That’s why it’s not of me actually performing. “In the last couple of seconds, he said, ‘We might as well film this thing.’ So we started shooting. “It was footage that my cameraman caught of us while we were out there,” says Baby of the visual that’s been viewed nearly 100 million times on YouTube. The accompanying video - shot during the BLM marches in June - wasn’t really planned, but once Lil Baby and his crew took to the streets to actively protest and bear witness with their own eyes, it revealed itself. “Lil Baby was one of the unlikely voices to speak up when the music industry produced an in flux of protest songs this summer, but he found the right words to articulate how millions of Americans felt and packaged it into a hit single.” “The Bigger Picture’ captured a moment in time that we’ll never forget,” says Spotify head of Urban Carl Chery. I’m letting them know it’s bigger than that. He cites as the song’s most impactful lyric: “It’s bigger than black and white.” Says Baby: “I don’t want people to think I’m coming on some pro-Black or anti-white stuff. ![]() Known to freestyle his raps without writing them down, Baby says that “Bigger Picture” took only two days to record and the verses flowed fairly effortlessly. When I actually saw the video, it made me feel a different way.” “When I heard the news, honestly, I wasn’t in an uproar at first. An angry Lil Baby released The Bigger Picture in response to the social unrest arising from the killing of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis. “I’ve actually been to prison myself, so I know what it feels like to be in a courtroom, to be judged or dehumanized by a certain type of people,” he says.Įven to someone who’s seen violence up close, Floyd’s death triggered a visceral reaction. Hear more of their conversation at the audio link.Hailing from Atlanta’s predominantly Black West End, Lil Baby had personal experience with the police and justice system. It was released on June 12, 2020, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Lil Baby spoke with NPR's Noel King about his songwriting process, the origins of his career and why, despite all his success, he doesn't believe he's made it just yet. 'The Bigger Picture' is a protest song by American rapper Lil Baby. Produced by Section 8 and Noah, the song begins with morose keys, a soundbite pulled. ![]() ![]() "And it let me know that my mind state is not all the way wrong - the way I feel and the way I'm thinking." The Bigger Picture, the rapper’s latest single, exists somewhere between open rage and pleading urgency. There is power here, power that seems corrupt to me, and I fear it. ![]() "I'm definitely proud of it, 'cause it's like it's working in a good way for me and for my people," he says. I sat in church for the first time in many years, and it began to frighten me. Lil Baby's track " The Bigger Picture," which draws on his experience with police and criminal justice, became a new anthem of the movement. This summer, as Black Lives Matter protests surged across the country, a wave of protest music followed. "I wouldn't really make a rap, but I just liked music so much that I start putting it into my life - I'd take someone else's song and make it for me." That was like one of my goals, to just know this song from front to back," he says. "I used to dissect music - like, I used to know every song word for word. At the same time, Lil Baby says anyone who met him in his youth could tell he loved music, and loved words - so much so before he started rapping for himself, that he'd often memorize other people's songs and then rewrite the lyrics from his own perspective. Dominique Armani Jones (born December 3, 1994) better known by his stage name Lil Baby, has established himself as a global force from the Atlanta hip-hop scene.
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