Lil Baby Opens Up About Tackling Controversial Topics In His Music Instead Of Social Media

In a recent interview on MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber, rapper Lil Baby opened up about speaking on controversial subjects in his art rather than on social media.

“I’m not into social media like that. I post on social media and interact, but I don’t really catch what’s going on or what people are saying. But at the time everything, everyone thought, ‘Baby wasn’t gonna say nothing,'” he admitted. “I don’t really wanna just speak “on situations, especially when I don’t know the whole backstory — something I say might get misinterpreted, so I’m quiet as far as me posting something.”

Lil Baby revealed that he felt he could make the most impact by speaking through his music during the George Floyd protests. He released the Grammy-nominated, socially conscious song “The Bigger Picture.” 

“I speak through my art … I’m not posting nothing. It ain’t work like that,” he added.

He further explained that the song was not meant to be about George Floyd only because he personally knows people that have been killed at the hands of police. He felt only speaking on that one topic would have been “fake.”

“It wasn’t just that incident because it was bigger than that incident. Not saying that incident was not bigger than other incidents, but it was just my chance to speak on the whole thing,” Baby said. 

Check out Lil Baby’s interview with Ari Melber below.