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DaBaby
My ride or die right there. You get what I'm saying? She a whole G at 8 years old. A princess and a. And a gangster at the same time. You get what I'm saying? So, like the. The her lyrics on that song. I just told her say something at.
Host 1
The beginning of the daddy.
DaBaby
Right when I did it the second time, she kind of looked at me like, I know what I'm doing. Like, wait, he didn't get stabbed. Shut the.
Host 1
Up with that.
DaBaby
Okay.
Host 2
I would guess that it was.
Host 1
Out by little stuff years to talk of New York. Tony Ayo.
Host 2
And it's the boy Uncle Murder, AKA Lil Jet Lenny.
Host 1
And ladies and gentlemen, live from New York City, it's the Real Report. Shout to the value. Make some noise up in here.
Host 2
Whoa, whoa.
Host 1
And we got one of the biggest artists in the world. Worldwide, not local. I done seen him overseas rocking stages arenas. Number one hits. Right now the album is out. Be more grateful. A lot of y' all need to start to be more. Especially you, Murder. Be more grateful I gave you this job. Be more grateful. You know what I'm saying?
Host 2
Be more grateful. Out now my.
Host 1
Now the baby. I appreciate you, man. We appreciate.
DaBaby
You last. It ain't even been a week, you.
Host 2
Know what I'm saying?
Host 1
So. So be more grateful. Pop that.
DaBaby
Pop that thing for sure.
Host 1
It's on the charts again, you know.
DaBaby
Congratulations to you, my 54th Billboard Hot 100 entry talk.
Host 2
That. That's right. God damn.
DaBaby
You know what I'm saying? 54th, man. Got me fucked up. Damn.
Host 1
Congratulations, man.
DaBaby
I appreciate you, my nigga. So.
Host 1
So be more grateful.
DaBaby
Yeah.
Host 1
You know, we've been with. You know, we like family.
DaBaby
Come on, man. You know that.
Host 1
Can you give me three things that you're grateful for, man?
DaBaby
Man, look, you know, the journey in itself. The kid, the. The character, you know what I'm saying? Develop along the way. Still being, you know, seven years in the game. I know y' all niggas left. Y' all done been in this shit. That shit sound like to y', all, but you know, to still be in the motherfucking.
Host 2
Don't make it past seven years.
DaBaby
Come on, man. That's good. Still being in a position to be able to feed a n family, you know what I'm saying? And still being able to, you know, put this shit on display, man, and step on these niggas and, you know.
Host 2
That'S the weed we were smoking.
DaBaby
It's all good. These n. I ain't smoking six months. These niggas.
Host 1
This shit strong.
DaBaby
These Niggas got this contacting this bitch. But yeah, that and, you know, just being able to deliver a project, like, be more grateful, man. I'm grateful for all this shit, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, have rich ass real friends like y'. All. Come on, you know what I mean?
Host 1
One thing about you is we know. We know you gonna kill a club for sure. And one thing I love about artists is like, you know, 50 had in the club we had. That was the format. Like, I had seductive. So it was like, yo, when it's rocking in the club, you're getting them extra bookings and everything like that.
DaBaby
Need all that pop.
Host 1
That, like, what is the creative process with a record like that? Soon as my niggas, how do you pick the beat? Who's your favorite producer?
DaBaby
That wasn't even when I picked first and KO they producers from around my way and shit.
Host 1
Oh, shit.
DaBaby
Shout out to my niggas. They sent me that bitch. I really had majority of the album. The album was really damn near done. I was working on, like, picking the track list and shit. You know, that'd be a whole headache and shit. And they sent me the beat. Soon as they sent it to me, I called the engineer. Where you at? Hell nah. Meet me. Meet me at the spot right now. Meet me at the spot. I knew that was one. So they really gave me a oop, you know what I mean? I had to text them niggas the other day like, boy, I don't know what the fuck y' all had going on when y' all made this bitch and sent it to me, nigga. But yeah, y' all did that. And they was like, well, yeah, you did that. You know what I'm saying? So they threw me the oop. I windmilled that bitch, you know what I'm saying? And I knew. I already knew what was up with that one. Like, I already. I knew off top, I knew that one was goddamn, they was gone. It was gonna connect to that instantly, you know?
Host 1
I'm loving Pooty Tang.
DaBaby
Pooty Tang. Marinating, definitely marinating that shit.
Host 1
I'm loving the joints you got with Honcho.
DaBaby
Come on, man.
Host 1
The song with your daughter. Come on.
DaBaby
The song with your daughter, man. That's my baby, man. I just got off the phone with her. That's my twin, man. She, you know, that's my ride or die right there. You get what I'm saying? She a whole G at 8 years old. A princess and a gangster at the same time. You know what I'm saying, so, like, her lyrics on that song, like, what she. What she said on that. I didn't even tell her to say that shit. I just told her to say something at the beginning of the day.
Host 1
I was talking about my daddy, right?
DaBaby
I was trying. I'm trying to nudge her, like, start right here, baby. Start talking. I nudged her. I told her the engineer started over. She got the headphones in front of the mic. The beat start playing again. Cause you see how she let it build up. She ain't start till the beat drop. I'm nudged. I'm like, go ahead, baby. She kind of. When I did it the second time, she kind of looked at me like, nigga, I know what I'm doing. N like, wait, for sure. You know what I'm saying? So I'm like, all right. I sat back, then the beat dropped. Y' all gonna watch how y' all talk to my daddy. Y' all gonna watch. And I looked at the inst. I said, hold on. I'm like, all right, all right, all right. I said, yeah, you got it, baby. Yeah, yeah, go ahead. Do you.
Host 1
That's dope.
