[2] His mother passed away early in his life,[3] and he spent a large portion of his childhood in foster care.
By March 2018, he had been signed to Don Cannon and DJ Drama's Atlantic Records imprint, Generation Now.
[3][6] In April 2018, he released a music video for his song, "Followers", directed by SpuddsMckenzie.
[7] In June 2018, he was featured alongside Jack Harlow and Sixteen on the Skeme song, "Get Sumn.
"[8] The following month, Lil James was featured on the song, "Gang," as part of Skeme's Big Money Sonny mixtape.