Lil Baby

Dominique Armani Jones (born December 3, 1994), known professionally as Lil Baby, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to mainstream fame in 2017 following the release of his mixtape Perfect Timing. Each of his studio albums would peak the Billboard 200 upon release, beginning with his debut album, Harder Than Ever (2018), which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 top ten single "Yes Indeed" (with Drake). He would release two additional retail projects within the same year: The collaborative mixtape Drip Harder with fellow Georgia-based rapper Gunna, which saw continued success with its singles "Drip Too Hard" and "Close Friends", and his commercial mixtape Street Gossip, which reached number two on the Billboard 200. Lil Baby's second album, My Turn (2020) was certified triple-platinum by the RIAA, and became the best-selling album of that year. The album spawned the singles, "We Paid" (with 42 Dugg) and "The Bigger Picture", both of which peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with the latter receiving two Grammy Award nominations at the 2021 Grammy Awards. The following year, he released the collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes with Lil Durk, and won the Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his performance on the song "Hurricane" with Kanye West and The Weeknd. Lil Baby's third album, It's Only Me (2022) was met with similar success. In addition to his Grammy Award, Lil Baby has received an MTV Video Music Award, and two BET Awards, and was crowned the biggest all-genre Artist of the Year at the Apple Music Awards 2020. Early life Jones was born and raised in the Oakland City neighborhood in southwestern Atlanta, Georgia. He was two years old when his father left the family. His mother raised him and his two sisters. He dropped out of Booker T. Washington High School in ninth grade and committed to drug dealing.