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_, becoming one of the most popular artists in the trap music genre as of now.

Lil Baby's first studio album, _Harder Than Ever_ (2018), was certified platinum by the RIAA. It included the song "Yes Indeed" with Canadian recording artist Drake which peaked at number six on the _Billboard_ Hot 100.

He went on to release two more mixtapes in 2018, _Drip Harder_ and _Street Gossip_. The former mixtape contained his most popular song "Drip Too Hard", which peaked at number four on the _Billboard_ Hot 100. The latter mixtape peaked at number two on the US _Billboard_ 200.

Lil Baby's second album, _My Turn_ (2020), peaked at number one on the _Billboard_ 200. The song "We Paid", from the album charted at number ten on the Hot 100. In June 2020, he released the single "The Bigger Picture", which peaked at number three on the Hot 100. It became the highest-charting single of his career.

Throughout his career, Lil Baby has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and seven BET Awards.

## Early life

Dominique Jones was born and raised in Atlanta. He lived with his mother and 2 sisters while their father is no longer with them.

## Career

Shortly after his release from prison in 2016, Jones released his mixtape _Perfect Timing_. It features from Young Thug, Lil Yachty, and others.

On July 18, 2017, he released his second mixtape titled _Harder Than Hard_.

On October 9, 2017, Jones released a collaboration mixtape with close friend and fellow Atlanta rapper Marlo, _2 The Hard Way_. This mixtape did not create as big an impact as the former two mixtapes. It still gained some attention.

Jones finally started to break through to the masses with his December 2017 mixtape _Too Hard_. It was led by his hit single "Freestyle", which was released as a music video on November 5 to promote the upcoming mixtape. Through the success of the single, Jones attracted much attention to his mixtape. When the mixtape was finally released, it featured the single "All of a Sudden" featuring fellow American rapper Moneybagg Yo. This mixtape was defining for much of Jones' current career.

In May 2018, Baby released his first studio album, _Harder Than Ever_, which debuted at number three on the US _Billboard_ 200 chart. The album was supported by the singles, "Southside" and "Yes Indeed" (with Drake). "Yes indeed" peaked at number six on the _Billboard_ Hot 100. "Life Goes On" featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Gunna charted at number 74 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100.

On October 5, 2018, after Lil Baby released _Harder Than Ever_, he released his collaborative mixtape _Drip Harder_ with Gunna. The single "Drip Too Hard" went on to become certified 9x platinum by the RIAA and MC Platinum. It peaked at number 4 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100 and was nominated for Best Rap/Song Performance at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. The mixtape was released under the labels Quality Control, YSL Records, and Motown/Capitol.

In September 2018, Baby appeared on the Adult Swim television series _FishCenter Live_.

In November 2018, he released his mixtape _Street Gossip_.

In December 2018, Baby collaborated with Yung Gravy on Gravy's single, "Alley Oop".

He starred in _How High 2_, the sequel to the 2001 stoner comedy movie _How High_. _How High 2_ premiered on April 20, 2019, on MTV.

On June 21, 2019, Baby and fellow Atlanta rapper Future released a single titled "Out the Mud".

On July 17, 2019, Lil Baby appeared alongside DaBaby on the single "Baby". "Baby" was released on Quality Control's second studio album, _Control the Streets, Volume 2_. The song peaked at number 21 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100.

On November 8, 2019, Baby released his single "Woah" as the lead single for his second studio album _My Turn_. The song peaked at number 15 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100.

On November 9, 2019, Baby was featured on British YouTuber KSI's song "Down Like That" along with American rapper Rick Ross and British producer S-X. Baby performed it for KSI's ring walk at Staples Center for KSI's fight against YouTuber Logan Paul.

On November 15, 2019, Baby released a song from the movie _Queen & Slim_, titled "Catch the Sun". It later appeared on _My Turn_.

On January 10, 2020, Lil Baby released the second single, "Sum 2 Prove", for his album. It reached number 16 on the Hot 100.

On February 28, 2020, _My Turn,_ was released and debuted at number one on the US _Billboard_ 200. It features guest appearances from Gunna, 42 Dugg, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug, and Rylo Rodriguez. _My Turn_ produced 12 songs that appeared on the _Billboard_ Hot 100 chart, giving him a career total of 47 songs on the chart. It put him in a tie with musicians Prince and Paul McCartney.

On May 1, 2020, following the release of the album's deluxe version, _My Turn_ returned to the top spot on the _Billboard_ 200.

On June 12, 2020, Lil Baby released the political song "The Bigger Picture", following the George Floyd protests. The song debuted at number three on the _Billboard_ Hot 100, becoming Lil Baby's highest-charting song as a lead artist. His song "We Paid" featuring 42 Dugg from the _My Turn_ deluxe also peaked in the top 10 of the Hot 100.

In July 2020, Lil Baby was featured on late rapper Pop Smoke's "For the Night" from his posthumous first album, _Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon_. The song reached number six on the Hot 100.

In September 2020, _My Turn_ became the first album of the year to be certified double platinum by the RIAA. "The Bigger Picture" received two nominations at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards: Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.

On March 14, 2021, Lil Baby performed "The Bigger Picture" at the Grammys to mostly positive reviews. The following day, another collaboration with Drake, "Wants and Needs", debuted at number two on the Hot 100. It passed a previous peak and debuted with "The Bigger Picture" for Jones, becoming his highest-charting song overall.

