It’s dead (expletive) wrong to try to use your lyrics and convict you of something you’re just saying. But I think it’s a catch with this lyric thing. Gavin Newsom recently signed the decriminalizing artistic expression act. But now, I have to be very mindful, because I know as much as people who are listening to what I’m saying is a critic.ĪP: In California, Gov. You can go as far as you want to take it. We’re used to saying a lot of stuff that’s not true, that didn’t happen. I’m scared for someone who would try to make something that’s not. But with everything going on, I ain’t going to say that. I can say something crazy that I never did. Let that be the reason.ĪP: Are you more conscious of your lyrics now? This is a time when we got to do what we to get through this situation. It kind of (expletive) with your insanity a little bit.ĪP: Since you communicate with Thug the most, what advice have you given him? But I’m also seeing people in jail when I know it’s not what it is. They could be painting the same picture to me. To know the picture that they are painting isn’t really them. I know what they’re doing and what they are not to a certain extent. It’s the fact that I know the situation of where we are and what we’ve overcome. If I think about it too much, I get deep into it. It’s one of those things I try to keep off my mind. I haven’t been talking to Gunna as much, but I talk to Thug often. LIL BABY: It honestly kind of (expletive) me up, like on a day-to-day. I’m not going to drop a deluxe.ĪP: Your friends Young Thug and Gunna have been jailed since May in a criminal racketeering case. It’s almost really going on three (years). But I haven’t put nothing out in two years. LIL BABY: I could’ve put 15 songs out and just added seven more songs then put out another album. With that good amount of songs, did you think about breaking it up into a double album? That’s how I rap already.ĪP: Your new album has 23 tracks. But that’s a song that could’ve been on my album right now - without this going on. That was a time where so much was going on. LIL BABY: I feel like that’s something I do in my songs anyway. Will you do more racial disparity-type topics in your new music? The caption has to be hard as my picture.ĪP: Your protest song "The Bigger Picture" was a big hit at the Grammys last year. Like if you got the right caption, it’ll go viral.
Once I got on Instagram, I started realizing that the caption was more important than the picture. From second to third grade, I always been into writing a good story. I could imagine and really write a story about whatever.
LIL BABY: Language arts was one of my favorite classes. If you believe, you can achieve.ĪP: When did you realize you was good with formulating words together?
LIL BABY: When I look at everything I had to endure and the process, I think about when I was just sitting in a prison cell to now I’m living in a pad in California. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.ĪP: You’ve overcome being a high school dropout and bounced back from serving time in prison. In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Lil Baby opened up about decriminalizing rap lyrics, his friends Young Thug and Gunna who are currently locked up in a RICO criminal case and his third studio album "It's Only Me," which releases Friday. Earlier this year, he won a Grammy in the best melodic rap performance category for Kanye West's "Hurricane," which also featured The Weeknd. He's worked with some of music's best including Future, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne. He won over listeners through his infectious singles like "Drip Too Hard," "We Paid" and "Yes Indeed" with Drake. But once he made it a priority, he rose to remarkable success. Lil Baby, 27, initially wasn't hard pressed to rap.
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