On April 30, Keem released " Durag Activity" with fellow American rapper Travis Scott. He then released "No Sense", on March 5, 2021. On September 18, 2020, Keem returned with the release of two new songs, "Hooligan", and "Sons & Critics Freestyle". In August 2020, it was revealed Baby Keem was included on XXL 's 2020 Annual Freshman Class.
In March 2020, Keem was featured in the visual mission statement for Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free's company, pgLang. Keem worked with American record producer Cardo, on his two solo mixtapes, The Sound of a Bad Habit (2018) and Die For My Bitch (2019). Today, Carter no longer posts, but his YouTube still links to his SoundCloud account. Carter frequently Skype-called his fans, who played along with him. Ĭarter made YouTube accounts "AllMightyModz" and "HykeezyHD", posting Minecraft Survival minigames gameplay in the early 2010s from his Minecraft account "hykeemc". In 2014, Carter started pursuing his own musical career. Carter looked up to artists such as West, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Eminem and 50 Cent. This sparked Carter’s interest for music even more, and he began researching music in 2010. He later recalled memories of listening to American rapper Kanye West's album " 808s & Heartbreak" on the radio while living in Las Vegas during winter 2009. Carter spent his early life, as young as four years old, in music studios watching his aunts and uncles burn CDs using LimeWire. Early life Ĭarter was born in Carson, California. Keem has both songwriting and production credits on his cousin Lamar's soundtrack album Black Panther: The Album, TDE member Jay Rock's Redemption, Schoolboy Q's Crash Talk, and the song "Nile" from Disney's The Lion King: The Gift. The album also included the songs " Durag Activity" alongside Travis Scott, and " Range Brothers", also with Lamar. The single " Family Ties" with his cousin Kendrick Lamar, became his second top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart. Keem would continue to gain prominence with his debut studio album The Melodic Blue, released in September 2021 by pgLang and Columbia Records. He would later collaborate with American musician Kanye West on the song " Praise God", which reached the top 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Born and raised in Carson, California, Keem initially gained major recognition following the release of his single " Orange Soda", from his second mixtape Die For My Bitch (2019). (born October 22, 2000), better known by his stage name Baby Keem, is an American rapper and record producer. The most you’ll hear from the rapper will usually be on Twitter, where he’ll remain mysterious but also give fans a glimpse behind the curtain of what he has going on or what they should be excited about.Hykeem Jamaal Carter Jr. Check out the visuals, which were directed by Eliel Ford, up top.īefore dropping the track, Keem started his 2021 by sharing “No Sense” at the beginning of March.“Don’t be showin out when you with your mans, dawg/ Please don’t let me catch him on my ends, dawg/ It’s a thousand ways to misunderstand, dawg/ It’s a thousand ways that we can make amends, dawg,” Keem raps on “No Sense” as he warns his former-love not to try and show off around him.īaby Keem has a lot of noise around him, but his moves are largely silent. Keem also shared the music video for the track. Distorted piano chords are laid behind their bars, creating a smooth sound that can be heard on other Keem songs. Paired with a gradient brown cover that matches the aesthetic of other songs he’s dropped this year and prior, Keem and Travis both take turns talking about things they describe to be “durag activity,” playing on the name of the song.
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