Lil Baby Reveals Feature Price And Speaks On Fake Crew Love

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A verse from the ATL icon will cost you a lot more than in his "My Turn" days, and his entourage has changed as well.

Lil Baby's sure to dominate this weekend with the release of his new album, It's Only Me, just this Friday. With a slew of features, most notably from frequent collaborator and inspiration Young Thug, and a clear sharpening of his lyrical content, it's no wonder that Baby charges as much as he does for hopping on another rapper's track. In a recent interview with The Experience Podcast with Big Loon, the Atlanta rapper revealed that he's charging between $250k to $350k per feature, which is more than thrice as much as his feature price around his last album drop, My Turn.

"I don't even be doing features no more," the 4PF MC stated when asked about his feature price. He made sure to drop at least a few this year, though, including his verse of DJ Khaled's "Staying Alive" with Drake and his banger with Nicki Minaj, "Do We Have A Problem?" However, now that Baby's in album mode, he says he doesn't feel as much of a need to get those features out. He had previously tweeted that he charges $100k during the My Turn era.

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Big Loon also asked the Atlanta native about the issues with having a big entourage in rap in the interview, especially people who aren't in the industry like Baby is. "Do you know that everybody in your crew don't love you?" Big Loon asked, perhaps referring to people taking advantage of a friend's stardom or not really having their best interests at heart.

"Sure," the "Bigger Picture" rapper expressed. "I don't love they ass either," he added with a chuckle.

"I can't," he continued, "I know how this s**t go. I ain't oblivious to this s**t at all, you know. Before we got this, you know, my eyes open."

As Baby continues to carve his mark on the industry, his success and awareness as an artist are only marking points of his great mind and sensibilities. You can check out the full episode of The Experience Podcast with Big Loon and his interview with Lil Baby below.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.
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