With such a rapid rise and a relentless stream of hits, it’s clear that Lil Baby is one of the greatest modern success stories in hip-hop. Earlier the year Baby's solo song "Close Friends" also hit yet another #1, showing his clear dominance throughout year with 3 Top 10 singles. Lil Baby book-ended 2019 with another #1 song at urban with "Baby" (feat.
The song started off the year as the first #1 at urban radio and was also the most played song of 2019 at urban radio.
This year his single "Drip Too Hard" (with Gunna) was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Performance, marking Baby's first Grammy nomination in his young career of just over two years. His debut album, Harder Than Ever, entered the Billboard Top 200 at number three, with tracks from the record holding four spots concurrently on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Lil Baby’s street anthems have established himself as one of the crown jewels in the chart-smashing Quality Control Music roster, going from ‘Rookie of the Year’ to massive critical acclaim, four gold RIAA certified singles, one double-platinum certified single, two triple-platinum certified singles, and one five-times-platinum certified single. This year sees him coming back hard, harder, hardest with new album “My Turn.” Every single project he releases has hit gold or platinum status, he was named the Best New Artist of 2019 at the BET Awards, graced the covers of both The Source and XXL as the “next big thing” and his songs have been streamed more than 11 billion times and had 3 Top 100 albums in 2019 alone.
And two years later, wrapping up his authentic realities into addictive and beautiful deliveries, Lil Baby has become a genuine phenomenon. After two years in the penitentiary, seeing close friends doing life, he finally gave in to the urgings of Coach and P at Quality Control Music to put that hustle into music. Lil Baby was doing fine on the streets, financially that is. I give them a different outlook I want to let them know they can have this much fun by doing something legal like me rapping.” “My ultimate goal is for my son, and a lot of other kids, to not have to grow up the way I grew up. Doing something with it is the hard part,” says Lil Baby. Young Thug, Gunna, Quavo, 50 Cent, DaBaby, Future, Lil Baby, Swae Lee, and Tyga are among the guests on Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon.“Getting’ money is easy. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.) Pop Smoke: Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon After a previously shared Virgil Abloh album cover sparked controversy, the posthumous new Pop Smoke album arrives today with a new cover and a tracklist packed with features. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. Subscribe to Pitchfork's New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. This week's batch includes new albums from Pop Smoke, Willie Nelson, Westside Gunn, Boris, patten, and Greg Foat. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first.