Summer Marjani Walker, born on April 11, 1996, is an American R&B singer. In November 2017, she signed a recording contract with the local record label Love Renaissance, an imprint of Interscope Records. The following year, she released her debut commercial mixtape Last Day of Summer and received her first Billboard Hot 100 entry with its single “Girls Need Love,” which spawned a remixed version featuring Canadian rapper Drake.
Profile Summary
Full Name: | Summer Marjani Walker |
Date of Birth: | April 11, 1996 |
Place of Birth: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | R&B singer |
Net Worth: | $8 millions |
Boyfriend: | Rapper Demetrius Flenory Jr |
Early Life
Summer Marjani Walker was born on April 11, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia. From 2016 to 2018, she had a small cleaning business, and was also a stripper in Atlanta before she taught herself how to play the guitar by watching tutorials on YouTube. Soon after, she began performing covers, posting various videos of herself to the platform.
Career
In November 2017, she signed a recording contract with the local record label Love Renaissance, an imprint of Interscope Records.
The following year, she released her debut commercial mixtape Last Day of Summer and received her first Billboard Hot 100 entry with its single “Girls Need Love,” which spawned a remixed version featuring Canadian rapper Drake.
In October 2019, Walker released her debut studio album Over It, which was met with critical and commercial success. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart—breaking the record for the biggest streaming debut-week for a female R&B artist at the time—and received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In November 2021, she released her second studio album Still Over It, which debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200.
The album broke the record for most album streams in a single day by a female artist on Apple Music, and broke her previous record for largest streaming debut-week for a female R&B artist; while she also tied with Taylor Swift as the only female artist to have 18 concurrent songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her accolades include a Billboard Music Award, a IHeartRadio Music Awards, two Soul Train Music Awards, and two Grammy Award nominations.
In 2022 Billboard Women in Music recognized Walker with the Chart Breaker Award for her achievement on Billboard charts. By 2024, Walker sold over 32 million certified units from the RIAA between albums and songs.
Songs
- Constant Bullshit
- Come Thru
- Power
- Purple Hearts
- Reciprocate
- Bitter
- Unloyal
- I’ll Kill You Toxic
- Tonight
- Karma
- Playing Games
- Ex For A Reason
- White Tee
- Body
- CPR
- Stretch Out
- Nobody Else
- Anna Mae
- No Love
- Insane
- Girls Need Love
- Session 32
- Falling
- Deep
Social Media
- Instagram: @Summerwalker
- Twitter: @Iamsummerwalker
Summer Walker Net worth
Summer Walker has an estimated net worth of $8 millions. Summer Walker is an American R&B singer.
Personal Life
While teaching herself guitar through YouTube tutorials, Walker worked as a stripper in an Atlanta strip club. In an interview with The Face she stated that the experience was “helping her grow out of her shell” and that it was “a fun experience”.
Walker has well over 24 tattoos as of 2019, including face tattoos. In November 2020, Walker announced that she was expecting her first child, with then-boyfriend London on da Track. Her daughter was born on March 22, 2021. Months later, the pair ended their relationship.
On June 25, 2022, Walker announced on Instagram Live that she was expecting her second child with then-boyfriend rapper Larry A.K.A. Lvrd Pharaoh. She gave birth to twin boys on December 29, 2022. She dated BMF co-star and rapper Demetrius Flenory Jr from April to July 2023.
Walker expressed solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. She wrote: “I can no longer stand by and watch as thousands of children and innocent civilians are targeted under the mask and propaganda of combating terrorism.”