Dominique Armani Jones, known professionally as Lil Baby, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He rose to mainstream fame in 2017 following the release of his mixtape Perfect Timing. His debut studio album, Harder Than Ever (2018), spawned the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single “Yes Indeed” (with Drake).
In 2018, he released two more mixtapes, Drip Harder (with Gunna), which contained the single, “Drip Too Hard”, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was later certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); and Street Gossip, which reached #2 on the US Billboard 200.
Is DaBaby related to Lil Baby?
Non-hip-hop fans may get confused just because of their names, but Lil Baby and DaBaby are distinctly different rappers.
Still, Lil Baby revealed in a recent interview that some folks wanted him to beef with DaBaby because they had similar names. Lil Baby, whose real name is Dominique Armani Jones, and DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, are frequent collaborators. They first appeared as featured artists together on Jamz’s 2019 song, “Baby Shower.
