Travis Walls (born April 5, 1988), professionally known as Trav Walls, is an American Recording Artist, songwriter, and rapper from Los Angeles California. He is also the nephew of former NFL Legend & Actor Timothy Brown (actor). As a child Walls was relocated to Chino Hills, California, a suburb of Los Angeles located in the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County, California. It was there that Walls would find his love for music. Between the years of 2012 and 2013 he released 2 indie mixtapes with an exclusive deal through Mixtapetorrent.com which featured production by Clams Casino (musician), Track Bangas, Lex Luger (record producer) & more. The spread of the mixtape sparked his career and gave him a lot of local support as well as an industry buzz.
Early life and musical influences Travis Walls, Professionally known as Trav Walls was born on April 5, 1988, in Gardena Memorial Hospital located in the south western region of Los Angeles County. After growing up in Los Angeles his family decided it was best for him to move with his Grandparents in Chino Hills, California. Due to bad influences and the growing rise of crime and violence in Los Angeles his grandparents felt it was the best move for him at the time. Walls developed his love for music while attending Oak Ridge Elementary School in Chino Hills where he learned how to play the Piano and Clarinet.
Later his grandmother would reveal to him that his uncle Timothy Brown (actor) was an actor on the 20th Century Fox Television hit TV Series M*A*S*H (TV series) and several other hit movies and TV shows throughout the 1970s. Walls then began to take up acting while in school and would participate in school plays. His Grandmother would eventually teach him about the music business and reveal to him that she was the production manager behind the 1978 release The "Selma" Album released by Warner Music Group.
Another major influence in Trav Walls life west coast Legend and Hip Hop Pioneer Joe Cooley of the duo Rodney-O & Joe Cooley. Rodney-O & Joe Cooley were best known for their hit singles "You Don’t Hear Me Tho’ and "Humps for The Blvd". Cooley would visit the family home often. It was then that Cooley would critique and guide Walls and help him develop his first raps. He would also give walls a breakdown of west coast rap history and express the importance of its tradition.
Music career Between the years of 2012 and 2015 Trav Walls released indie mixtapes through various mixtape outlets. The mixtapes featured singles with production by Clams Casino (musician), Track Bangas, Lex Luger (record producer), Young ChopWrite up on Young Chop produced record. and other producers. The spread of the mixtape and singles sparked his career and gave him a lot of local support*West Coast Rydaz write up as well as an industry buzz. While promoting his releases Walls felt that he needed to grow a more organic following leading him to make the decision to tour and perform for following 2 years.
In the summer of 2015 after gaining a lot of popularity from touring, performing with major artistWrite up and his previously released works, Walls decided to publish a promotional video that would go viral and would eventually land on internet powerhouse worldstarhiphopFeature on worldstarhiphop and other notable online sites.Feature on Thisis50.com Directly after he would release his singled titled "Not Me." The single ended up catching the attention of recording industry powerhouse's The Source (magazine),Write up on The Source (magazine) worldstarhiphop, & AllHipHop.Write up on AllHipHop on promo Single "Not Me" Other publications that supported the single were Funkmaster Flex's publication ,Write up on Funkmaster Flex's Online Network 50 Cent's ,Write up on thisis50.com and Grammy Award winning & OVO Sound producer Boi-1da's .write up by boi-1da
Notable tours Trav Walls guest appeared on Young Thug's HyTunes Tour at The Observatory, Santa Ana, California, October 11th 2015 Iamsu!'s Only The Real Tour at the Glass House, Pomona, California March 6, 2014Iamsu Tour Recap Meek Mill's Dreams And Nightmares Tour at The Observatory, Santa Ana California, April 27th 2013 Power 106's KPWR House Party Concert Series Tour, (3 month concert series) June 28, 2014 - August 23, 2014. with Sean Kingston, Wale (rapper), Chief Keef & ASAP FergReacap Video of house party concert series tour date with Chief Keef Power 106's KPWR Christmas Mega Concert series with ASAP Ferg at the Yost Theater, Santa Ana California December 2014Tour recap video for KPWR's Christmas series with ASAP Ferg
Studio albums + List of albums, with selected information Title Album detailsTitle TBA Release Date: TBA, 2017 Label: BMGI,The Orchard (company) Formats: CD, digital download, LP record
Singles + List of singles Title Single Details Not MeRelease of Not Me Single Released: June, 27th 2015 Label: BMGI Format: Promo Single 5 Ring Kobe<ref>Worldstar Hip Hop Feature of 5 Ring Kobe Single</</ref> Released: August, 19th 2016 Label: BMGI Format: Promo Single Power<ref>Worldstar Hip Hop Feature of Power Single</</ref>"Power" single on iTunesThesource.com review of "Power" single"Power" single on Google Play Store Released: January, 6th 2017 Label: BMGI Format: digital download
Mixtapes + List of mixtapes Title Mixtape Details Dreams The 1st HourMixtapetorrent Release Released: April 18, 2012 Label: BMGI/Mixtapetorrent.com Distribution/DatPiff Distribution Format: digital download Title TBA Release date: October 31, 2017 Label: BMGI/DatPiff Distribution Format: digital download
References
External links Trav Walls Official Site MTV Artist Page