The Kid Laroi, 20, shares his incredible rags to riches story as he discusses his rise to fame in new Amazon Prime documentary

By Kate Dennett For Daily Mail Australia 22:01 21 Feb 2024, updated 22:14 21 Feb 2024

The Kid Laroi has opened up about his rise to global fame in the trailer for his new Amazon Prime documentary.

The Australian rapper, 20, whose real name is Charlton Howard, is set to release a documentary exploring how he became a teenage superstar on February 29.

The trailer for the series, titled Kids Are Growing Up: A Story About A Kid Named Laroi, sees Laroi discuss his early beginnings growing up in Sydney.

Of his overnight rise to fame with his hit single Stay - featuring Justin Bieber - Laroi teases: 'Nobody would believe where I was only three years ago.'

As clips flash up of the singer performing to massive crowds, Laroi discusses the pressure that comes with huge fame and candidly spoke about his mental health struggles.

He says: 'I always wanted to be like the hometown hero. [But] it feels like so much pressure and that gets in my head a lot, thinking one day, it could just not happen. I'm just really anxious.'

Laroi first gained recognition in the music industry because of his late mentor Juice Wrld, who he met when the American rapper was on tour in Australia.

In the trailer, Laroi discusses Juice Wrld's tragic death and how he coped with coming to terms with the loss while entering the limelight for the first time.

Laroi was on the plane with Juice Wrld when he died from an accidental xycodone and codeine overdose at the age of 21 on December 8, 2019. 

'I had an incredible mentor, he taught me a lot about life. He had so much life left to live,' Laroi emotionally says.

'As bad as things got in the personal life, the music was starting to go [up].'

Exploring his rise to fame, Laroi then reflects on how excited he was when Justin Bieber messaged him to collaborate, which led to his huge break with Stay in 2021.

Since soaring to overnight fame, Laroi has sold out his hometown arena during his tour Down Under and collaborated with huge names including Machine Gun Kelly and Post Malone.

Malone, who collaborated with Laroi on the 2022 hit Wasting Angels also says in the documentary: 'Laroi is so ambitious. I could tell he was going to be huge.' 

With images and videos flashing up on screen of Laroi's first world tour and screaming fans, the star promises to give fans a unique insight into his life like never before.

'As much as people are going to learn about me through this documentary, I think people will learn more if they pay attention to the music,' Laroi says.

A description for the documentary adds: 'An intimate story of Charlton 'The Kid LAROI' Howard who went from an unknown musician living in Australia to a teenage global superstar selling out his hometown arena in three years. 

'Directed by Michael D. Ratner, cameras began rolling before the massive success of STAY and continue as Laroi navigates the pressures of rapid fame, all while gearing up for his first world tour and studio album.'