In July 2019, Kirk was featured on Dreamville's compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III, on the opening track, ' Under the Sun'. Kirk featured on various hit songs throughout mid-2019, including Megan Thee Stallion's ' Cash Shit' and Quality Control's ' Baby', both of which reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. Kirk was featured on the cover of XXL as part of the Freshman Class of 2019. The song ' Suge' debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 87 on the chart, dated April 13, 2019, and reached the top 10 on the chart, dated June 8, 2019. īaby on Baby debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the US. The thirteen-track project features guest appearances from Offset, Rich Homie Quan, Rich the Kid and Stunna 4 Vegas. In March 2019, Kirk's debut studio album Baby on Baby, was released via Interscope Records and South Coast Music Group in a joint venture with both labels. In January 2019, upon being signed to Interscope, Kirk launched his own imprint, Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment. Thanks to the guidance of Taylor, and following major label bidding wars, Kirk landed a seven-figure recording deal with Interscope. Through his deal with South Coast, Kirk signed a short-lived distribution deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation for his Blank Blank mixtape that would prove to be his breakout in late 2018. Once they started working together, the team kept building buzz around the South with mixtapes and club shows, while Kirk was finding his sound.

Taylor had been responsible for the early rise of Southern rap stars including Yo Gotti and Future.

Taylor saw Kirk perform around North Carolina clubs at the time he was launching his label. Kirk got his big break after signing to Arnold Taylor, the president of the South Coast Music Group label, a big radio promoter. He initially performed under the name Baby Jesus, which he eventually changed out of concern that it had become a distraction. He followed this up with his God's Work mixtape series, Baby Talk mixtape series, Billion Dollar Baby, and Back on My Baby Jesus Sh*t. In 2015, he started off his music career by releasing Nonfiction, his debut mixtape. Kirk began taking music seriously between 20. He grew up listening to Eminem, 50 Cent and Lil Wayne with his two older brothers. He did not complete his studies, saying he only went to college for his parents' sake. He attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for two years. Chambers High School, where he graduated in 2010. He attended Vance High School, now called Julius L. He moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1999, where he spent most of his early years.

Jonathan Lyndale Kirk was born on December 22, 1991, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2022, he released the collaborative mixtape with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Better than You in addition to his fourth studio album, Baby On Baby 2. That same year, he was also featured on single ' For the Night' by Pop Smoke and was awarded two iHeartRadio Music Awards. In 2020, he was featured on the remix of ' Whats Poppin' by Jack Harlow, and the single ' Levitating' by Dua Lipa, both of which peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The album included his highest-charting song, ' Rockstar' (featuring Roddy Ricch), which spent seven non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year nomination. Dababy's third studio album, Blame It on Baby (2020), became his second consecutive number-one album in the US.

That same year, he was featured on the singles ' Enemies' by Post Malone, and ' Cash Shit' by Megan Thee Stallion. The album spawned the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) multi-platinum singles ' Intro' and ' Bop'. His second studio album, Kirk (2019), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. After releasing several mixtapes between 20, he rose to mainstream prominence with his debut album Baby on Baby (2019), which included the Billboard Hot 100 top ten single ' Suge'. Jonathan Lyndale Kirk (born December 22, 1991), known professionally as DaBaby (formerly known as Baby Jesus), is an American rapper.

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