Nau'Jour Lazier Grainger (born January 9, 2000), better known by his stage name Toosii, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and football player. Beginning his career in 2017, he rose to mainstream prominence following the release of his 2023 single "Favorite Song", which first gained virality on the social media platform TikTok. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, earned double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and preceded the release of his second studio album, Naujour (2023). The album peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200, although his debut album, Poetic Pain (2020), reached number 17 on the chart.
Early life Nau'Jour Grainger was born and grew up in Syracuse, New York, but later relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina at the age of 13. It was in Raleigh where he began to seriously pursue his musical career. Rap was an escape route from his issues as a youth. He started recording music at age 16, while playing high school football and figuring out his life path.
Career
2017–2020: Career beginnings, Who Dat and Poetic Pain
Toosii's stage name derived from his childhood nickname of "Toota", and changed it to Toosii after his football teammates said it as a joke, adding the two I's because "You need two eyes to see the vision". Toosii was discovered by the South Coast Music Group. He signed with the record label in 2019. Toosii was inspired to try music by both his brother and father and spent a period of time homeless before his career began to further develop.
Toosii released several mixtapes during the roots of his career such as Label Me Diverse, Hell on Earth, and Why Not Now. He got his big break in 2019 with the release of the track "Red Lights", which went on to accrue millions of streams. He then released his Who Dat mixtape on April 30, 2019, which was followed by the six-track mixtape, My Shit Now on January 3, 2020, consisting solely of remixes of popular tracks. On February 7, 2020, he released the 13-track Platinum Heart mixtape. Platinum Heart reached number-one on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart upon its initial release. The mixtape was later reissued as a 20-track deluxe version. On September 18, 2020, his third South Coast Music Group-affiliated album Poetic Pain was released as his first project on Capitol Records. His signing to Capitol was made on September 30, by Chris Turner (A&R) following the release of his official video for "Love Cycle" with Summer Walker. Toosii was credited with 50,000 US adjusted sales and over 250 million combined global streams in 2020 at the time of this release. "Love Cycle" was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 11, 2021. His project Poetic Pain debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200 chart in September 2020 and features the RIAA-certified gold single "Love Cycle" with Summer Walker.
2021–2022: Thank You for Believing, Pretty Girls Love Toosii and Boys Don't Cry
Ahead of releasing his Thank You For Believing mixtape, Toosii was named "Up Now" by music streaming service Audiomack. “I feel like I am the GOAT,” Toosii said. “Thank you Audiomack for the opportunity to be your next #UpNow artist.”
On May 7, 2021, Toosii released his seventh mixtape, Thank You for Believing. The tape's title shows "gratitude to those that had faith in him and helped get him where he is today". It contains 13 tracks, and features Mulatto, Key Glock, and DaBaby. In 2021, he was featured on the XXL Freshman Class. On December 3, 2021, Toosii released a 3-track EP titled Pretty Girls Love Toosii which was assisted by a feature from Jacquees. Just under a year later, on October 7, 2022, Toosii released his fourth EP, Boys Don't Cry which featured his TikTok viral, "Love Is..." alongside "Heartaches" which also gained traction on social media. On November 11, 2022, Toosii released a deluxe to his EP titled, Boys Don't Cry: Men Do. Just a week later, he released a visual to the intro of the deluxe EP, "Frozen Below Zero".
2023–2024: Naujour and Jaded
Beginning 2023, Toosii released his first single of the year, "Magic Potion" on January 27, 2023. Just weeks later, Toosii released his Valentine's Day special, "Favorite Song". The track marked Toosii's debut on the Billboard Hot 100 after debuting at #51. The track received remixes from Khalid and Future released on May 5 and May 19. The remixes assisted the song's commercial performance as the track peaked at #5 in the US during the week ending June 3, 2023. The track also peaked at #25 on the Billboard Global 200. The track was certified platinum just three months after its release and 2× platinum in August 2023. The hit track served as the lead single (alongside "Love Is...") for Toosii's sophomore, self-titled studio album, Naujour. The album peaked at #19 on the Billboard 200, marking Toosii's second highest-charting album.
Continuing off of his success, on November 3, 2023, Toosii released "Suffice", the lead single to his eighth mixtape, Jaded, which includes a guest appearance from the American pop rock band, LANY.
2025–2026: Football career In August 2025, he announced that he was pausing his music career to play college football. He accepted an offer to play football at Syracuse in December 2025. After a falling out with Syracuse coach Fran Brown, Grainger joined Louisiana State University's football team in March 2026. In June 2026, Louisiana State University football coach Lane Kiffin stated that Grainger had left the team after entering into a brand deal with a gambling company.
Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with select chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positionsCertifications US Naujour: Jaded: USR&B/HH Naujour: USRap Naujour: CAN Poetic Pain Released: September 17, 2020 Label: SCMG Format: Digital download, streaming 17 12 12 — Naujour Released: June 2, 2023 Label: SCMG, Capitol Format: Digital download, streaming 19 6 5 88 RIAA: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, with select chart positionsTitleMixtape details Peak chart positions US USR&B/HH USRap Label Me Diverse Released: March 18, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming — — — Hell on Earth Released: July 23, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming — — — Why Not Now Released: December 16, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming — — — Who Dat Released: April 30, 2019 Label: SCMG Format: Digital download, streaming — — — My Shit Now Released: January 3, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming — — — Platinum Heart Released: February 6, 2020 Label: SCMG Format: Digital download, streaming 196 — — Thank You for Believing Released: May 7, 2021 Label: SCMG, Capitol Format: Digital download, streaming 25 16 14 Jaded Released: October 4, 2024 Label: SCMG, Capitol Format: Digital download, streaming 50 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with select infoTitleEP details Big Steppa Released: December 22, 2020 Label: SCMG Format: Digital download, streaming Dickpressed Released: December 29, 2020 Label: SCMG Format: Digital download, streaming Pretty Girls Love Toosii Released: December 3, 2021 Label: SCMG, Capitol Format: Digital download, streaming Boys Don't Cry Released: October 7, 2022 Label: SCMG, Capitol Format: Digital download, streaming
Singles + List of singles, with select chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USR&B/HHPeaks on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: "Love Is...": "Favorite Song": USRap CAN UK WW "Karma"2018 — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Right Track" — — — — — — "Red Lights" 2019 — — — — — —Platinum Heart "5 Stars"2020 — — — — — — "You're Mine Still" — — — — — — "Rip 2.0" — — — — — — My Shit Now "Push Start" — — — — — — "Love Cycle" — 44 — — — — RIAA: Platinum Platinum Heart and Poetic Pain "Poetic Pain" — — — — — — RIAA: Gold Poetic Pain "Met in LA" — — — — — — Dickpressed "Pain & Problems" — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Dark Fights" — — — — — — "Back Together"2021 — — — — — —Thank You for Believing "What It Cost" — — — — — — "Heart Cold" — — — — — — "Spin Music" — — — — — — "Keeper" 2022 — — — — — — "Love Is..." — 33 — — — — RIAA: Gold Boys Don't Cry and Naujour "Lonely" — — — — — — "Heartaches" — — — — — — Boys Don't Cry "Colorblind" — — — — — — rowspan="3" "Fire in the Booth, Pt. 1" — — — — — — "Magic Potion" 2023 — — — — — — "Favorite Song" 5 2 1 41 87 25 RIAA: 5× Platinum BPI: Silver MC: Platinum Naujour "Suffice" — — — — — — rowspan="3" "IDGAF" — — — — — — "Where You Been" 2024 — — — — — — "Fuk You Mean" — — — — — —Jaded "Champs Elysées" — — — — — — "Please Don't Go" 2025 — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other charted and certified songs + List of other charted and certified songs, with select chart positions and certifications Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album USBub. USR&B/HH"Reminiscing"2020—— RIAA: GoldPlatinum Heart "Sapiosexual" — — RIAA: Gold Poetic Pain "Pull Up" 2023 17 49 Naujour "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Guest appearances +List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artists Album "Hero" 2020 Neno Calvin, Lil Poppa Magnolia Manson "Flight to China Wiz Khalifa Road to Fast 9 "Last Time" JxHines Love Stories "One Time" Queen Naija Missunderstood "Traumatized" Phora With Love 2 "Bidness" DaBaby My Brother's Keeper (Long Live G) "Chicken" Aminé Limbo (Deluxe) "Murda" Stunna 4 Vegas, Murda Beatz Welcome To 4 Vegas "All of Your Love" Hotboii Double O Baby "Interact" Smoove'L Ice Cups and Shootouts "Beneficial" Popp Hunna Mud Baby "Feel Better" 2021 BRS Kash Kash Only "No Love Too" 100k Track, YNW Melly, FCG Heem, DKE AUTHOR Mercury "WYTD" Tokyo Jetz Cancel Culture "Gone Too Soon" Nuski2Squad Lil Nuski "Love Hurts" Lil Tjay Destined 2 Win "A.M. Flights" Lil Poppa Blessed, I Guess "More Pain" FCG Heem Neighborhood Poetry "Finally Made It" YBT Tryna Win "2 Pills" Rico Cartel Legendary Nightz "Soul Fly" Dee Gomes Undrafted "Rich Today" CFL Billions LONG LIVE BOOGIE "One Time" 2022 Luh Dino Prayer Heals Pain The Aftermath "Dead Roses" Yungeen Ace All On Me "Take Care" Lil Gotit, Millie Go Lightly The Cheater "Starfall" DaeDalTm Prouda Myself "W Hotel" 2024 Pressa rowspan="1"
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