• Matt Ox is a 14-year-old rapper and YouTube from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• He became popular after publishing his song “Pretty Penny” in 2017 and “Overwhelming” in 2018.
• He is managed by Rich F1lthy Ortiz and Terrell Finesse Green, and signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2017.
• Matt’s hobbies include cosplay, watching anime, and travelling.
• He has an estimated net worth of over $400,000 and is active on various social media platforms.
Who is Matt Ox? Wiki Bio
Matt Ox was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, on 13 December 2004, so under the zodiac sign of Sagittarius and holding American nationality – he is popular for his still youthful career of a rapper, while he is also a YouTuber.
Childhood and education
Matt has spent his entire childhood in the Lawncrest neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia. He prefers not to talk about the early years of his life, as his father committed suicide while Matt was still just a kid – his mother’s name is Laurel but her profession is not known. Matt appears to be an only child, as he hasn’t mentioned having any siblings.
Matt grew up listening to Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Marilyn Manson, and promised to himself that he was going to become a popular rapper one day. His uncle often went to a music studio and took Matt with him, which led Matt to start writing his own rap songs when he was around eight years old. By the time he was 11, Matt had already published his first song.
He matriculated in 2022, and is now apparently focusing on a career of a rapper.
Career of a rapper
Matt became popular is “Pretty Penny”, released in January 2017. His name was soon easily recognizable on the internet, and he has already collaborated with many rappers, including Swami Mags, Chxpo, and Lil Tracy. He became popular after working with the “Working on Dying” rap group, and is currently managed by Rich F1lthy Ortiz and Terrell Finesse Green. Even though he is still very young, Matt has nevertheless managed to work with some of the most popular rap producers, such as OogieMane and Froza – his “Low Key” song was launched in February 2017 and he released “Michael Myers” and “This N That” after that. Matt is mostly popular thanks to his song “Overwhelming”, as it was listened to more than 10,000 times in the first day of its upload on SoundCloud, and the song’s video on YouTube has so far been viewed more than 27 million times – it attracted “The New York Times” and “XXL” magazines’ writers, who later wrote about the young rapper.
The song helped him sign a contract with Warner Bros. Records in September 2017. In 2018, Matt released several songs including “Tesla” and “Hop Scotch”, and his first full album came out in October 2018, entitled “OX” and featuring several other rappers, including Key! and Valee. Matt is a YouTuber as well – he launched his channel on 16 August 2017, and there are currently more than 170,000 people subscribed to it, while it also counts over 15.5 million views of all his videos combined. Matt is mostly focused on uploading his music videos.
The most popular rappers in the world
Although Matt is a very skillful rapper, he is nowhere to be found in the list of the most popular rappers in the world compiled by the Ranker website, judging by people’s votes.We are going to mention five of them:
- Fifth place is held by 50 Cent whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III and who is also a songwriter, actor, TV producer, entrepreneur, and investor.
- Dre – whose real name is Andre Romelle Young – is in fourth place, and is a record producer and an entrepreneur
- In third place is Snoop Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) – he was discovered by Dr. Dre and was featured in his first album “Deep Cover”.
- Second place goes to Kendrick Lamar who is considered to be the best rapper of his generation
- Top place goes to Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III), who is also a record producer, record executive, film producer, and an actor. He has been given the title of King of Hip Hop, and is also popular from starring in the “8 Mile” movie, which follows his early life.
Matt’s personal life and relationships
Matt is very secretive when it comes to his love life, as he hasn’t shared much about his past and present relationships with the public, however, he was rumored to be going out with a girl he met in 2018 during one of his performances in a local pub – the two sat for a drink (tea) after his performance and fell for one another. They had allegedly dated for three months before calling it quits, due to jealousy issues.
Many of his fans have stated to have seen Matt walking in the streets holding hands with a mysterious girl – but he hasn’t commented on the matter.
Hobbies and other interests
Matt might seem to be only focused on his career as a rapper and a YouTuber, but he has numerous other interests, too.
ROLLING LOUD! pic.twitter.com/57xzxfD77v
— ㄖ乂 (@mattox__) May 14, 2019
His main hobby is cosplay, and has been to many of the cosplay events organized in his vicinity. This has also made him fall in love with travelling all around the US, to attend the cosplay events organized in other cities and states.
Matt is very fond of animes, and some of his favorites are “Death Note” and “Naruto” – he also enjoys watching animated movies made by the popular Studio Ghibli, and some of his favorites include “Ponyo” and “Porco Rosso”.
Matt is said to be a big lover of animals, and has a pet dog and a cat, however, due to his obligations, he doesn’t have much free time to spend with them.
Appearance and net worth
Matt has medium long brown hair and brown eyes, and is 5ft 2in (1.58m) tall, while his weight is unknown.
According to authoritative sources, his current net worth is estimated to be more than $500,000, as of mid-2024, and is steadily rising thanks to his career of a rapper.
Social media presence
Matt is very active on several popular social media networks, as this is very important for his career on the internet.
He launched his Twitter account in June 2017, and his Instagram account shortly afterwards. Matt is running a Facebook page as well, which currently counts almost 10,000 fans.
