Biography
American blacksmock guy from the suburbs of the Southern State began like many peers. Want, whose chief authority - the street, early began to produce small wake, robbery and drug trafficking. But the romance of streets impregnated with the "Gangster rap" showed another path. As a result, love for music in the Commonwealth with a talent was pulled out LIL Baby from a disadvantageous medium.
He became topical lucky, whose first steps immediately noticed and appreciated. Hits of Rapper have repeatedly fell into the top ten "hot hundred billboard", and soon he became an upward star on the world hip-hop-arena.
Childhood and youth
Real name LIL BABY - Dominic Jones. The musician was born in 1994 in Atlanta, Georgia. Father left the family when the boy turned 2 years old, and the mother alone brought up three children. LIL BABY received his nickname for another 10 years, because the company has always been the smallest of all.
Dominic was not a zealous student and spent all his time on the street, from an early age looking for ways to easily and quickly get money. He was repeatedly tried to exclude from school for minor troubles, and problems with drugs only poured oil into the fire. As a result, the young man did not finish high school.
In 2012, the guy was charged with the storage of drugs with the intention of distribution, which listed a serious time. For 2013-2014, LIL BABY was doubled in the storage of marijuana.
Changes a couple of lawyers and refusing to go on a deal with the recognition of guilt, Jones still landed for a bastard for up to 5 years. In prison, he entered the conflict to conflict on the basis of racial discrimination. After that, the case was revised, and the term declined to 2 years.
Coming out of prison, Dominic joins the friends of childhood, which are already doing the first steps in the music business. And from this the new page of his biography begins.
Music
In the youthful years, Dominic, like all the surroundings, absorbed the music of the streets and even experienced a passion for hip-hop, but never thought that Rap would be his profession. For the first time, the guy thought about the musical career in 2015. A new passion came from childhood friends - Pierre Thomas (PEE) and Kevin Lee (Coach K). The Trinity founded his own label "Quality Control", in which Lil Baby began working on a debut mixture. In parallel, he collaborated with hip-hop labels "4PF" and "WolfPack".As a result of this work in April 2017, the first release of the musician is "Perfect Timing", which does not fall into the charts grid, but becomes a full-fledged hit in Georgia. It sounds in all pubs and Atlanta bars. Jones admitted that only 2 days went to work on the record. At the same time, friends shoot the first official video on the song "Freestyle".
The beginning of success was the "TOO HARD" mixture, which was lit up at the 80th place of the main American Billboard. The "Drip Harder" became a real breakthrough, published in October 2018. The mixture took the fourth position in the main charts of the United States, and in the category Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums became the second.
In addition, confidently walked through the charts of Canada, Australia and Europe. By this time, the musician already produces the Debut Studio Album "Harder Than Ever" (release date - 18 May 2018), which becomes an event. Billboard 200 gives him a 3rd place in his ranking.
For a year and a half, the musician released 6 mixtapes. The density of hits in the repertoire of LIL Baby was impressive: "Pure Cocaine" from the "Street Gossip" published in November 2018. But brighter all the joint singles are shot: "Yes Indeed", recorded in a pair with a Canadian rapper Drake, and "Drip Too Hard" in a tandem with a baking house Gunna.
The main theme of the lyrics becomes the life itself, which sees her young African American with the outskirts. This is the dark romance of the cruel world, where the "light buzz" is available, and sudden death becomes ordinary. This is love and struggle, quick money that gives happiness or become a trap.
The prison experience of the musician - the leitmotif of creativity, in which the life of a small criminal is comprehended and regrets about the past. The Mission of Rapper is to show how difficult the path you have to pass in black guys from the poor neighborhoods.
Personal life
The musician does not like to advertise a personal life, despite publicity and openness in social networks. Officially, he does not have a wife, which cannot be confidently to say about children.
The rapper often lays out in the official "Instagram" account with a lovely child named Jason, who is taken for the son of the musician. In September 2018, the artist congratulated the boy on his birthday and handed him the Rolex watch.
LIL BABY now
LIL BABY is now at the peak of popularity. The state of the musician is estimated at $ 4 million, and these figures have all the grounds so that in 2019 will seriously increase.
The artist constantly performs with concerts, writes new songs, shoots clips, actively leads profiles in social networks. Prefers sports style of clothing, large cars and loves decorations.
For 2019, the collaboration with DJ Khaled in the framework of the new Album Calheda is scheduled.
Discography
- 2017 - "Perfect Timing"
- 2017 - "Harder Than Hard"
- 2017 - "2 The Hard Way"
- 2017 - "Too Hard"
- 2018 - "Harder Than Ever"
- 2018 - "Drip Harder"
- 2018 - "Street Gossip"