The track tackles familiar themes in street rap, but with an intensity and imagery that feel more like a horror film than traditional rap. (“Let’s play a little game I made / All you gotta do is pick a candy bar, one got a blade.”) The dark sound hasn’t dimmed Kia’s run,...
The 29-year-old rapper got his name from his mother, who often called him “baby.” His friends teased him incessantly by calling him “Lil Baby,” but the name just stuck. Lil Baby is not remarkably short (and certainly not a baby at 29 years old), but with memorable hits like “...