Kanye West brought out accused rapist Marilyn Manson and embattled rapper DaBaby onstage at his Donda 2 listening party, which took place Tuesday night at LoanDepot Park Stadium in Miami, FL. The surprise appearances mark the second time West has included the controversial artists in a live performance following their …
Read More »DaBaby Makes Things Worse in New Offensive Video
DaBaby released new video “Giving What It’s Supposed to Give” on Wednesday. In the clip, he appears to address the homophobic comments he made during his appearance at Rolling Loud in Miami on Sunday along with adding a dose of sexism. In the self-directed visual, he holds up a sign …
Read More »RS Charts: 19 Pop Smoke Songs Reach RS 100
DaBaby‘s “Rockstar” spent a sixth straight week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The SethInTheKitchen-produced single, which features the rising star Roddy Ricch, earned 26 million streams. While DaBaby extended his summer reign on the RS 100, all 19 songs from Pop Smoke‘s posthumous album …
Read More »Lil Yachty's New Song With Drake and DaBaby Seems Too Big to Fail
“Oprah’s Bank Account” is a feat of engineering. The song and video feature two of music’s biggest streaming artists: Drake and DaBaby. Director X — the same filmmaker behind Drake’s “Hotline Bling” — helms the visual. And Lil Yachty, who fully commits to impersonating Oprah at the peak of her …
Read More »Drake Makes Surprise Cameo at DaBaby Concert, Teases New Album
Drake popped up at DaBaby‘s concert in Toronto Tuesday to perform his single, “Money in the Grave,” praise the North Carolina MC and promise a new album in 2020. On Instagram, the rapper shared a snippet of his performance, launching into “Money in the Grave” with abandon as the crowd …
Read More »Chance the Rapper, MadeinTYO, DaBaby Release Chaotic Video for 'Hot Shower'
Chance the Rapper, MadeinTYO and DaBaby star in the chaotic new clip for “Hot Shower,” their track off of Chance’s “debut album” The Big Day. The three hip-hop artists play host to several rowdy dance parties in a diner, a gymnasium, a race track and a courtroom. There’s also a loose …
Read More »I'm Tired of Writing About Babies
In March, my editor and I joked on Slack about the proliferation of the name “Baby” in rap right now. That conversation quickly turned into the piece, “The Best Rappers in the World Are Babies.” From there, the headline spun off into an in-magazine graph, incessant questions from social media …
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