DaBaby
And yeah, we really did that shit like two years ago too. So that was a. A six year old, you know what I'm saying? Little girl that delivered that shit on time, on the record like that, you know, I just not put it out.
Host 1
That's dope. I wish I would have did that back then.
Host 2
I might do that.
DaBaby
You know that's gonna be some crazy.
Host 1
And that's crazy. You bring your daughter out on tour. The tour is coming.
DaBaby
Come on now. You know what I'm saying?
Host 1
Talk about the tour. Yeah.
DaBaby
To Be More Grateful tour, you know what I mean? We just announced. Went on sale today. That's going to be crazy, you know what I'm saying? Crazy. Big ass.
Host 2
Get your Heard.
Host 1
You got us 23 songs.
DaBaby
It feel like 23.
Host 1
Double album. I had to tell them.
DaBaby
I had to come with it, man.
Host 2
Did you feel like it was a.
DaBaby
Double album or got me up at one point? I thought, I'm like, damn, man, we may have to make this a double. I'm like, man, I don't. Don't nobody want to hear that. That double album. I'm putting all this on one.
Host 1
That's what Murder was saying.
DaBaby
I'm putting all this.
Host 2
See, that's what we had. He was like, yo, it's a double album. I said, he's not promoting it as a double album out there.
DaBaby
Yeah, N ain't ready to receive shit As a double album no more. I don't think so. Like, you know, n attention span ain't it ain't there to receive 23 songs. So to even be able to. Cause I would never put out 23 songs. I don't like. You know, I used to be against putting out over 14. Cause I don't want nothing to go over niggas heads. But the mode I'm in, you know what I'm saying? And the time. I ain't dropped the album in four years. So I know, you know, me and the audience, we got catching up to do. I got plenty of this shit for him. So I'm like, fuck that. I gotta be able to. To put out, you know, the turn up records. The shit that people come to me for to get the party started. I gotta be able. Be able to showcase the lyricism. The shit I go do when I go on them platforms and just get in front of a mic and freestyle. I gotta go burn that bitch down. You get what I'm saying? I gotta go do all that shit. I gotta reconnect with my female audience and talk that shit to the ladies, you know what I'm saying? Get to make them feel some type of way.
Host 1
It's that Don Julio lemonade, baby.
DaBaby
Don Julio lemonade marinating. You know, I had to check. Check every single motherfucking box with this one. Like it was necessary.
Host 1
Yeah, I'm in the truck, rocking to it. My son was like, yeah, he was talking about your album. Definitely a creative.
DaBaby
Come on.
Host 1
Definitely a creative view album, man. What's up with the video process though? I feel like you can make movies like you see how 50 minutes.
DaBaby
Yeah, I can't.
Host 1
I feel like you can do that too.
Host 2
And cause your videos be like ludicrous. Damn near like the busy thing. It be next level. You just don't do regular videos.
DaBaby
I be going there with it, man.
Host 1
Marching bands going all that hunted dances.
DaBaby
Come on, man.
Host 2
You was actually shooting videos for other artists though too.
DaBaby
I still like to this day. I mean, a lot of. I don't really care to do it. I can't even charge a motherfucker enough for that. You know what I'm saying? Cause the shit take more than, you know, I charge it. I charge to come perform for an hour. Shooting a video take way longer than that, definitely. You get what I'm saying?
Host 2
Definitely.
DaBaby
You know, but with that shit, it's like, you know, definitely like artists, like labels reach out to me to direct videos for artists and shit and have, you know, what I mean, they have done it. I done did it for several artists. You know what I mean?
Host 1
It's crazy, because I was telling Murder. I'm like, yo, you kind of remind me of, like, a 50 cent and, like, a NBA Young Boy. Like, y' all don't work with too many artists. I remember you. You did a dope project with NBA Young Boy.
DaBaby
Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Yeah.
Host 1
You know what I'm saying? So you can talk about that. Cause that was a dope project. I was.
DaBaby
Yeah, we talk about it now. I mean, it was while he was on house arrest and shit, right out in Utah. And, yeah, we definitely. I don't even know.
Host 1
Cause it seemed like a lot of rappers was mad at you at that time.
DaBaby
Yeah, yeah, that's when everybody was. Before everybody tried. Yeah, before everybody jumped.
Host 1
It was like everybody was blackballing him. And baby was like that for sure.
DaBaby
And, I mean, I'm pretty sure niggas was still bumping them, but it was like, you know. Yeah, that's when it wasn't a popular thing to get them fuck with, bro. But that was like the only nigga out in my era that I was even listening to. You get what I'm saying? So we connected how we connect. I can't even remember how it came about with us even doing a project. But the nigga told me, pull up on him. I got them, had my. I took my kids out there. It's like a. You know, it's like a little fucking ski resort or some shit out there where I was at. So I took my kids and shit out there. We out there skiing and shit. Then I go pull up on bro. It was while he was on house arrest and shit. So, you know, I could talk about it now. Goddamn. But, yeah, right after the little curfew time and shit, after the mother. After the people come check on y', all pull up. You know what I'm saying? It's like they hit the door. They hit the door. I gotta jump out the window. And I pulled up on my nigga. You know what I'm saying? Like, fuck that. You know, I'm rocking with you. I'm that type of nigga. Like, if I'm rocking with you, I'm rocking with you. I don't give a fuck.
Host 2
You know, the whole world against you. All right, copy, copy.
Host 1
He's that guy, man.
DaBaby
But that young nigga, that young nigga Michael, years ago.
Host 1
That was years ago they had that project.
DaBaby
Yeah, that was 2022.
Host 1
And this is when, like, everybody was kind of mad at NBA youngboy for no reason. He had a project with him. Like, you know how 50 we never really dropped.
Host 2
They was picking sides. People had to pick a side. People were standing next to the other side because what he was going.
