Rolling Stone - USA (2019-07)

THE

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58 | Rolling Stone | July 2019

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Non-Rap Babies

Babyshambles

Druggy Brit rock from

the druggiest Brit of all,

Pete Doherty.

Blake Babies

The Eighties alt-rock

group that gave us

Juliana Hatfield.

Baby Spice

An indispensable part of

the Spice Girls’ timelessly

hot pop equation.

HOT NAME

All the Rap

Babies

MAYBE IT was inevitable in such a youth-driven genre: After decades of Lil rappers and Young rappers, hip-hop

is now experiencing a golden age of rappers named Baby. Lil Baby is the beating heart of Atlanta’s new generation.

Bhad Bhabie has gone from Dr. Phil meme to legitimate rap star. DaBaby has turned the phrase “goin’ baby” —

meaning wildly, flamboyantly succeeding — into an inspirational philosophy. And that’s only the beginning.

Having trouble keeping all these rapping babies straight? Just consult this handy guide. CHARLES HOLMES

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BRYAN

“BABY”

WILLIAMS

The godfather

of all rap

babies, a.k.a.

Birdman,

a.k.a. Stunna.

Co-founded

Cash Money

Records.

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DABABY

The biggest

North

Carolina

rapper who’s

not J. Cole:

“Anything

that you do

exceedingly

well, you

goin’ baby.”

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SADA BABY

Detroit’s most

quotable

rapper.

Ruffled some

feathers

in 2018

by saying

Eminem isn’t

in his top five

Detroit MCs.

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BHAD

BHABIE

She’s come

a long way

from “cash

me outside”

— and she’s

getting better

at rapping.

Seriously.

BBYMUTHA

Chattanooga’s

finest. Raps about

the travesties of

modern life with

acid honesty. Has

many good rules

to live by, as heard

on her 2017 hit

“Rules.” Yes, she is

also a mother.

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BALI BABY

Atlanta

trash-talker

supreme.

Great at both

beef and

prickly pop.

YUNG BABY

TAT E

Made a

concept

album about

girls called

Girls: “New

Girl,” “Pretty

Girl,” “That

Girl”...

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BABY

GOTH

The logical

conclusion

of the

SoundCloud

rap aesthetic

under

late-stage

capitalism.

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BBG BABY

JOE

On the rise

from Baton

Rouge,

Louisiana.

Best song:

“Thuggin’

Hard.”

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LIL BABY

Crown prince

of Atlanta rap.

Obsessed

with hardness

(see: Drip

Harder,

Harder Than

Hard, Too

Hard).

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BABY BOY

DA PRINCE

Remember 2007’s

New Orleans rap hit

“The Way I Live”?

That guy.

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SAHBABII

Anime

enthusiast,

ATLien.

Unfairly living

in the shadow

of his 2017

viral hit, “Pull

Up Wit Ah

Stick.”

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