Alyssa Michelle Stephens professionally known as Latto or Big Latto (formerly known as Mulatto), is an American rapper. She first appeared on American rapper Jermaine Dupri’s reality television series The Rap Game in 2016, where she was known as Miss Mulatto and won the show’s first season, but she rejected the record deal offered as a result of winning the show.
After releasing her 2019 single “Bitch from da Souf”, Latto signed with RCA Records. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2020, peaking at number 95. Latto’s mainstream breakthrough came with the release of “Big Energy”, the lead single from her second studio album 777 (2022). Latto’s highest-charting single to date, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
She was a part of the XXL Freshman Class in 2020. She was named MTV Global’s Push Artist of the Month in February 2021, and won the BET Award for Best New Artist in 2022.” Big Energy” won Song of the Year, and 777 was nominated for Hip Hop Album of the Year at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards.
What Hood Is Mulatto From?
Latto grew up on the south side of Atlanta. She moved to Georgia in her teens in hopes of building up her street credibility. She attended Lovejoy High School in Clayton County. She credits Clayton County as the place that gave her street credibility.