Something Special
Over the past two years, DaBaby has dominated hip-hop and he’s nowhere near done. With his own label, Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment, heating up and a track record of releasing hit albums and singles that hasn’t cooled down, the newly anointed hip-hop superstar is on fire.
Words: Vanessa Satten
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.
Imagine having two huge, career-impacting years, back to back. That doesn’t happen for everyone, but DaBaby has been lucky enough to experience that rarity. He first started rapping around 2015, and has released 13 mixtapes since then, but didn’t get real recognition until 2019. That’s when the Interscope Records artist dropped his debut album,