Astro

Astro (born Brian Bradley on August 26, 1996) is an American rapper from Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York who was a contestant on season 1 of The X-Factor, mentored by LA Reid. He first impressed the judges at his audition in Newark, New Jersey with a song he wrote called "Stop Lookin' at My Mom!" and later progressed through the competition despite a minor mess up at bootcamp to make it to the top 7 before being eliminated on December 1, 2011, finishing in 7th place.

Post X-Factor
Since his elimination, there have been multiple rumors as to what label Astro would be signed to & who would sign him. While the rumors persisted, he has stayed busy, releasing a mixtape called  LΦSER on December 22, 2011 via Twitter. He also got to write and record a rap for the Cher Lloyd song "Want U Back", which was supposed be released as a single in April 2012, but wasn't. It later was a hit in the UK. Astro, however, got signed to Epic Records on January 18, 2012. He is decided to take a shot at acting.

Trivia

 * One of Astro's idols is Jay-Z.


 * At age 15, he was one of the youngest contestants on the show(fellow contestant Rachel Crow was the youngest at age 13 followed by Drew, who is now 15).

Discography
Singles:


 * "Want U Back" (collabration with Cher Lloyd) (2012)