Lil Baby Says He’s Not Interested in Politics, Despite Getting Involved Before
Rapper Lil Baby’s ‘The Bigger Picture’ was a protest anthem earlier this year after the death of George Floyd. But now, according to the rapper, he isn’t trying to get political anymore.
Lil Baby is one of the biggest rappers out right now
Based out of Atlanta, Lil Baby is one of the most successful and popular hip-hop artists of last year and this year. He signed with Quality Control and started putting out several mixtapes in 2017. He also collaborated with Lil Yachty and Young Thug. His first moderate hit was with the single, “My Dawg.” It made it to No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100.
2018 saw his start really begin to rise with the release of his single, “Yes Indeed,” which featured Drake. The song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first single from his album, Harder Than Ever. This album was just one of three projects from Lil Baby in 2018. He also put out two mixtapes, Drip Harder with Young Thug and Street Gossip. Young Thug and Lil Baby’s Drip Harder included the hit single “Drip Too Hard.” It reached No. 4 on the Hot 100. A lot of album tracks that weren’t singles became hits, such as “Close Friends” and “Never Recover.”
Though he didn’t release a project in 2019, he did release “Baby,” one of his several collaborations with DaBaby. He also dropped the song “Woah,” which would be on his 2020 album, My Turn. The album has been a major success, reaching No. 1. Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Almost every song from the album has charted on the Hot 100.
Here’s what he says about politics and activism
In a wide-ranging interview with GQ magazine, Lil Baby seems to have changed his mind and is thinking differently about political matters. This is a stark contrast to his prior actions, as he once posted about partnering with Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on police reform. He later deleted the post.
He told the outlet, “The more I’m seeing what’s up with all that s**t, the more I’m like, ‘Let me back up off politics.’ I don’t want to be no Malcolm X or Martin Luther [King].… I stuck my nose in it. I’m good on that.”
Not only was the rapper set to partner with Bottoms, but he also endorsed a candidate for Assistant District Attorney. In the interview, Lil Baby denied the fact that he gave an endrorsement.
This isn’t the first time that Lil Baby has faced controversy for similar sentiments. His comments earlier this year about racism received a lot of backlash. In another interview, he said that Black people could be racists. The statements landed him in hot water.
The rapper said, at the time, “Just ’cause you work in a racist system doesn’t mean you racist. D**n near every system that got a job is a racist system. You know what I mean? CEOs be like old white people. You never know, they got to be some kind of racist ’cause at some certain age, your parent, that was the way of life almost. So I almost feel like all these corporations or what not may be racist. And black people are racist too.”