Host 1
But this is. This is what to me, this. Artists that don't mess with a lot of other artists, this will make them special to me, like a 50 to baby NBA young boy. They don't lean on features to make a hit. They made hits and continue to make hits without features by themselves. He's one of them guys.
DaBaby
A friend to everybody is a friend of none, you know what I'm saying? End of the day. And that's how I be with these niggas. So I wasn't ever really on friendly time. Oh, we rappers, let's hang together type time anyway, you know what I'm saying? That's why I fuck with niggas like 50. Like, I already know, bro. Don't fuck with nobody. You get what I'm saying? So it be fucking people up when they see the way bro fuck with me and the way he. You know what I'm saying? Like, the way he rock with me n get around me and get to like, man, how is he, man, they be so mind blown. Can you call them for me and tell them, you know what I mean, to call me? And one time I. Somebody asked me to do that, I said. I said, hey, bro, I called him. Y' all know this. I called him first. He want. He want to holler at you. Said for what? He said that he like.
Host 2
He don't care about that.
DaBaby
That I ain't got that, you know. But if you need something that's different.
Host 2
Other than that, yeah, man, listen, man.
DaBaby
Five. That's my man. That's my nigga.
Host 1
You come on, you family.
DaBaby
Come on.
Host 2
I remember the time it was me, you. I remember the time it was me, you, Gilly and Wildo. I forgot where we was at. And we was talking about when they tried to cancel you and how Fif.
DaBaby
Really stood up, really, like, held down. I had just met bro the week before that shit. She had met him. That's crazy, you know what I'm saying? So you know when you got all the reason in the world to say, nah, you don't owe me no loyalty, you know what I'm saying? To no relationship we done built or developed or none of that. You just met me. So when we met, we chopped it up for like two hours right there on the spot. I pulled up on him, shout Out Vanessa from xxl.
Host 2
Shout to Vanessa.
DaBaby
That's my baby. Yeah. Her birthday tomorrow. Happy birthday. Anyway.
Host 1
Happy birthday, Vanessa.
DaBaby
Hell, yeah. I was doing like some press. I was doing press for the. I think it was for the. For the album with NBA YoungBoy. It might have been that. No, no, no, no, no. This was before this. Cause this was before the. So this was 2021, but I was doing like a little media day and shit. I was up here in New York, right? And I'm just, you know, I'm doing what I'm doing. I'm showing him a video. I'm showing him that lonely video. It's one of them videos he f I had like the Joker shit going on and shit, that shit right there. And she saw the video and she seen me breaking down the video and shit. She's sitting in there. It's a room full of motherfuckers from different platforms, all that shit. And I'm chopping it up with everybody. After I play the video or whatever and do my little one too. And she's just looking at me. I've been fucking with her since I did the XXL Freshman cover and all that shit. Cause I fuck with her. I like, she's stiff. She's stiff. You get what I'm saying? Like, she ain't smiled the whole time at none of them n everybody up there doing what they do. And I was on the same shit. Like I came, they had a stylist in there. Them niggas had like 20, 30 outfits for me and shit. When I pulled up to do the XXL cover, I had on a Nike, a Nike hoodie, some Nike joggers and some fucking flip flops. And I came in there, bitch, and they like, okay, baby, we got the stylist in here. They got all this shit. Nothing for me to pick from. I looked at it, I said, man, I'm not wearing none of that shit. I'm doing a freestyle. And this right here, you know what I'm saying? And had the best one out of everybody in the freshman class or whatever. But I think she really, like, you know, just respected the way I came. You know what I mean? And it was vice versa. But after I was done, like, fuck that.
Host 1
You was standing on business.
DaBaby
Come on, man, 100%.
Host 1
Come on, nigga.
DaBaby
Called me over like you met 50 and introduced me to him. Caught him on the spot.
Host 1
You gotta think, man, you went viral before viral was viral. Remember he was in Atlanta. This is what made me like this, nigga. I'mma keep it real. Remember he was in Atlanta, and N tried to press him, and he was like, what? What y' all talking about? I ain't. Yo, no hood pass. No hood pass. No hood pass for sure. And he was dolo, definitely. So the whole New York was looking like, yo, you had the records, but he also had the street credibility.
DaBaby
It's damn no business to this day.
Host 2
It's damn no business.
Host 1
You know what I'm saying? But to me, that Atlanta shit, what year was that?
DaBaby
This was like 2018.
Host 1
Yeah, 2018.
Host 2
That was then. That's.
Host 1
He was Dolores.
Host 2
I remember that.
Host 1
He came up the front, he was like, yo, I don't know what y' all talking about. And you could tell it was like, yo, nah, this. This dude is real. He a real.
DaBaby
Right here. This thing. Yeah, they tightened right on up.
Host 1
Joke. And it was a whole bunch of. And I just seen him. He was like, I don't know what y' all talking. Pay poor tax. Nah, I don't know what that. That was viral.
Host 2
We ain't doing that one. We ain't doing that one.
Host 1
That was a very viral moment, bro. That was crazy, bro.
DaBaby
I'm glad it went how it went.
Host 2
Cause it could have went left. You know what's ill to me about you with that? Because when you do, like, the music, right? In the videos, you give off a character like. Like, I just told you, Ludacris vibes.
DaBaby
Like, I ain't.
Host 2
You give the character, all right. But when you hear about you, you read about you, and you do your history, it's like, oh, he be shooting for real. But you have so much fun and entertainment when it comes to creating this shit.
Host 1
It's like a mixture. It's like a mixture of Tupac.
DaBaby
You gotta be careful.
Host 2
That's crazy to me.
Host 1
It's like a mixture. You know what it is? It's a mixture of Tupac and Digital Underground. Remember? You know, they had shit. They was dance, and then Tupac was the nigga, the real life, shooting at.
