![]() ![]() But that’s a song that could’ve been on my album right now - without this going on. That was a time where so much was going on. ![]() LIL BABY: I feel like that’s something I do in my songs anyway. Will you do more racial disparity-type topics in your new music? The caption has to be hard as my picture.ĪP: Your protest song “The Bigger Picture” was a big hit at the Grammys last year. Like if you got the right caption, it’ll go viral. Once I got on Instagram, I started realizing that the caption was more important than the picture. From second to third grade, I always been into writing a good story. I could imagine and really write a story about whatever. LIL BABY: Language arts was one of my favorite classes. If you believe, you can achieve.ĪP: When did you realize you was good with formulating words together? LIL BABY: When I look at everything I had to endure and the process, I think about when I was just sitting in a prison cell to now I’m living in a pad in California. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.ĪP: You’ve overcome being a high school dropout and bounced back from serving time in prison. In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Lil Baby opened up about decriminalizing rap lyrics, his friends Young Thug and Gunna who are currently locked up in a RICO criminal case and his third studio album “It’s Only Me,” which releases Friday. Earlier this year, he won a Grammy in the best melodic rap performance category for Kanye West’s “Hurricane,” which also featured The Weeknd. He’s worked with some of music’s best including Future, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne. He won over listeners through his infectious singles like “Drip Too Hard,” “We Paid” and “Yes Indeed” with Drake. But once he made it a priority, he rose to remarkable success. Lil Baby, 27, initially wasn’t hard pressed to rap. I just knew if he transferred all that energy, he was going to grind all the way to the top.” He’s got that hustler’s mentality of the first one getting up and last one going to sleep. “All he had to do was transfer his energy from whatever he was doing to the music. I can’t begin to explain how honored I feel for Duran Duran to be given the opportunity to perform this icon, and to place our name alongside Bowie’s for this commemoration of his music.“I knew Baby had a hustler’s spirit,” Thomas says. When we got the Ziggy Stardust LP and put the needle in the groove, our first taste of its perfection was the song Five Years. Part of me still can’t believe in his death five years ago, but maybe that’s because there’s a part of me where he’s still alive and always will be… He is the reason why I started writing songs. ![]() ![]() My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie. Simon LeBon noted Bowie’s influence on Duran Duran, including Trent Reznor, Billy Corgan, Macy Gray, Gail Ann Dorsey, Tony Visconti, Rick Wakeman, Andra Day, YUNGBLUD, Gavin Rossdale, and actor Gary Oldman. “A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!” was a 5-year tribute live-streamed on January 10TH, 2021, featuring, in addition to Duran Duran, other renowned musicians. Released by Duran Duran on January 8th, 2021, it was five years since David Bowie’s death on January 10th, 2021. ![]()
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