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    Lil Baby Reflects on 2020 After Artist of the Year Honor at Second Annual Apple Music Awards

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    ‘WAP’ hitmaker Megan Thee Stallion, in the meantime, is named Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and Taylor Swift takes home Songwriter of the Year for ‘Folklore’.

    Nov 19, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Rapper Lil Baby has been honored with the Artist of the Year prize at the second annual Apple Music Awards.
    The honors, which were founded in 2019 by bosses at the streaming service, recognize “the best and boldest musicians of 2020 and their enormous impact on global culture,” according to a press release.
    He was awarded the prize after the star “cemented his place as the indisputable, authentic voice of youth culture” with his 2020 single “The Bigger Picture”.
    Of the win, he says, “This year has changed me a lot. Now that I’m an artist, I feel like my voice can get heard through my music and I needed to say something. And my fans listened. So thank you to my fans and thank you to Apple Music for giving me a special way to connect to my fans.”
    Meanwhile, “WAP” star Megan Thee Stallion was “so excited” to be named Breakthrough Artist of the Year, with her Cardi B collaboration and “Savage” remix with Beyonce Knowles racking more than 300 million streams globally on the site.

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    “This is a really big accomplishment for me,” reflects the hitmaker. “Apple Music has been rocking with me for so long, even before making me an Up Next artist, and I am just very appreciative and very grateful. I will forever love ya’ll as much as ya’ll love me.”
    Elsewhere in the prizegiving, which has a limited five awards, Taylor Swift took home Songwriter of the Year for her “lyrical masterpiece” “Folklore”, and admits the honor is “really special this particular year because songwriting was the one thing that kept me connected to my fans,” amid the pandemic.
    And the final two prizes – Top Song of the Year and Top Album of the Year – went to Roddy Ricch for his track “The Box” and its parent LP Please “Excuse Me for Being Antisocial”.
    “It’s crazy making music could get me to the point where a platform like Apple could honor me or put me on a pedestal,” he confesses. “Winning this award motivates me to work even harder. This is confirmation that I am on the right track and doing what I gotta do to be the greatest in my own right.”
    The winners for global Artist, Songwriter and Breakthrough are hand-selected by Apple Music’s global editorial team, while Top Song and Top Album are based on streaming data from Apple Music subscribers.
    All four honorees will be celebrated during “an exciting week of music” in December, teases Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats.

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  • Lil Baby 'Offended' If Someone Pays Him Less Than $100K for a Verse

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    ‘The Bigger Picture’ rapper has taken to Twitter to make public his opinion when someone approaches for a feature but fails to offer a certain amount of money that he has set.
    Jul 27, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Lil Baby is among the hot rappers whose albums often lead the chart as soon as they are released. With that record, it is only natural for him to set his own standard when it comes to how much he wants to be paid for a feature and he will not accept anything less.
    On Sunday, July 26, “The Bigger Picture” rapper took to Twitter to make public his opinion when someone approached for a verse but failed to offer a certain amount of money that he has set. “Ima feel offended if you want a verse from me but don’t got no 100k…. ‘respect my hustle,’ ” the Atlanta star wrote.
    In a separate post, he went on to say that $100k isn’t really that expensive. “An 100k cheap by the way do your streaming research,” he shared.

    In response to the tweets, most fans thought the amount of money he wanted for a verse was ridiculous. “He hot right now but damm humble yourself acting like a 10 year veteran,” one urged Baby in an Instagram comment. Someone else insinuated that the only people who could charge $100K for a verse are Nicki Minaj and Beyonce Knowles.
    Meanwhile, someone clowned the rapper by saying that he needed more coins because he knew his career wouldn’t last long. “Cuz he Know he won’t be around in 10yrs. So he might as well get them coins now!!” the person commented.
    However, someone defended Baby, thinking that it was pretty rational for Baby to set the price that high. “he’s right tho. he had the number one album for 4 weeks and constantly breaks streaming records. he has the right to demand whatever price he wants,” one fan said. Echoing the statement, another user added, “That man is in his prime. Y’all better pay that money !!”
    Last month, the chart-topping rapper announced he was upping his feature price to $100,000. “At this point it’s safe to say I want 100k for a feature,” he wrote on Twitter at the time. Pierre “P” Thomas, the CEO of his label Quality Control Music, then quickly told him to increase the amount to 200K in his reply.
    Baby is indeed one of the rising stars over the past year or so. His newest album, “My Turn”, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in addition to spending a total of 20 weeks in the Top 10.