Host 2
The police and all type of crazy shit.
Host 1
And he mad humble. You meet him, you'd be like, damn, this shot back.
DaBaby
Cool. I'll be cool.
Host 1
You know, shoot people and be like, yo, man, but that's in the South. That's everyday.
Host 2
Like, I'm not advocating violence, but I'm just saying back in my days when I had my. My little prior incidents, you know, when I shot people, allegedly, they didn't tell.
Host 1
We don't want to talk about that.
Host 2
I'm just saying it was cool.
Host 1
Like, he's trying to get demonetized. The baby. The baby was protecting his property 100%.
Host 2
And I was protecting my life. Nigga, what the fuck you mean he.
Host 1
Gonna get us demonetized? Let's go to the next thing. Let's go back to the album.
DaBaby
I ain't know he was cool.
Host 1
I'm Hollywood. I'm not with all this stuff.
Host 2
Nigga said I'm Hollywood.
DaBaby
You heard that nigga smoked duck, nigga, we ain't got time, you know.
Host 1
Look at the baby. You see him in his big mansion. They said he fell off. This is what I said.
DaBaby
Somebody fell off.
Host 1
Somebody with character, charisma and all that. It's never gonna fall out. What he do? Look what he do? What he doing?
Host 2
What he doing right now? What he doing right now, right? Laying on the Maybacks. What he doing right now?
Host 1
Back to the Lambo, Phantom.
DaBaby
Phantom was right there too.
Host 1
And now he's right back at it with the hit records because he's like a 50 cent. He's not gonna stop, bro.
DaBaby
And I can't stop. I can't stop.
Host 1
What's the process of the album though? 23 songs.
DaBaby
23 songs, man. I really, you know, I took my time. I made a classic. That's something, bro. Say I made sure I took my time. I made a classic, man. I checked all the boxes. I wanted to be able to. To really, you know, blitz they ass the way I like to do it. Like my style of relationship, it's how I did it in 2019, 2020. It ain't, you know, I ain't had the opportunity. And it's really, you know, nigga, I take accountability. I really could have been did this shit like this, but I wasn't. I was out of love with the game, with the business. So I had to take a step back. Okay, let me see how this shit. Oh, this shit go like this. Cause I ain't know. I was unaware. Okay, this should go like this. Let me take a step back. Let me soak up what I need to soak up. Okay, cool. And then let me goddamn re approach this shit. But when I re approached it, like, it had to be in a way to where I can goddamn like. Cause see me, I'm about putting it in motherfuckers face like non stop.
Host 1
Boom, boom, boom.
DaBaby
I don't like the calm shit. Oh, I got a single. Let's talk about this one song. It's a nice song. I'm gonna talk about this shit for six months. Fuck all that. Like, I get Bored.
Host 2
I'm gonna give you a bunch of.
DaBaby
Records, you know what I'm saying? So I'm gonna give you a bunch so I can goddamn smack. They assume. Oh, yeah, there's a lot of singles on that smack. They ass around. A lot of singles on the album the whole year.
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Host 2
Stick and bones set the tone.
Host 1
It set the tone that felt like he's talking about his life. It felt like the records was changing. No records sounded the same. Sticks and stones found like he on his. Tupac, you got the bandana. That's why I said Tupac. Digital Underground, you know me. I like that club shit when I'm in the car. So I'm listening to Pooty Tang.
DaBaby
He said he wanted to the strip club 100%.
Host 1
I'm listening to Shake. I'm saying it.
DaBaby
You know something, Shake the spot.
Host 1
I already know. So I feel like, like Miami worldwide. I'm thinking of clubs. Cause I know for the summertime, like I know how to pick singles. There's a lot on there.
DaBaby
And that's how I marketed the shit. Like I went down there, I got them shot the content all in Miami. It got cold up there where I'm at, cold turkey. I told the whole team, whole in house team, fuck it, they going to Miami tomorrow. Everybody. I flew these two people I got on the film side on the film production time. I flew them in. I flew one nigga in from here. I flew three niggas in from here. One nigga in from here. I got down here with four niggas. Nigga work a camera. And we shot content. Brought the dancers in, we shot content. It's really a master class on how to roll out a motherfucking song. We went down there for a week. By the time I left Miami, that song was the talk of the motherfucking of the world. You get what I'm saying? They like, nah, you gotta put this shit out right now. And it's cold as hell outside. Back at the crib, niggas is in the ice storm. They can't even go to the store, school out and shit. But we down there on the motherfucking beach dancing around and shit, vibing and shit. You get what I'm saying? But that set the tone. It lets, you know, okay, boom. Like this song. The first time they heard that song, they saw sunshine, clear water. You get what I'm saying? Nigga on a yacht, they saw good energy. You know what I mean? Beautiful women dancing and shit. And that's how you, you know, that's how you do it. How the fuck are you gonna top.
Host 1
All your though with these shits?
DaBaby
Come on, man.
Host 1
Cause you know what? I listen to your album and it's so crazy. You the only artist that I like. Motherfuckers like, yo, he gonna shoot a.
DaBaby
Video for that, right? For sure. That's the first thing.
Host 1
That's why he the reason why he say Luda and Buster so much. Yeah, it's not really the same style. It's just they had the illest 100%.
DaBaby
Nah, I got. I definitely grew. That's the era, you know, I definitely was inspired by them niggas. Especially visually, like from them niggas. Luda, Busta Rhymes.
Host 2
Nah, I see this shit. I'm Cassie going crazy.
DaBaby
All them n. I'm a 106 and park, baby. You get what I'm saying? So, like, all them shits even like marinating. Like, I'mma tap into the 21 questions concept with that one. You get what I'm saying? It's like, you know, all this I got.
