Interview with T. Mills and Live Concert Video’s
Travis Tatum Mills (born April 12, 1989), better known by his stage-name T. Mills, is an American rapper and singer from Riverside, California. Mills has released one independent studio album Ready Fire Aim (2010) on Uprising. Then he signed to Columbia Records and has released two EPs Leaving Home EP and All I Wanna Do. T. Mills will release his major label debut in 2014 on Columbia Records.
T. Mills was born Travis Tatum Mills on April 12, 1989. At the age of 5, T. Mills’ uncle gave him his first guitar, and by age 15, Mills dropped out of sports to start a punk rock band with his friends. He stated in an interview Bone Thugs-n-Harmony inspired him to start rapping with the way they mix rapping and singing in their songs
At age 17, he began his solo career writing music in his bedroom using software such as Pro Tools, Logic and Reason to create backing tracks for his songs, and by the age of 18, he was posting his music on MySpace. Mills quickly gained attention self-releasing music online, leading to a spot on the 2009 Vans Warped Tour performing in a Babycakes merchandise tent. After several notable live performances, Mills was getting offered record deals by multiple labels before signing to Laguna Beach label and Uprising Records, who led him to released his first EP, titled Finders Keepers on July 14, 2009 and his debut album, titled Ready, Fire, Aim! on September 28, 2010.
In 2011, T. Mills signed a deal with Columbia Records, which led him to begin working on his album. During a 7-month process of recording around 140 songs, which he narrowed down to 10. He later decided rather than release an album, he would release a free project to the fans, which would be Mills’ second EP, Leaving Home EP, was released for retail sale on December 13, 2011, by Columbia Records. This EP included his breakout hit “Vans On”. In December 2011, Mills released a track “Beat It Up” featuring Juicy J.
In March 2012, Mills received a 2012’s MtvU Woodie Award nomination for Best New Artist. On July 23, 2012, Mills released the mixtape Thrillionaire on DatPiff. Thrillionaire features guest appearances from Smoke DZA, Audio Push and James Fauntleroy II, while its production was handled by Sledgren, The Monsters and the Strangerz and Kane Beatz, among others. The tape was promoted by two singles—”Lightweight” and “Diemonds”, all 3 tracks including (the mentions which are labeled to be the two released singles) and “Other Bitch Callin'”, were serviced as music videos. After its release, Mills announced plans to release a Thrillionaire 2 with the second one already completed.
Announcing to release his major label debut studio album, during the second quarter of 2013. Mills has been working on the album with artists, such as Juicy J, Mike Posner, James Fauntleroy II, Travis Barker, Layzie Bone and Skeme, with its production on the album will come from Mills’ himself, Kane Beatz, 1500 or Nothin’, Malay and Boi-1da, among others.On February 15, 2013, Mills announced that his first single for his major-label debut will be coming soon. The single titled, “Loud” was released on March 5, 2013 for digital download, and the live music video the following day. The song was produced by Pop Wansel and samples “I Know You Got Soul,” by Eric B. and Rakim. He said that the hook for the song was one of his favorites out of all the hooks he has written.
In April 2013, Mills toured the United States with rapper Sammy Adams. On June 27, Mills featured on Mike Posner‘s remix of “We Own It (Fast & Furious)” along with Sammy Adams and Niykee Heaton. After Mills was touring the United States with We the Kings, and fellow supporting acts The Ready Set and Breathe Carolina on the SummerFest 2013. The music video for the album’s second single “All I Wanna Do”, was shot in July 2013. Starting on February 24 through April 24, 2014, T. Mills is touring on the All I Wanna Do tour. On February 18, 2014, T. Mills announced the All I Wanna Do EP. Then on February 24, 2014, Mills released the audio to “All I Wanna Do”. The following day, T. Mills released the All I Wanna Do EP to iTunes. The EP featured production from Boi-1da and Malay
