The life of Lil Baby

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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.

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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.

01:03♪♪♪

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.

01:23♪♪♪

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.

02:20♪♪♪

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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02:51♪♪♪

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.

03:41♪♪♪

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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.

04:31♪♪♪

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.

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