Host 1
The fuck is the budget though? You got fucking marching bands, man.
DaBaby
I go there, it get like that familiar. I done put plenty of my own money.
Host 1
I believe you.
DaBaby
Plenty of.
Host 1
I done seen marching bands, midget.
DaBaby
I ain't just spending money. Like, I made sure I was. I was right there, hands on with the business side of it. So that's why I didn't learn how to produce and direct. You get what I'm saying? So all my videos, like, I produce them, my team produce them. So I do the casting, I find the crew. You get what I'm saying? Like, I handpick the fucking actors and shit, all that shit, the dancers, all that. I even run around and get wardrobe. Like, I don't even leave it in the hands of fucking no wardrobe person sometimes. Cause they, oh, we couldn't get this, we couldn't get that. Like, I'm real particular. Like, I go myself, I Go pull up the Fashion district in LA and hop out on the street. I go do all that. You get what I'm saying? Like, I really, I really take this shit, you know what I'm saying, from my mind. I put this shit, I make this shit, you know what I'm saying, pop up right here, you know what I'm saying, in front of a nigga. So, you know, when it come to that shit, I really didn't soak the game up. I got the cameras. I got all the cameras. I got every fucking camera, you know what I'm saying? All the way to the one. I got the camera. They shoot power on. I got it at the crib. I got a fucking. A lens that costs 125, 000. It's only like six of them in America.
Host 1
Damn.
DaBaby
Yeah, these look movies, white boys on the, on the sets and shit. When I come on these productions, they see that 100 I already got move. I already got scripts that I'm start writing this and I, I linked in. I didn't ask bro for advice on that plenty of times. 50 and. But one thing that told me like two years ago, it'd probably been like three years ago. Like, nah, fuck that, you ain't done with the music. Like, nah, fuck that. You could do that shit whenever, you know what I'm saying? You know, he could have been, you know what I'm saying? Press the button and have me on any one of these shows, of course, you know what I'm saying? Like, they got other playing roles in some of these shows and whatever, but them can't fuck with me. Them niggas can't fuck with me when it comes to this shit over this. It's shit like that, like, like, I respect like that, like to the, to the highest. Like, I expect shit like that to the furthest extent. Cause he like, nah, nigga. Like, you ain't done with music. Like, niggas can't. You ain't done with music.
Host 1
Look at the hits you made on the album.
Host 2
Exactly.
Host 1
Be more grateful.
DaBaby
Exactly. I'll make sure y' all go get that thinking. I, I, you know, man, that man, you know that thinking that I can't, you know what I'm saying? Still deliver, you know what I mean? A better body of work than anybody out here in the area.
Host 1
You gonna always have.
DaBaby
Exactly.
Host 1
Look how you take care of your kids, your family, your daughter. That's what it's about, you know what I'm saying? You mad humble sometimes. Well, you got a lot of lawsuits.
Host 2
Y' all about to say.
Host 1
Wait, wait, the lawsuits? No, he beat the.
Host 2
He beat the lawsuits.
DaBaby
I just got another one. Come on, man.
Host 1
This is what I learned about Lil. We'll be on video set. You know, everything is smooth. Yeah, Somebody gets punched in the face. We don't advocate violence. Rappers don't advocate the violence. You know why? Because that costs 50,000, man. That shit costs on my shoe. But you know who they Sue? They sue 50. Why don't we want to sue Yayo for it? Fuck him. We want the boss, right? So, Dababy, like, I know, like, you know, a lot of shit happened in your career. Yeah, I could just imagine them lawsuits. Cause a broken jaw could cause you anywhere to 50 to $70,000.
DaBaby
Everything got higher, bro.
Host 2
They got higher.
DaBaby
Look what they was coming for.
Host 2
My stay out of trouble.
DaBaby
70 is the first just to get the retain. The lawyer. That's just the retain.
Host 1
Tell these artists coming out how it works, man, with the lawsuit, man.
DaBaby
Keep your hands to yourself. Don't do it. You know what I'm saying? Or lure them niggas into the back alleyway around the corner. They say no camera.
Host 2
Try to make sure they know y' all about to just sit in the cameras.
DaBaby
No cameras, you understand?
Host 2
Was live on TV for some reason.
DaBaby
Come on, man.
Host 2
It was live on tv.
Host 1
That makes. Yo, that makes a lot of people stay in the house. Just cause of the laws.
DaBaby
That's what made me fall back and shit, too, I'm telling you. Cause it's like, it kept me from going outside, moving around and shit as much as I would. Cause it's like, you know, in person, I ain't gonna let. No, I'm still to this day, like, I ain't gonna let a nigga play with me.
Host 1
You know all them cars you got. Dababy hit me in that Maybach truck, the Cybertruck, the Ferrari.
DaBaby
I can't get it fall on the ground. I sneezed the wrong way. I sneezed the wrong way. N. I end up, goddamn, with a subpoena, you know what I'm saying? So once it became, like, trendy to, like, come after a nigga, you know what I'm saying? Like on some lawsuit. Like, I had to stay my ass out. I'm telling you. I had to sit back and like, okay, whoa, let me. Let me. Goddamn. Let me reevaluate what the fuck going on out here. Like, I don't. I ain't want to play no game without knowing what's going on. If I don't play spades, you get what I'm saying? I ain't finna sit down at the motherfucking table. I'mma sit back behind it and goddamn peep what's going on and shit. You know what I'm saying? I'm gonna see, okay, how this work, okay? When you run out of these cards, you cut books when you got them. Boom, boom. Oh, all right. Bet that's how to not slip up and do that. Don't play your motherfucking your high card too soon. You may need it at the end this and that, you know? And once I do get equipped with what I need to approach the game the best way possible. That's when I'm gonna sit my ass down and goddamn and spank that shit.
