Thembalethu Phumlani Dlamini known by his name "Tripp Scott" is a South African Rapper. He was born in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Thembalethu Phumlani Dlamini was born April 28, 2001 in Johannesburg, Gauteng.He is originally from Durban a city in the KZN province. He grew up in Johannesburg. Thembalethu lived with his grandmother but later moved to Johannesburg CBD where his mother lived at the moment. He went to Phoenix College of Johannesburg for his primary and high school.
Scott began to develop himself as an artist in At the age of 16 and started to record his music and uploading it on soundcloud and ReverbNation. He did not like the idea of being signed by a record label because he liked being independent, he got this inspiration goal from Chance the Rapper who is also independently controlling his own music. After 3 months he got his first gig at a local bar and a second the following week. He uses CD Baby to distribute his music but it Is only available on the CD Baby Store. His first track was produced by Slick-felloe, "Victory", was released early 2018.
Scott's music has been described as a "cool" grunge, hip-hop.Jon Caramanica of The New York Times described Kordi as "an artist who toes the line between singing and rapping.
Scott cites Travis Scott and Nasty C, in whom he became interested around the age of 15, as an influence on his music, calling the two " geniuses".