Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, (born November 20, 1983), better known by his
stage name Future, is an American
hip hop artist from
Atlanta,
Georgia. After releasing a series of
mixtapes between 2010 and 2011, Future signed a
major-label deal with
Epic Records and fellow American rapper
Rocko's
A1 Recordings, which helped launch Future'<s></s>s own label imprint,
Freebandz. Future subsequently began working on his debut album
Pluto, and in April 2012 released the album to positive reviews. The album spawned five singles, all of which charted on the
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album was later re-packaged in November, as
Pluto 3D. His second album
Honest, was released in April 2014. He unexpectedly released his third album,
DS2, in July 2015, which earned him his first No. 1 on the
Billboard 200. Future is set to premiere his upcoming fourth studio album on February 5, 2016 on
DJ Khaled's We The Best Radio's debut on
Beats 1.