Host 1
You gonna always have your blessings, man. You give back to the community.
DaBaby
I'm on your page all the time.
Host 1
We're doing turkey drives, giveaways.
DaBaby
Nino Brown.
Host 1
Let me ask you something about country, man. I always wanted to ask you something.
DaBaby
Come on, man.
Host 2
I'm about to say this. He don't even realize how he talk.
Host 1
Yo, listen, not like that, not damn self. I got family in the country.
Host 2
All right, but say it different.
Host 1
What are you talking about? Say it different. Look, I'mma say it different.
DaBaby
Let me ask you something about your country. I got help me figure this out.
Host 1
The baby. Look, check me out. Know what I'mma say, cuz? South from the south, right?
DaBaby
Now, say it. This country. Say what you want to say.
Host 1
I'mma say country.
DaBaby
Go ahead.
Host 1
I'm talking about that could kill a hog. Cut the hog and put the pig in. I can't do that, Right? Yeah, that's a cut.
DaBaby
That's a cut.
Host 1
That's what I was about to say. I done see that. I done been in place. Family in the South, Florida, everywhere. The killer, I done seen that. Kill a pig. They cut. That's the country. New York. Listen, my explanation is a New York is never going to do that, right? So. And I'mma make and I'm going tell you something about murder. Look, we gonna get to that, right? New York ain't never kill a pig. We got projects and like that. Ain't no pig around for us to kill. Yeah, we ain't never do that. Now, look, you got cooking with Kirk.
DaBaby
Come on, now, look, niggas from the south could cook.
Host 1
You know, y' all could take everybody chicks. Cause y' all know how to cook, barbecue and all that. Yeah, Murder can't even make a grilled cheese.
DaBaby
This what I'VE been talking about New York.
Host 1
He can't make a grilled cheese.
Host 2
He hurt my kids. I'm on the phone. He called me. I'm in my kids. It's morning time. They're like, dad, make a grilled cheese. I'm like, I can't make no grilled cheese. He starts talking, popping. And I learned.
Host 1
This is what I see. This is where I'm going.
DaBaby
You need. You put a little butter in there.
Host 2
I learned my kids put the pressure on me.
Host 1
I learned why all my from the south could cook. I'mma keep it real.
DaBaby
All the niggas from the south can't cook that. No knife, though. That different. He. You know, I don't know nobody that can cook like me. I'mma keep it hot. I don't even. I ain't in the hiring chefs or none of that shit. Cause them niggas can't. I don't be wanting that shit. I'mma keep it hot. I see what they doing. See what they got going on. They put the little green shit on top of my food. They put the little flower on there, the purple flower. And I'm gonna get this. I smack this up, smack this up.
Host 2
Make it look like.
DaBaby
Don't do all that.
Host 1
New York can't make a grilled cheese.
DaBaby
I can't explain that.
Host 2
I got that.
Host 1
I see you cooking for all the people.
DaBaby
I get it in, man.
Host 1
You cooking people. Like when he.
DaBaby
I' e good. I'm gonna eat good regardless. That's the thing. So if you around me. You know what I'm saying? Like. Cause I'm gonna eat. That's one thing about me. Like, I'm on a Wednesday. I'm. I'm eating smoked up.
Host 1
Invite us to the Snake.
DaBaby
You know, it's family. Brian. I ain't tripping. But, you know, and. And that's that Southern hospitality, too. Like, if I'm cooking, you know anybody around, man? Y'. All. Y'. All. Huh? Come eat some of these. Be Hell yeah, bro. Jump up. Hell yeah. You know what I mean? But yeah, that's. You know, I've been. Knew how to get it in. In the kitchen.
Host 1
What's your favorite car, man?
DaBaby
Favorite car out of the one you.
Host 1
Got a lot, man. I know. Maybach truck. I done seen Cybertruck, man.
DaBaby
My favorite.
Host 1
Every time I see a new toy.
DaBaby
What's your favorite? My favorite right now, Ferrari limb. The one I'm jumping in more than anything, like, is the Cybertruck. That shit just so convenient. That's my favorite right now.
Host 2
That shit sound like.
DaBaby
What about the Maybach truck?
Host 1
No, I love.
DaBaby
Nah, the Maybach truck, for sure. Like, we. Yeah, like, that's my. That's probably my.
Host 1
I mean, was that the rich. You had the Maybach truck out there. That shit was.
DaBaby
That's my favorite one. The Maybach truck. Probably my favorite one. You know what I'm saying? But what I'm driving most frequently, the. The Cyber truck. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Phantom 2 is always the Phantom.
Host 1
Oh, yeah. You got. You got a couple of Phantoms. Let's see.
DaBaby
I ain't got but one.
Host 1
Murder don't know nothing about cars either. Don't worry about it.
DaBaby
Yeah, Murder.
Host 1
You don't know what a Phantom is. You don't know what a Phantom is.
Host 2
We're gonna do an episode learning how to drive. I'm gonna figure this drive can't make a grilled cheese.
Host 1
You know what?
Host 2
It was back in the days we were so young, we used to identify, you know, certain people by their cars. Yeah, it just made me and my.
DaBaby
We resemble, like, they still do it now, of course.
Host 2
You know, I know.
DaBaby
That's what I'm saying.
Host 2
That's why I grew up like that, getting identified by.
DaBaby
Come on. Now, you see, I say the one I drive the most cyber truck, the one where it's plenty of them. You. You don't know who in. A few of them, too. But I'm more about moving smooth than anything, you know what I'm saying? I ought to sell them. I don't trip on no cars, man. I'm kind of.
Host 2
I'm.
