Matt Champion

## Overview

**Matthew Garrett Champion**, simply known by his stage name **Matt Champion**, is an American rapper who is best known as being a member of the American alternative boy band BROCKHAMPTON. He moved to Los Angeles, California to become a member of BROCKHAMPTON and has released solo tracks such as "Burn," "El Dorado," "Fangs," and "You're Too Cool for Me."

## Musical Career

### BROCKHAMPTON

Matt Champion would accompany his fellow bandmates in moving into a base location in San Marcos, Texas, in 2015, for the purpose of recording and mixing music. This choice in location was primarily based around fellow member JOBA who was attending college at Texas State University. Champion featured on the first three singles the group released under the BROCKHAMPTON moniker; those being Bet I, Hero, and Dirt. The latter track would end up being linked to a contest hosted by VFILES, with the winner being awarded a professionally directed music video. The group won, and Dirt would receive a music video directed by Tyler Mitchell, while the actual single was debuted on Apple's Beats 1 radio station and was released through independent record label Fool's Gold Records.

Following the release of these singles, the group would release their debut mixtape, All-American Trash, on March 30th, 2016. Champion would be featured on multiple songs throughout the album, such as his appearances on Palace and Home. After this mixtape, the group would release a documentary detailing the creative process behind the previous record, which was released on April 22nd, 2016; Matt Champion can be found in many appearances throughout this documentary.

BROCKHAMPTON would continue this output into the following year, with the release of their first three studio albums, resulting in a trilogy: *SATURATION* in June, *SATURATION II* in August, and *SATURATION III* in December. The following year, the group would announce the release of their newest effort, Team Effort, but it would be delayed until further notice. Following this, the group would announce a new album to take its place, Puppy. However, this album would later be scrapped due to the band going on temporary hiatus following the removal of member Ameer Vann after a string of allegations relating to emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and infighting with other members were brought to light.

The follow-up to the *SATURATION* trilogy, *Iridescence*, was finally released to the public on September 21st, 2018. This album was coupled with a tour, named the *I'll Be There* tour. Their follow-up, *Ginger*, was released on August 23rd, 2019.

After this, the group would go on hiatus from officially releasing, and would instead hosts streams, playing unreleased snippets and songs from other artists, a series known only as "*Technical Difficulties*." Their official follow up, *Roadrunner on April 9th, 2021.*

### Solo Work

Matt Champion would release his debut solo single, *Die With Me*, on June 22nd, 2014. After the release of this track, Champion would go on to release a handful of singles at a consistent pace leading up to the release of his debut album, *Harley*, on March 11th, 2017.

## Personal Life

Matt Champion was previously in a relationship with a woman named Jade for three years before ending the relationship. After, he began a relationship with model Tavia Bonetti in 2018. Matt has made mentions to growing up with his mother, especially on the track *JOHNNY* ("I would keep this s\*\*t up/If it weren't for my mom"). On the *ROADRUNNER* track *WHEN I BALL*, he reveals he has a sister, named Sarah, as well as both a mother and a father present in his life at least up until his date of birth. He also revealed his mother had lost a child to a [stillbirth] before giving birth to Matt.

## Discography

### BROCKHAMPTON

* *All-American Trash (2016)*

* *Saturation* (2017)

* *Saturation II* (2017)

* *Saturation III* (2017)

* *Iridescence* (2018)

* *Ginger* (2019)

* *Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine* (2021)

* *TM* (2022)

#### Singles

* *Die With Me* (2014)

* *Burn (ft. Jon Waltz)* [2014]

* *El Dorado* (2015)

* *You're Too Cool For Me* (2015)

* *Punks* (2016)

* *Salud (ft. Michael Christmas) [2016]*

* *Mansions* (2016)

* *Fangs* (2017)

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