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  • 42 Dugg Reportedly Dropped by Lil Baby's Label After Gay Speculation

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    The ‘We Paid’ hitmaker sparks wild rumor about his sexuality after he appears to rap, ‘I was out here suckin’ d**k/ I was tryna pay the rent,’ in a snippet of his new song.
    Jul 24, 2020
    AceShowbiz – 42 Dugg’s rumored sexual preference may have cost him a home for his music. Words are the rapper, whose real name is Dion Marquise Hayes, has been dropped by his label after he appeared to suggest that he was forced to suck d**k for a living.
    The Detroit-born star, who first gained traction for his tracks “The Streets” and “STFU”, was jointly signed to Lil Baby’s 4PF and Yo Gotti’s CMG after he met Lil Baby in 2017. He was said to be one of the hottest artists under Lil Baby’s 4PF label, but as soon as the “We Paid” hitmaker sparked frenzy with his “sucking d**k” lyrics, he reportedly has been dropped from the label.
    Lil Baby reportedly has been distancing from Dugg as well. When asked what he thought about his former friend seemingly admitting to be a gay prostitute, the “Drip Too Hard” emcee allegedly replied, “He’s not 4PF.”
    Dugg and Lil Baby previously also collaborated on “Grace” and “We Paid”. The latter became Dugg’s first top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His latest mixtape “Young & Turnt, Vol. 2” was released on March 27 of this year under CMG and 4PF. It peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 200, No. 33 at the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 6 on the Independent Albums chart, marking his highest-charting album to date.
    Dugg sparked the speculation about his sexuality after he shared a snippet of his new song on Instagram Live on Tuesday, July 21. In the video, he bopped his head up and down as he listened to the song in his car, while he was heard rapping in the song played in the background, “I was out here suckin’ d**k/ I was tryna pay the rent.”
    His name soon became trending on social media, with many speculating that he’s gay after listening to the song. LMAOOOO N***A SAID HE WAS OUT THERE SUCKING D**K TO PAY THE RENT,” one reacted. “42 dugg gay omfg.” Another wondered, “so 42 dugg is gay? or he like some of yall who be sucking d**k sometimes but got a girl?”
    Dugg, however, has debunked the claim and insisted that people heard his verse wrong. “H**S OUT HERE SUCKIN D**K… I WAS TRYNA PAY HER RENT,” he clarified the lyrics on his Twitter account. But people were not convinced and accused him of lying.

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  • Lil Baby Denies Snubbing Kanye West: Nobody Told Me Ye Wanted Duet

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    The ‘Bigger Picture’ rapper has responded to Kanye’s allegations that he turned down an offer to collaborate in the studio with the 808s and heartbreak’ hitmaker.
    Jul 24, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Chart-topping rapper Lil baby is baffled by Kanye West’s claims he blocked a collaboration, insisting no one told him the “Stronger” hitmaker was trying to track him down.
    During a Twitter rant on Tuesday (21Jul20), Kanye confessed to being a big fan of the Georgia-based newcomer and alleged he had tried to arrange a studio hook-up.
    West wrote, “Lil Baby my favorite rapper but won’t do a song wit me (sic),” during what many feel was Kanye’s latest bipolar episode – he also attacked his wife Kim Kardashian and mother-in-law Kris Jenner on Twitter.
    But Lil Baby insists he knew nothing of West’s efforts to reach out to him until he read his tweet.
    “Nobody told me ye was trying to get me on a song that’s f**ked up,” the young rapper tweeted on Thursday.
    He also sent a message to West directly, adding: “@kanyewest no disrespect nobody told me.”

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  • Lil Baby Stays Atop Billboard 200 for Four Consecutive Weeks With 'My Turn'

    Fellow MC Lil Durk, in the meantime, takes a huge leap to the runner-up position from number 56 with his ‘Just Cause Y’all Waited 2’ album, whereas DaBaby’s ‘Blame It on Baby’ settles for third.
    Jul 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Rapper Lil Baby has made it five weeks atop the U.S. albums chart.
    “My Turn” shifts 70,000 equivalent units to hold on to the Billboard 200 title for a fourth consecutive week, having previously debuted at number one in March.
    It becomes the only album of 2020 so far to boast five weeks in first place, the most since Post Malone racked up five weeks with “Hollywood’s Bleeding” in November.
    Meanwhile, fellow MC Lil Durk charges up to number two from 56 with “Just Cause Y’all Waited 2”, followed by DaBaby’s “Blame It on Baby” at three, and Malone’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding” at four.
    The Weeknd rounds out the new top five with “After Hours”.
    Top Ten Billboard 200:
    “My Turn” – Lil Baby (70,000 units)
    “Just Cause Y’all Waited 2” – Lil Durk (43,000 units)
    “Blame It on Baby” – DaBaby (40,000 units)
    “Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone (39,000 units)
    “After Hours” – The Weeknd (32,000 units)
    “Fine Line” – Harry Styles (32,000 units)
    “The Goat” – Polo G (31,000 units)
    “Eternal Atake” – Lil Uzi Vert (31,000 units)
    “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” – Drake (30,000 units)
    “High Off Life” – Future (29,000 units)

