See How Rapper Lil Baby Went From Prison to Harvard

Dominique Armani Jones was born on Dec. 3, 1994, in Atlanta. He lived with his mother and two sisters.

Baby dropped out of Booker T. Washington High School on the West side of Atlanta after only his freshman year to become a full-time drug dealer. He was arrested and charged several times for possession with intent to sell.

Baby admits to being put in jail multiple times throughout his life. The first time he went to jail was at 12 years old. After catching so many cases and constantly being sent to jail, he was sent to prison for two years at 19 for violating his probation.

Before going to prison, Baby already had an interest in music, spending a lot of time at the studio for Quality Control records. Once he got out of prison, he started to focus strictly on music and eventually released his first mixtape, “Perfect Time,” in 2017.

After releasing several other mixtapes, including “Harder Than Hard,” “2 The Hard Way,” and “Too Hard,” Lil Baby released his debut studio album, “Hard Than Ever” in May 2018. While there were several popular tracks on the record, the song that helped boost his popularity the most was “Yes Indeed” which features Drake.

Just five months later after releasing his debut studio album, Lil Baby collaborated with Gunna to drop the mixtape “Drip Harder.” The project went on to become a massive hit, with the lead single, “Drip Too Hard,” eventually being certified Diamond by the RIAA for selling more than 10 million records.

His second studio album, “My Turn” was released in February 2020, just a month before the COVID-19 pandemic. The record featured several popular records, including “Sum 2 Prove,” “Woah,” and “Heatin Up.”

To show solidarity with those protesting the murder of George Floyd, Lil Baby dropped, “The Bigger Picture,” a song that comments on the police brutality and the systemic racism occurring in the country. The track became Baby’s most popular record and was nominated for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 2021 Grammys.

Lil Baby had the itch to drop another collaborative album, and released “The Voice of the Heroes,” with Chicago rapper Lil Durk in June 2021. The album includes the tracks “2040,” “Hats Off,” “Man of my Word,” and “How It Feels.”

As one of the biggest rap artists in the world, a documentary titled, “Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby” was released in August 2022.

The last studio album Lil Baby released was “It’s Only Me,” in October 2022, which includes the songs, “In a Minute,” “Right On,” and “Stand On It.”

Lil Baby has two sons, Loyal and Jason, from his past relationships with Ayesha Howard and Jayda Cheaves.

In the middle of his career, Baby started the label 4pF, to help put other artists on. In August 2023, he changed the name of the label to Glass Window Entertainment. Currently, his only signees are 42 Dugg and Rylo Rodriguez.