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Lil Baby On Taking Music Apart To See 'The Bigger Picture'

The 25-year-old trap titan discusses his songwriting process, his experience in the criminal justice system and why, even as one of the biggest rappers alive, he doesn't believe he's made it just yet.
Lil Baby performs a livestreamed concert on Sept. 2, 2020, as part of the <em></em>Red Rocks Unpaused festival in Colorado.

At only 25, trap star is one of the most popular musicians alive. His most recent album, , spent weeks at No. 1, and over the past few years he's had four dozen songs chart on the Hot 100, putting him in a dead heat with Paul McCartney and

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