Kiari Kendrell Cephus (born December 14, 1991) is an American rapper. He rose to prominence as one third of the Atlanta-based hip-hop trio Migos. Formed with fellow rappers Quavo and Takeoff in 2008, the group released four commercially successful studio albums. As a solo act, he first released the collaborative album Without Warning (2017) with record producer Metro Boomin and fellow Georgia-based rapper 21 Savage. He then guest appeared on Tyga's 2018 single "Taste", which became his first top ten hit on the latter chart as a soloist, and received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)