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  • Lil Baby's 'My Turn' Stays #1, Lady GaGa's 'Chromatica' Follows at #2 on Billboard 200 Chart

    Meanwhile, this week’s Billboard 200 chart sees DaBaby’s ‘Blame It on Baby’ and Post Malone’s ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ having a huge rise in the chart in the week ending June 18.
    Jun 22, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Lil Baby’s “My Turn” continues to reign on Billbaord 2020 chart this week. The album spent three weeks at the top of the project after earning 72,000 equivalent album units earned (up 12 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending June 18, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
    Of the number, just under 71,000 comes in the form of SEA units which equals to 110 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs. Meanwhile, TEA units and album total is a little less than 1,000 each. The overall boost of the album mostly thanks to the buzz generated by his new non-album single “The Bigger Picture” which was released on June 12.
    Following it up was Lady GaGa’s “Chromatica” after earning 44,000 equivalent album units. Rising up from No. 6 to No. 3 is DaBaby’s “Blame It on Baby” with 40,000 units. The album is not the only one which ascends several spots this week as Post Malone’s former topper “Hollywood’s Bleeding” climbs from No. 8 to No. 4 with 38,000 equivalent album units.
    No. 5 is preoccupied by Drake’s “Dark Lane Demo Tapes”. The album is stationery at the spot after earning 36,000 equivalent album units. At No. 6 is Future’s former No. 1 “High Off Life”, which dips from No. 4 to No, 6 with nearly 36,000 units.
    Gunna’s “Wunna”, meanwhile, descends from No. 3 to No. 7 35,000 equivalent album units. Rounding out the top 10 are Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake”, Polo G’s “The Goat” and The Weeknd’s “After Hours”. “Eternal Atake” nabs the No. 8 spot with just over 34,000. Meanwhile, “The Goat” and “After Hours” earn 34,000 and nearly 34,000 units respectively.
    Top Ten of Billboard 200:
    “My Turn” – Lil Baby (72,000 units)
    “Chromatica” – Lady GaGa (44,000 units)
    “Blame It on Baby” – DaBaby (40,000 units)
    “Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone (38,000 units)
    “Dark Lane Demo Tapes ” – Drake (36,000 units)
    “High Off Life” – Future (nearly 36,000 units)
    “Wunna” – Gunna (35,000 units)
    “Eternal Atake” – Lil Uzi Vert (34,000 units)
    “The Goat” – Polo G (34,000 units)
    “After Hours” – The Weeknd (nearly 34,000 units)

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  • Artist of the Week: Lil Baby

    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.

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  • Lil Baby's 'My Turn' Returns to Top of Billboard 200 Three Months After Debut

    Rising three spots with 65,000 equivalent sales units, the second studio album by the ‘Woah’ rapper dethrones Lady GaGa’s ‘Chromatica’ in addition to beating Gunna’s ‘Wunna’.
    Jun 15, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Rapper Lil Baby has returned to the top of the U.S. albums chart, three months after “My Turn” first debuted in pole position.
    The project rises three spots to take the Billboard 200 title with 65,000 equivalent sales units – the lowest figure for a number one in over a year.
    “My Turn” only just edges out Lady GaGa’s “Chromatica”, which slips from one to two with 64,000 equivalent units.
    Hip-hop star Gunna takes third place with “Wunna”, as Future’s “High Off Life” and Drake’s “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” round out the new top five in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
    Top Ten of Billboard 200:
    “My Turn” – Lil Baby (65,000 units)
    “Chromatica” – Lady GaGa (64,000 units)
    “Wunna” – Gunna (39,000 units)
    “High Off Life” – Future (39,000 units)
    “Dark Lane Demo Tapes ” – Drake (39,000 units)
    “Blame It on Baby” – DaBaby (38,500 units)
    “The Goat” – Polo G (37,000 units)
    “Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone (36,000 units)
    “Eternal Atake” – Lil Uzi Vert (35,000 units)
    “After Hours” – The Weeknd (35,000 units)

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