DaBaby
I'm not even kind of. I'm very much past this shit, you know what I'm saying? I may go get rid of one or two of them bitches after this interview. I've been feeling. Cause I don't drop like my Phantom paid for. That bitch got like 7,000 miles, you know what I'm saying? I know what I'm saying. Like, that shit ain't. You know, I ain't really doing nothing with this shit. I ain't doing nothing with that.
Host 1
That's like 650.
DaBaby
Murder. Exactly.
Host 1
You don't know nothing about that. Seven with taxes.
DaBaby
Yes. Yeah, it's about eight with Texas.
Host 1
There you go. We don't even know what a fandom is.
Host 2
I'm gonna get into the car game.
Host 1
You don't know what a fandom. You believe he don't know what a fandom is.
DaBaby
Y' all niggas from New York. Y' all don't give a fuck about no car. Definitely.
Host 1
We love cars, man. Yo, listen, I love. Nigga, every time you get a new car, you post it on the page. Check to see what you get, man.
DaBaby
Yeah, I ain't even in the posting cards and shit no more. Like, I say, like that ain't doing nothing but, you know, giving a nigga the up. So I'm telling you, I know how it go. Like, that's the thing. Like, I know how it goes. So, you know, I be a fool. That's why I ain't with rapping certain colors and all that.
Host 1
People want to see. They wanna see you.
DaBaby
Yeah, well, fuck em. God damn it. Them don't know I do it to with him and act like my leg broke. All they say I fell out. Like, I do it to with them. But other than that, like, I ain't, you know, I ain't in a position where I got a goddamn show niggas. Goddamn, you know? Yeah. Show niggas what I got going on. I still got everything to show for you. You get what I'm saying? You gotta come see this shit in real life. You know what I mean? Anybody got them that, you know, they wanna feel like they know something from a distance, I'm gonna let them think they know something. Let them think they own the summer age. We passed Grown ass, man.
Host 1
You need to get me and murder on the court. We know you got that.
DaBaby
Yeah. Come on, man.
Host 2
Now. You should see this. I don't even know why you bring that up. This shoot like Bill Cartwright. I don't even know why you bring that up. This got the L. Bill Cartwright for him.
DaBaby
Bill Cart.
Host 2
I know we got some food too, T, right? Did the food come in this motherfucker?
Host 1
Listen, this is what we doing, right? We got this thing we call the chopping block, right?
DaBaby
Gotcha.
Host 1
So this is my first time. Shout to Cuts and slices. That's what we Cut slices. Shout out to McLaren.
DaBaby
Could cook at Cuts.
Host 1
They could cook. It's the one of the popular spots. We got the jerk chicken slices.
Host 2
Yeah.
Host 1
And we got the. I think the oxtail slices.
Host 2
Now, is the pizza thing big down south like that is.
DaBaby
Is not really big like that.
Host 2
Right.
DaBaby
Okay.
Host 1
What's that? The jerk chicken.
DaBaby
Jerk chicken pizza.
Host 1
Shout out to Cuts and slices.
DaBaby
What's that?
Host 1
Jerk chicken.
Host 2
That ain't cold, right? Don't be embarrassing.
Host 1
No, it's not cold.
Host 2
Just making sure.
DaBaby
Yeah, y' all be eating that cold piece of that they be having sitting up in there. Throw it in the oven real quick.
Host 1
And get it to you Cuts and slices.
Host 2
And what's the other one you got over there, Tail? That's the oxtail one. Bring the oxtail one over here too, man. We over here with Mr. Caviar Pancakes.
DaBaby
Come on, man.
Host 2
Smoked duck and Morocco. So got us trying all this shout out to McLaren.
Host 1
This is fire. This is my first time having this. You know, the store be like the door be out the line. Cuts and slices, okay. But I never had a jerk chicken slice. It's in Brooklyn. They got one in the city. They all over. It's like blowing up.
DaBaby
I'm with this.
Host 1
Slices. You heard what the baby just said?
DaBaby
I was hungry, too. Which one of these my close up camera makes you good as fuck?
Host 2
I ain't gonna front. Custom slices. Y' all popping right now.
DaBaby
Hungry, too.
Host 1
I'm gonna keep it real. The jerk chicken on the pizza is hitting.
DaBaby
The oxtail is popping me right here.
Host 2
The oxtail.
DaBaby
Oh, man.
Host 1
And I've been feeding for cuts and slices for like. Everybody know about cuts and slices in New York. Never had it. So, yo, what you like to cook, man?
DaBaby
Cook everything.
Host 1
You like the barbecue?
DaBaby
Yeah, yeah, all that.
Host 2
You get crazy.
DaBaby
That's easy. Yeah, that ain't about that. Ain't.
Host 2
See what I'm saying? Murder.
Host 1
Don't know nothing about bourbon.
Host 2
No, I ain't gonna lie. You go ahead and talk your. I don't. He be acting like he know how to barbecue. Yeah, man, barbecue. He ain't know nothing.
Host 1
I like the south, though.
DaBaby
Out of here.
Host 2
You don't know none of that.
Host 1
I went to Austin. I went to Terry Blacks and all them places. And barbecues. Come on. Yeah, that the south known for barbecue. Like murder. You couldn't kill a pig and then cook it and eat it. You can't hunt like you ain't with none of that. That's what he killing.
DaBaby
No pigs.
Host 1
Country do that.
Host 2
We ain't ain't killing no pigs. Talking. You just talking. Shut the up.
DaBaby
Yeah, like some say y' all kill pigs. That's country.
Host 1
Country. But they doing that in the country, right? Yeah, like, what's my man? What's my man that be cooking? He be forgot his name. He been like on. On YouTube and all that. He got like the big ass grill in his back. He be frying.
DaBaby
That's what he be making, though.
Host 1
Raccoon and everything. Yeah, yeah.
DaBaby
I love his platform.
