Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard (born 17 August 2003), known professionally as the Kid Laroi (stylised as The Kid LAROI), is an Australian rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two ARIA Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, an iHeartRadio Music Award, and nominations for two Grammy Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards.
The Kid Laroi is a versatile singer with music genres of hip hop, pop and R&B. He became known for his hit single “Go” alongside the late American rapper, Juice Wrld and also enjoys top notch collaboration with the likes of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus.

Career
Howard started out recording "raps" over beats on his mother's phone and uploading them to SoundCloud. In an interview with Triple J, Howard stated that the first rap name he gave himself was "FC6". In 2015, Howard formed the duo "Dream$Team" with Adelaide rapper DJ Marcus Jr. (Aka LadyKiller) who became his mentor and support. The two recorded songs together and performed to local audiences as DJ Marcus Jr. guided him through promoting, recording and developing buzz.

He created a partnership agreement with the record label Grade A Productions and Columbia Records in March 2019. He gained international recognition for his music video for the single “Let Her Go” after being released on the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel.

He released “Fade Away” on April 17 and on June 12, he released “Go” featuring the late American rapper, Juice Wrld. Laroi left Grad A Productions and signed signed a management deal with Scooter Braun in June 2021.

On 31 January 2020, Howard released "Diva" featuring American rapper Lil Tecca which was accompanied by a Lyrical Lemonade music video directed by Cole Bennett that was released on 1 February

He released a second deluxe of F*ck Love titled F*ck Love 3: Over You, on July 23. It features guest appearance from the likes of Lil Durk, Polo G, G Herbo, and Stunna Gambino.