On June 4, 2021, Lil Baby released his collaborative studio album with Lil Durk, _The Voice of the Heroes_. The album debuted at number one on the _Billboard_ 200.

In July 2021, he released the single "We Win" (featuring Kirk Franklin) for the soundtrack to the sports comedy movie _Space Jam: A New Legacy_.

## Personal life

Jason is the son of Jones which he had from his relationship with his Ex-girlfriend Ayesha. Jayda Cheaves is an entrepreneur and model who fell into a relationship with Jones in 2016.

## Discography

- _Perfect Timing_ (2017)
- _Harder Than Harder: Gangsta Grillz_ (2017)
- _2 the Hard Way_ (with Marlo) (2017)
- _Too Hard_ (2017)
- _Harder Than Ever_ (2018)
- _Drip Hard_ (with Gunna) (2018)
- _Street Gossip_ (2018)
- _My Turn_ (2020)
- _The Voice of the Heroes_ (with Lil Durk) (2021)
- _It's Only Me_ (2022)

## Awards and nominations

|scope="col"|Award|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Recipient(s) and nominee(s)|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Result|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2020|Himself|New Artist of the Year||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|||||||
|"My Turn"|Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album|||||||||||
|2021|Himself|Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist||align="center"||||||||
|rowspan="9"|2021|Songwriter of the year|Himself||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="9"|||||||
|rowspan="8"|Winning Rap Songs|Baby||||||||||
|The Bigger Picture||||||||||||
|Emotionally Scarred||||||||||||
|For The Night||||||||||||
|Leave Em Alone||||||||||||
|Sum 2 Prove||||||||||||
|We Paid||||||||||||
|WOAH||||||||||||
|rowspan="6"|2022|Songwriter of the year|Himself||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|||||||
|rowspan="5"|Winning Rap Songs|Every Chance I Get||||||||||
|Girls Want Girls||||||||||||
|On Me||||||||||||
|Rags2Riches 2||||||||||||
|Wants And Needs||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2019|Himself|Best New Artist||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|||||||
|Himself & Gunna|Best Group|||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2021|Himself|Best Male Hip Hop Artist||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|||||||
|"For the Night" (Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby)|Best Collaboration|||||||||||
|"The Bigger Picture"|Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award|||||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2022|Himself|Best Male Hip Hop Artist||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|||||||
|Lil Baby & Lil Durk|Best Group|||||||||||
|"Every Chance I Get" <small>(with Lil Durk & DJ Khaled)</small>|Best Collaboration|||||||||||
|"We Win" <small>(with Kirk Franklin)</small>|Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award|||||||||||
|2019|"Drip Too Hard"|Best Collab, Duo or Group||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan=4|2020|rowspan=2|"The Bigger Picture"|Best Hip Hop Video||rowspan=4||||||
|Impact Track||||||||||||
|Himself|Hip-Hop Artist of the Year|||||||||||
|"My Turn"|Hip-Hop Album of the Year|||||||||||
|rowspan=6|2021|Himself|Hip-Hop Artist of the Year||rowspan=6|||||||
|"Every Chance I Get" <small>(with Lil Durk)</small>|Best Collaboration|||||||||||
|Lil Baby & Lil Durk|Best Duo or Group|||||||||||
|Himself|Lyricist of the year|||||||||||
|Himself|Hustler of the year|||||||||||
|"We Win" <small>(with Kirk Franklin)</small>|Impact Track|||||||||||
|2022|Girls Want Girls|Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2019|Himself|Top New Artist||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan=6|2021|rowspan=4|Himself|Top Male Artist||style="text-align:center;" rowspan=6||||||
|Top Streaming Songs Artist||||||||||||
|Top Rap Artist||||||||||||
|Top Rap Male Artist||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|"My Turn"|Top Billboard 200 Album||||||||||
|Top Rap Album||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|2022|Himself|Top Rap Artist||rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|The Back Outside Tour|Top Rap Tour|||||||||||
|2020|"Drip Too Hard"|Best Rap/Sung Performance||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2021|rowspan="2"|"The Bigger Picture"|Best Rap Performance||rowspan="2"||||||
|Best Rap Song||||||||||||
|rowspan="5"|2022|_Back of My Mind_|rowspan="2"|Album of the Year||rowspan="5"||||||
|_Donda_||||||||||||
|"We Win"|Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song|||||||||||
|"Hurricane"|rowspan="2"|Best Melodic Rap Performance||||||||||
|"Pride Is The Devil"||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2021|Himself|Hip-Hop Artist of the Year||rowspan="2"|||||||
|"My Turn"|Hip-Hop Album of the Year|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2020|"The Bigger Picture"|Best Video with a Social Message||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|||||||
|"We Paid" (Feat 42 Dugg)|Song of Summer|||||||||||
|2021|"On Me" (Feat Megan Thee Stallion)|Best Hip Hop||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|2022|"Do We Have a Problem?"|Best Hip Hop||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan="5"|2022|rowspan="4"|Himself|Male Rapper Of The Year||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"||||||
|Lyricist Of The Year||||||||||||
|Performer Of The Year||||||||||||
|The People's Champ||||||||||||
|"Every Chance I Get" <small>(with Lil Durk)</small>|Song of the Year|||||||||||

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- **name**: Lil Baby
- **image**: Lil Baby Icebox.png
- **caption**: Jones in November 2018
- **birth name**: Dominique Armani Jones
- **birth place**: Atlanta, Georgia, US
- **instrument**: Vocals
- **years active**: 2016–present