Entertainment- Lil Baby has opened up to Insider about his working relationship with Drake.
- "It ain't even that me and him got such great chemistry," he said. "It's just he's a beast and I'm a beast."
Lil Baby has opened up to Insider about his working relationship with Drake.
Drake featured on Lil Baby's breakthrough track "Yes Indeed" in 2018, and the pair have since worked together on a number of hit songs.
Baby featured on Drake's 2021 songs "Wants and Needs" and "Girl Wants Girls," both of which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
They've also come together on tracks with DJ Khaled, Future, and Gunna.
"It ain't even that me and him got, like, such great chemistry," Baby told Insider in an interview to discuss his new partnership with the deodorant brand Axe on its 'Logne Forgiveness campaign. The brand is offering to refund men the cost of their expensive colognes and says its Axe Fine Fragrance Collection smells just as good.
"It's just he's a beast and I'm a beast," he added. "All his songs massive. Almost any song I'm on is massive. So it's like we are a cheat code together almost. It's two superpowers, you can't go wrong."
On his relationship with Drake away from the studio, Baby said they are more like family than friends.
"There's a cool energy, man," he said. "We've had a relationship for five, six years now, so it's more of like a family thing versus just a vibe. When I'm with Drake, it's like I'm here with one of the bros."
Lil Baby's rise to the forefront of the rap game has been fast and furious.
After releasing a series of popular mixtapes in 2017, he dropped his debut album, "Harder Than Ever," in 2018, and it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
Since then, he's released three more studio albums – two solo and one with Lil Durk – all have which have topped the US album charts.
Baby's trademark is bass-boosted trap beats over which he raps about his former life as a drug dealer.
The 28-year-old star, however, told Insider that he is aiming for a new sound on his next project in order to stay ahead of the curve in the ever-changing hip-hop industry.
"I'm working with new producers with new beats, just trying to come up with new fun sounds," he said. "I definitely got some amazing new shit coming."
"As I'm getting older, my substance is changing," he added. "The things I talk about are different, or even if I'm talking about the same thing, it's on a different level."
Baby added that he wants his musical legacy to be "like Jay-Z but better."
"Not like a better person or anything, but just like doing the same things he did — just at a younger age," he explained.
"I want to be one of the greatest who've ever done it, coming from where I come from. A young Black boy from poverty, from prison, to where I am now. I want it to be one of the greatest stories ever told," he said.
Now live on TikTok, Axe and Lil Baby's 'Logne Forgiveness campaign will last for three weeks. Fans are asked to drop their Cash App $cashtag in the comments on Axe's specific 'Logne Forgiveness posts for a chance to receive a $150 refund.