He didn't think rap was for him, yet he went on to become one of the biggest voices in hip hop. …
This is the story of Lil Baby, whose story is the focus of the documentary “Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby,” which premiered at the Tribeca Festival.
This is the story of Lil Baby, whose story is the focus of the documentary “Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby,” which premiered at the Tribeca Festival.
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00:00Yeah, I just felt like it wasn't for me.
00:02I'm like, rapping ain't for me.
00:04Then, probably just in jail board,
00:06I convinced myself that, alright, I'ma try it.
00:08So when I got out, I tried it.
00:10♪♪♪
00:35You think that Kanye should not do this?
00:39I mean, no, I blow England.
00:41♪♪♪
00:51I ain't never had a problem, like, academically.
00:53You know what I'm saying?
00:54Like, super smart, you know what I'm saying?
00:56Good grades, all that.
00:57Keep getting put out of school and all that,
00:59and then eventually, like, f*** it.
01:01Stop going completely.
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01:12When people be, like, product of your environment,
01:14I think that's what they be talking about.
01:16And what I could do.
01:18So that's when you come in, I got to get me some money.
01:20You know what I'm saying?
01:21Any kind of way.
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01:32If he apply, you know, his hustle to music,
01:36then he could be where he at right now.
01:38He was already family, and I just knew that
01:41if he just had somebody to push him
01:43and just, you know, instill in him
01:47that he could really do this,
01:48that he could be where he at now.
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02:11I hang around a whole lot of older dudes,
02:13so he should hit me with a little baby
02:15when the youngins at the crew.
02:16I'm, like, 12, 13.
02:18I ain't gonna do, like, 25.
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02:29Everything I do as a rapper,
02:30now I be doing it if I want to rap.
02:32So, you know, like, something like lifestyle.
02:35Then, like, authentic lifestyle
02:37versus most people who rap.
02:39They really fabricated.
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02:59I ain't gonna lie, man.
03:00That's some good sh...
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03:27I definitely feel like it
03:28because I'm growing up right around it.
03:30It's like I'm in the heart of it.
03:31So without me saying something,
03:32without me taking a stand,
03:33I feel like I won't be doing my just due.
03:36So I definitely, definitely
03:38got to stand up, got to say something.
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04:22The streets is my father.
04:24I don't even know what it feel like
04:26to have a father.
04:27For my children?
04:28Right.
04:29They got to have a daddy in their life.
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04:43The whole world is texting me
04:45and then DMing me and sh...
04:46But I'm like,
04:47I know y'all see me going to jail.
04:49They like, you good?
04:50Nah, I'm not good.
04:52I'm in this sh...
04:53♪♪♪
05:05I think his story is inspirational and hopeful
05:07and I think we're living in a time where those,
05:09those are the stories we need to be putting forth, right?
05:11Stories that people can watch and be like,
05:12you know what, I can change my life too.