis'?
Lil Uzi Vert
The two co-headlined the Left Right Tour and teased a joint mixtape called 16*29 that never arrived.
Q 10Pi'erre Bourne's producer tag, 'Yo Pierre, you wanna come out here?', is sampled from which 1990s sitcom?
The Jamie Foxx Show
The tag opens 'Magnolia'; Bourne's stage name nods to a Kenan Thompson sketch and The Bourne Identity.
Q 11Carti's debut studio album Die Lit was surprise-released in May of which year?
2018
He recorded it in Atlanta between December 2017 and March 2018, mostly with Pi'erre Bourne producing.
Q 12Die Lit debuted at what position on the Billboard 200 despite almost no radio play?
3
Guests included Skepta, Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, Chief Keef and Gunna.
Q 13Which unreleased Carti track with Young Nudy leaked in 2019 and topped Spotify's US Viral 50?
Pissy Pamper
The two-year wait for Whole Lotta Red was punctuated by leaks racking up tens of millions of unofficial streams.
Q 21Which Opium signee's 2022 album X did Carti executive-produce?
Ken Carson
Carson's later album More Chaos featured Carti and Destroy Lonely on 'Off the Meter'.
Q 22Which 2020 Drake song featuring Carti gave him his first Billboard Hot 100 top ten?
Pain 1993
It appeared on Drake's Dark Lane Demo Tapes and debuted at No. 7.
Q 23Which 2024 Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign track featuring Carti became his first Hot 100 No. 1?
Carnival
It came from Vultures 1; he also appeared on 'Fuk Sumn' from the same album.
Carti's raspy 'deep voice' debuted on 'Mr Miyagi', a track with Kanye West and which rapper?
Q 14Whole Lotta Red was released on which day in 2020?
Christmas Day
He announced the date only four days earlier, more than two years after first promising the album.
Q 15Which fashion designer served as executive producer on Whole Lotta Red alongside Kanye West?
Matthew Williams
F1lthy and Art Dealer handled most of the production, steering the album toward punk and electronic textures.
Q 16On Whole Lotta Red, Carti adopts the persona of what kind of rock star?
A vampire
The 'King Vamp' image spilled into his tour name and the Satanic and vampire imagery critics noticed in his aesthetic.
Q 17Whole Lotta Red debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with roughly how many album-equivalent units?
100,000
It went Gold in January 2022 and Rolling Stone later named it the best rap album of 2021.
Q 18Rolling Stone called Whole Lotta Red the most forward-thinking rap since which Kanye album?
Yeezus
The magazine went on to include it in its 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time.
Q 19Under what name was the fall 2021 Whole Lotta Red tour originally announced before becoming the King Vamp Tour?
Narcissist
Narcissist was also the announced title of a follow-up album that never appeared on its September 2021 date.
Q 20What is the name of the record label and rap collective Carti founded in 2019?
Opium
Its Atlanta roster includes Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, the duo HXG and ASAP Nast.
Future
He later used it on Travis Scott's 'Fein', 'Type Shit' and Camila Cabello's 'I Luv It'.
Q 25On which 2023 Travis Scott album does Carti feature on the track 'Fein'?
Utopia
He joined Scott on stage during the 2024 Grammys performance of the song.
Q 26Carti's 2024 collaboration with The Weeknd, 'Timeless', was the lead single from which Weeknd album?
Hurry Up Tomorrow
He then opened for The Weeknd on the 2025 North American leg of the After Hours til Dawn Tour.
Q 27Carti's third studio album, Music, was released in March of which year?
2025
It became his second straight No. 1 with 290,000 first-week units and his first UK No. 1.
Q 28How many tracks are on the standard edition of Music?
30
The deluxe edition, Music - Sorry 4 Da Wait, followed later the same month.
Q 29Which promotional single from Music debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100?
Evil J0rdan
It was one of a string of singles dropped through the Opium Instagram account from December 2023.
Q 30Which DJ hosts the album Music?
DJ Swamp Izzo
Producers included Ojivolta, Cardo, F1lthy, Metro Boomin, Wheezy and 808 Mafia's TM88 and Southside.