DaBabyhas had quite the year.
The rapper’squarantine-released albumBlame It on Babydebuted at No.
1 on the Billboard 200 in April.
Credit: Jackie Dimailig
His single “Rockstar” dominated the Hot 100, spending seven weeks at the top of the chart.
“Im just getting started,” he tells EW of his whirlwind year.
“The second I made it, I knew it was a No.
1,” he tells EW.
“I knew it was an amazing crossover.
I knew it had that potential.”
But he didn’t even realize how big the single had become on TikTok until his niece told him.
“I dont use TikTok.
“It was just 100 percent organic how that happened.
Here, the rapper shares with EW the songs and artists that shaped his life.
And I used money that I got from getting good grades in like fourth grade.”
I was throwing out T-shirts, people were going crazy.”
My style is taking peoples beats and [rapping] on them.
I used to do that all the time on my way up.
I got that from Lil Wayne.
Im really going to start back on that.
I was going to surprise people with it but you heard it here first."
The artists who inspired me
“Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Tupac.
Fat Joe with ‘Lean Back.’
When Jim Jones had that ballin song [We Fly High].
Then Lil Jon and his wave.
And dont forget about Usher dont act like Usher didnt do his thing.
And a lot of other people.
I could talk on this for hours.
I was born in 1991, so Ive seen so many different eras of music.
The music genre Id love to try
“I already am trying them all.
I feel like genres can be stretched and bent, you know what I mean?
The song that makes me sing in the car
“‘Rockstar.’
Anything off my new deluxe album, really.”
