Lil Baby

Dominique Armani Jones born December 3 1994 known professionally as Lil Baby is an American rapper singer and songwriter He rose to prominence following the release of his 2017 mixtapes Harder than Hard and Too Hard the former of which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100 entry with its lead single My Dawg He signed with Quality Control Music an imprint of Motown and Capitol Records to release his debut studio album Harder Than Ever 2018 which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and was supported by the Billboard Hot 100top ten single Yes Indeed with Drake Later that year he released the collaborative mixtape Drip Harder with fellow Georgiabased rapper Gunna and his solo mixtape Street Gossip the former spawned his second topten single Drip Too Hard while the latter peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 Lil Babys second studio album My Turn 2020 peaked the Billboard 200 for five weeks received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA and became the bestselling album of that year It spawned the hit song We Paid with 42 Dugg as well as the George Floyd protestinspired single The Bigger Picture both peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 while the latter received two nominationsBest Rap Song and Best Rap Performanceat the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards The following year his collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes 2021 with Chicago rapper Lil Durk became his second project to peak the Billboard 200 while his guest appearance on Kanye West and the Weeknds 2021 single Hurricane won Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 64th Grammy Awards His third and fourth albums Its Only Me 2022 and WHAM 2025 both debuted atop the Billboard 200 the former spawned three Billboard Hot 100 topten entries California Breeze Forever featuring Fridayy and Real Spill while the latter album saw an overall critical decline In addition to a Grammy Award Lil Baby has won an MTV Video Music Award two BET Awards and was named the allgenre Artist of the Year at the 2020 Apple Music Awards He founded the record label Glass Window Entertainment known previously as 4PF as an imprint of Motown and Capitol in 2023 he has signed frequent collaborators 42 Dugg and Rylo Rodriguez