Host 1
You would eat raccoon? No, he be making raccoons. They be looking all right, though.
DaBaby
Raccoon, shark, all type of shit. I ain't with none of That I would eat shark. Hell nah. Yeah, you. Yeah. Cause you be on that fancy shit for real.
Host 2
You really on it.
DaBaby
I wouldn't eat smoked duck.
Host 2
Me neither.
DaBaby
When they try to put the caviar on my pancakes. Nas overseas, I said, nah, hell nah. Take that shit out. Yeah, I fuck with it, though. You gotta live.
Host 2
Mike Tyson said, expand your horizons.
DaBaby
Come on, man. Now. Come on.
Host 1
That's cargo as a snare.
DaBaby
Learn me something, huh? Put me down.
Host 1
Yo, yo, Fancy. That's one thing about you. You worldwide. You stay in the best hotels, man. You gotta get fancy sometimes, man.
DaBaby
Not 100, man. You gotta live your life. Come on now. I appreciate. I appreciate you. You painting the picture for when you got. Come on now. Cause I'm with all that. You know what I'm saying? Keep a inspired man.
Host 2
Set out to Cuts and slices.
Host 1
They got it, man.
DaBaby
My shit gone.
Host 2
Look at that.
Host 1
Y' all heard it from the baby. Cuts and Slices, right? And from Send us that check. You heard what he said?
Host 2
Don't be surprised.
DaBaby
From 1 to 10. I'm gonna get this to 12.5. What's on the close.
Host 2
Look at that.
Host 1
What time they close to the clock.
Host 2
Gonna DM your voice.
DaBaby
I'm about to have my boy. I'm order another one of these jerk chicken. Tell them make one for. Tell them make two. Fresh dead ass. We gonna go pick them up.
Host 1
Look at that. Y' all heard that on the chopping block. We gave it a 12.5 out of 10.
Host 2
Look at that.
Host 1
I've given it 12.5. Shout out to Cuts and Slices.
Host 2
Definitely.
Host 1
It's the real report. Make sure y' all, like, share and subscribe. We gonna eat these jerk chicken and oxtail slices. We got the biggest in the game.
Host 2
Be more grateful. Out now, the baby pop that's on.
Host 1
The charts as usual. It's nothing new to him.
DaBaby
Come on, man.
Host 1
Y' all know what it is, man. The baby. Make some noise.
DaBaby
Love, man. Appreciate, appreciate. Y, my, my.
Host 2
The creative shooter.
DaBaby
Come on now. Come on.
Host 1
Thank you, brother.
Host 2
Thank you. Appreciate you my.
DaBaby
Appreciate my.
Episode: DaBaby talks 'BE MORE GRATEFUL,' NBA YoungBoy project & 50 Cent bond
Date: February 11, 2026
Hosts: Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Uncle Murda (guest host)
Guest: DaBaby
This high-energy episode of The Real Report features DaBaby sitting down with Fat Joe, Jadakiss, and Uncle Murda for an unfiltered conversation about his new album "Be More Grateful," his unique creative process, his relationships with NBA YoungBoy and 50 Cent, family life, and the realities behind success in hip-hop. The crew also dives into Southern culture, food, and car collections, maintaining their trademark blend of humor, honesty, and hip-hop wisdom.
Music Videos as Mini-Movies:
Industry Wisdom from 50 Cent:
NBA YoungBoy Collab under Pressure:
50 Cent’s Loyalty and Respect:
Cooking:
On Cars:
Southern Hospitality:
"She a whole G at eight years old. A princess and a gangster at the same time."
(DaBaby on daughter, 03:51)
“A friend to everybody is a friend of none…I wasn’t ever really on friendly time…that’s why I fuck with n****s like 50.”
(DaBaby, 09:36)
“I produce ‘em, my team produces ‘em. I handpick the actors, dancers—I even run around and get wardrobe myself.”
(DaBaby on music videos, 20:08)
"When you get sued, a broken jaw could cause you $70,000. Keep your hands to yourself or lure 'em into the back alley where the cameras ain't at."
(DaBaby, 23:17)
“I don’t like the calm shit … I get bored. I’m gonna give you a bunch of records … a lot of singles on the album the whole year.”
(DaBaby, 16:35)
“From 1 to 10, I’mma give this a 12.5.” (DaBaby rating pizza, 35:26)
| Time | Segment |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 00:00–04:42 | Recording with his daughter & fatherhood |
| 01:38–02:33 | What DaBaby is grateful for |
| 02:49–06:25 | Album creative process & song selection |
| 06:40–08:00 | Music videos and visual identity |
| 07:27–10:24 | Working with NBA YoungBoy, loyalty, 50 Cent |
| 13:43–16:54 | Talking resilience and reinvention |
| 16:54–19:32 | Rollout strategy and marketing in Miami |
| 19:32–21:13 | Video budgets, production, inspiration |
| 22:16–24:52 | Lawsuits, industry pitfalls |
| 24:52–25:00 | Giving back to the community |
| 25:00–34:48 | Cooking, Southern vs. NYC culture, car talk |
| 31:30–35:48 | Food review: Cuts and Slices, pizza segment |
| 36:01–End | Closing remarks, celebration of DaBaby |
The episode channels the rowdy, authentic spirit of hip-hop barbershop talk—respectful jabs, high praise, real-life lessons, and community pride. DaBaby comes across as creative, humble but unyielding, fundamentally grateful, and deeply rooted in his family and background. The hosts keep it light and animated, always connecting conversation back to the bigger stories of culture, authenticity, and realness in music.
For fans and new listeners alike, this episode offers a deep, personal look at DaBaby’s journey, his thought process, loyalty, and why he remains "one of them guys"—unapologetically himself, always pushing forward.