Lil Baby has lived many lives in his 25 years, and while his time on the streets earned him hard time, he applied the same hustle to his music career. After a string of successful mixtapes and album releases with Quality Control, Lil Baby polished his skills and came harder each time with tracks that ooze charisma, raw talent and deserved acclaim. After making a name for himself in the mixtape game, Lil Baby proved he could pull off a major label studio release. Harder than Ever produced a string of hits from Lil Baby. The album debuted at No. Before rapping, Lil Baby kept his head square on his shoulders and focused on getting money to provide a better life for himself and his family. Rapping just happened to be a spontaneous career change that he excelled at. One of recurring mantras in Lil Baby songs is sharing success with his crew, and Drip Harder embodies that spirit.
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Among many other things, it takes time, patience and self-belief to touch stardom. Lil Baby had all three in droves, plus talent to match, making his rise to prominence one of the bigger feel-good stories in hip-hop. He got out of jail in late , and commit himself to rap soon after , as an artist on the storied Quality Control Music roster. Six mixtapes and two albums since then, Lil Baby is inarguably a star, with the album sales and sold-out shows to prove it. On the heels of his first No. He boasts a variety of styles and sounds comfortable in all of them. The rhymer's foundation was strong for his eventual success. By the time the latter was released, Lil Baby was off and rolling, buoyed by his anthemic single "Freestyle" which became one of his signature songs and "All of a Sudden," one of the first link-ups between Baby and Moneybagg Yo—they both became friends and great collaborators. Later that year in came Drip Harder , a streaming dynamo that paired Gunna and Lil Baby and led to the biggest song of both of their careers, " Drip Too Hard. This is truly Lil Baby's moment in the sun, the point in his career that he's worked tirelessly for.
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Dominique Armani Jones [1] born December 3, , known professionally as Lil Baby , is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Atlanta , Georgia. He rose to mainstream fame in following the release of his mixtape Perfect Timing and is one of the most prominent figures in the trap music scene. He went on to release two more mixtapes in , Drip Harder and Street Gossip , the former containing his most popular song " Drip Too Hard " which peaked at 4 on the Billboard Hot , and the latter peaking at number two on the US Billboard Lil Baby's second album, My Turn , peaked at number one on the Billboard
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