2015–2016: Rodeo and Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

Main articles: Rodeo (Travis Scott album) and Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
Rodeo was released on September 4, 2015, by Grand Hustle and Epic Records. The
album features guest appearances from Quavo, Juicy J, Kanye West, The Weeknd, Swae
Lee, Chief Keef, Justin Bieber, Young Thug and Toro y Moi, and includes production
from Mike Dean, Kanye West, WondaGurl, Suber, DJ Dahi, Metro Boomin, 1500 or
Nothin', Sonny Digital, Southside, Terrace Martin, Zaytoven, Pharrell Williams and
Scott himself, among others. The album was supported by two singles: "3500"
featuring Future and 2 Chainz, and "Antidote". The latter became his highest-
charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 16. Rodeo
received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number three on the
US Billboard 200 chart. It also debuted at number one on the Billboard Rap Albums
chart.[38]

Scott performing in August 2015

On January 4, 2016, Scott would announce that he has a new studio album on the way.
On February 8, 2016, it was announced that iLoveMakonnen, Vic Mensa and Scott would
be a part of the "WANGSQUAD", an Alexander Wang campaign.[39] On March 29, 2016,
300 Entertainment executive Lyor Cohen, revealed that Scott and Young Thug were
releasing a single together and called Scott's upcoming album a "classic".[40] On
April 7, 2016, Scott previewed a single with Young Thug at one of his shows.[41] On
May 17, 2016, Scott announced that the title of his second album would be Birds in
the Trap Sing McKnight, while also confirming the title for his third album to be
Astroworld.[42] On June 3, 2016, the collaborative single between Thug and Scott
was released, titled "Pick Up the Phone". The single, which also features vocals
from Quavo of Atlanta-based rap trio Migos, reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot
100 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA).

On August 31, 2016, Scott announced that Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight was
finally finished in a post on Instagram.[43] Scott premiered the album on his third
episode of .wav radio on September 2, 2016,[44] and was later released on iTunes
and Apple Music. On September 11, 2016, the album became Scott's first number one
album on the US Billboard 200.[45] On September 12, 2016, Universal Music
Publishing Group's CEO, Jody Gerson announced that the label signed a worldwide
deal with Scott.[46]

In the same episode Scott premiered Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, he also
announced that he would be executive producing on Kanye West's Cruel Winter, a
follow up to his G.O.O.D. Music label's debut compilation Cruel Summer.[47] In the
episode he described the upcoming album as, "very youthful, straight to the point,
like the illest ever, man, like the illest album".

2017–2018: Cactus Jack Records, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, and Astroworld
Main articles: Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho and Astroworld (album)
Scott performed at All-Star Weekend on February 16, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana
at Champion Square.[48] He also performed at New Orleans BUKU Music + Art Project
festival on March 10, 2017.[49] On March 5, Scott announced a concert tour called
"Birds Eye View".[50] The next day, the dates and cities for the tour were
unveiled, with it beginning on March 10, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and coming to
an end on June 2, in Eugene, Oregon. In the same month, Scott was also featured
alongside American rapper Quavo from the hip-hop group Migos on Canadian rapper
Drake's single "Portland", from Drake's commercial mixtape, More Life. The song
peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first top ten song
as a featured artist.[51][52] In March 2017, Scott announced he would be launching
his own imprint, under the name of Cactus Jack Records.[2] During an interview,
Scott said, "I'm not doing it to have financial control over my music. I want first
and foremost to help other artists, launch new names, to provide opportunities. I
want to do for them what happened to me, but better. By better I mean no bullshit.
No lying to the artists about album release dates or the budgets of videos and
albums."[2] On June 15, 2017, Scott announced he would be doing a European leg of
the "Birds Eye View Tour". The European leg started on the June 23 in Paris, and
concluded on July 9 in Turku, Finland. This leg was mainly festival sets or in
smaller club settings.

On April 3, 2017, it was reported Scott had been working on a collaborative studio
album with Quavo, potentially to be released later in 2017.[53][54] Speaking to GQ,
he confirmed: 'The Quavo album is coming soon. I'm dropping new music soon. You
know how I do it though: I like surprises.[55] In addition to the collaborative
album, Scott announced his third studio album Astroworld, named after the defunct
Houston theme park of the same name, was nearing completion and would most likely
be released in 2017.[56][57]

On May 16, 2017, Scott released three new tracks on SoundCloud, after teasing on
social media for some time. The tracks were named "A Man", "Green & Purple
(featuring Playboi Carti)", and "Butterfly Effect". The latter was also released on
every other streaming service, as the only track. The music video for "Butterfly
Effect" was released on July 14, 2017. On August 10, 2017, Scott tweeted "ALBUM
MODE" as he had just finished the "DAMN. Tour" as a supporting act for Kendrick
Lamar, the night before. This tweet signified that he was now working on his album
AstroWorld full-time. On August 27, 2017, Scott performed with Thirty Seconds to
Mars at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on their single "Walk On Water".

Scott performing at Openair Frauenfeld in 2019

On September 18, 2017, Quavo and the Migos did an interview. Quavo stated that his
album with Scott is coming "real soon". He also stated that he and Scott have over
20 records ready.[58] In October 2017, Scott was featured in a special piece titled
"Deserve", by Chinese born Canadian rapper Kris Wu.[59] On December 7, 2017, a clip
of Quavo being interviewed by Zane Lowe was posted on the official Twitter account
for Beats 1. When asked about the title of their upcoming project, he confirmed it
would be Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho.[60]

On December 6, 2017, Scott was featured on fellow American rapper and singer
Trippie Redd's single "Dark Knight Dummo", the lead single from the latter's debut
studio album, Life's a Trip. The song peaked at 72 on the Billboard Hot 100.[61] On
December 21, 2017, Scott and Quavo released their collaborative studio album,
Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, under the name "Huncho Jack", a name which comes from
Quavo's nickname "Huncho" and a play on Scott's first name "Jack". The album
debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and had seven tracks chart on the
Billboard Hot 100.[62] After the release of Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, Webster was
spotted in the studio a lot more frequently and Billboard slated an expected first
quarter release for AstroWorld.[63][64]

On May 4, 2018, four days after his 27th birthday, Scott released a single titled
"Watch" featuring American rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West.[65] The single was
released as promotional material for his third studio album Astroworld.[66]
Astroworld was released on August 3, 2018, to critical acclaim,[67] and debuted at
number one on the Billboard 200.[68] "Sicko Mode", the album's second single,
peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Scott's highest charting
solo single.[69] On the same month of the album's launch, Scott announced that he
was going to launch Astroworld Festival, a music festival with the same name as the
album. The festival took place on November 17.[70] On November 2, 2018, Scott was
featured on five tracks of Metro Boomin's debut studio album, Not All Heroes Wear
Capes: "Overdue", "Dreamcatcher" (alongside Swae Lee), "Up to Something" (alongside
Young Thug), "Only 1 (Interlude)", and "No More" (alongside Kodak Black and 21
Savage).[71] In December, Billboard reported that Scott was to make a guest
appearance at the Super Bowl LIII halftime show during Maroon 5's set.[72] This
performance was met with major backlash.[73]