In Sydney, Howard attended the Australian Performing Arts Grammar School on a scholarship, but he dropped out midway through year nine to pursue his international career. After leaving Broken Hill, Howard attended another private school, Sacred Heart College in Adelaide, for a period of time until he was bullied and his mother could not afford it anymore they moved back to Sydney in 2017. He attended a private school, Sacred Heart Parish School, where he was a house captain and won a speaking award. At the age of seven he moved to the rural town of Broken Hill in New South Wales and lived with his mother, brother and grandparents at the time. Howard said that sometimes his mother sold drugs to get by. When Howard's parents separated when he was four, his childhood became more chaotic. Howard attributes his inspiration to succeed to avoid a fate like his uncle and make him proud. Howard's father was not a consistent force in his life and his uncle became his father figure as a result. Howard's maternal great-great grandfather was a part of the Stolen Generation of children of mixed Aboriginal descent through this ancestor he is a Gamilaraay (or Kamilaroi) man, from which he derived his artistic name 'Laroi'. His mother, Sloane Howard, was a talent manager, record label founder and music executive of Aboriginal and European descent who once managed Popstars winner Scott Cain.

His father, Nick Howard, is a music producer and sound engineer who has worked with Australian stars such as Bardot and Delta Goodrem. Howard was born on 17 August 2003 in Waterloo, New South Wales, in the inner south of Sydney. Laroi also claims that he does not have a single genre and he enjoys making both rap and pop music.

Additionally, Howard's songs ' Without You' and its remix with Miley Cyrus, and his collaboration with Justin Bieber, ' Stay', reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with 'Stay' peaking at number one for seven non-consecutive weeks.

His debut mixtape, F*ck Love (2020), peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA Charts, making him the youngest Australian solo artist ever to reach the top of the chart, and also reached number one on the US Billboard 200. He gained a local following before joining a partnership agreement with Lil Bibby's Grade A Productions and Columbia Records, and attained mainstream popularity in 2021 with his collaboration with Justin Bieber on ' Stay', which charted globally at number 1 in numerous countries including his native Australia, Canada, the United States, and others. He originally gained recognition from his association and friendship with American rapper Juice Wrld while he was on tour in Australia. Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard (born 17 August 2003), known professionally as the Kid Laroi (stylised as the Kid LAROI), is an Australian rapper, singer, and songwriter.

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