The ‘Bigger Picture’ rapper has scored his second non-consecutive week on the top spot of Billboard Hot 200 with his second studio album ‘My Turn’ three months after its release.
- Jun 22, 2020
AceShowbiz – Lil Baby has turned his life around through music. He grew up hustling on the streets of Atlanta and getting involved in petty crimes before landing in prison at the age of 19. Ready for a change upon his release in 2017 after two years in jail, he decided to take a chance in the rap game.
He kicked off his career with a mixtape called “Perfect Timing” that featured collaborations with fellow Atlanta-bred rappers like Lil Yachty, Young Thug, and Gunna. He continued to showcase his craft in three more street albums before eventually dropping his debut album in 2018.
His hard work paid off when the album “Harder Than Ever” climbed up to the top 3 on Billboard Hot 200 and peaked at No. 2 on R&B/Hip-Hop chart. He also scored his first top 10 hit as his single “Yes Indeed” featuring Drake peaked at No. 6 on Hot 100 and topped the streaming songs chart.
He continued to soar as he dropped his sophomore set “My Turn” two years later. The album debuted at the top spot on Hot 200, marking his first No. 1 album. Released in February this year, it was placed among Best Albums of 2020 – Mid Year in the lists compiled by Billboard and Compex.
In the next 13 straight weeks, the album had a steady performance and stayed in the top six positions of the U.S. albums chart before returning to the first place in the week ending June 11. It claimed the top spot for the second non-consecutive week with 65,000 equivalent album units.
His return to the top spot came as he debuted his political anthem “The Bigger Picture”. Amid the nationwide protest against racial injustice, the rapper showed his support for the Black Lives Matter movement by dropping a powerful message in his new song.
He didn’t hold back as he tackled police brutality towards African-Americans, “I gave ’em chance and chance and chance again, I even done told them please / I find it crazy the police’ll shoot you and know that you dead, but still tell you to freeze / F**ked up, I seen what I seen / I guess that mean hold him down if he say he can’t breathe / It’s too many mothers that’s grieving, They killing us for no reason / Been going on for too long to get even.”
The music video showed the protest in his hometown in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. He stood among the protesters, wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt and raising his hand in solidarity with the community. The song received positive reviews from critics and went viral on the black social media.
Source: Music - aceshowbiz.com
