Just three days into the new year, the Grammy-winning rapper unleashed his much-anticipated fourth studio album, WHAM (Who Hard as Me). The ATL rapper confirmed the drop during his sold-out birthday concert in early December, more than two years after he delivered his third LP, It’s Only Me . The announcement was preceded by several promotional tracks, including “5 AM” and “Insecurities,” both of which were co-produced by Wheezy.
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Fast-forward to December 20, 2024, when Lil Baby took to Instagram to reveal WHAM’s official cover art 15-song tracklist. The post showed more than half a dozen featured artists, like Young Thug, GloRilla, Rylo, 21 Savage, and Future. Lil Baby had teased Future’s contribution back in November, writing on X , “I think I got @21savage’s hardest verse ever.”
One artist who didn’t appear on WHAM was Lil Baby’s previous collaborator Gunna. Many suspect the two had a falling out in 2023, shortly after Gunna accepted a plea deal in the YSL RICO case involving Thug . Fans were also convinced that Lil Baby was alluding to Gunna on his 2023 “350,” in which he raps: “Ain’t never say nothin’ ‘bout it, n***a, you know you a rat.”
Lil Baby shed more light on his status with Gunna during a recent interview with Charlamagne the God , saying he and the One of Wun MC don’t have a relationship.
“The internet says you can’t make hits without Gunna,” Charlamagne said. “Do you think y’all will make music again?”
“The internet will say anything,” Lil Baby responded. “You know how many hits I got? That don’t even make sense.”
You can stream WHAM now on Apple Music and Spotify .
But that’s not all Lil Baby has in store for 2025. During a December appearance on Lil Yachty’s A Safe Place podcast , Lil Baby confirmed he would release another album, titled Dominique, before the end of the year.
“At first, I was telling people I was going to drop a double album. Now, I’m dropping the WHAM album and Dominique album,” he explained. “I still put some of the songs I was gonna use for Dominique on WHAM ’cause I know my fanbase really want to hear them certain songs. WHAM is more me on some young n-gga shit — fast cars, girls, jewelry, money. You know, the turnt lifestyle. And Dominique is more the serious me, more personal. That’s a part of the new journey I’m on. I hate the word vulnerable, but I’m gonna be more open to my fans and my audience.”
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