There’s been lots of Baby love going around this year. And it’s been all for Lil Baby and DaBaby.
The two rappers have been cradling the top spots on the charts: Lil Baby’s “My Turn” album has spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — more than any other artist this year — while DaBaby’s “Rockstar” single, featuring Roddy Ricch, has occupied the summit of the Hot 100 for four weeks.
And these hot hip-hoppers — who traded rhymes on “Baby” in 2019 and a “Life Is Good” remix earlier this year — don’t show any signs of cooling off. Here, we break down the tale of the tape in summer’s biggest battle.
Age
Lil Baby: 25
DaBaby: 28
Real Name
Lil Baby: Dominique Armani Jones
DaBaby: Jonathan Lyndale Kirk
Hometown
Lil Baby: Atlanta, Georgia
DaBaby: Charlotte, North Carolina
![Lil Baby](https://cdn.statically.io/img/nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/lil-baby-3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=662)
How he got his handle
Lil Baby: When he was a kid, his older friends often called him “Lil Baby.”
DaBaby: Formerly known as Baby Jesus, he thought his name had become a distraction, so he changed it to DaBaby.
Debut album
Lil Baby: “Harder Than Ever” (2018)
DaBaby: “Baby on Baby” (2019)
![DaBaby](https://cdn.statically.io/img/nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/da-baby-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=662)
Drake collab
Lil Baby: “Yes Indeed,” “Never Recover”
DaBaby: “Oprah’s Bank Account” (with Lil Yachty)
Grammy nominations
Lil Baby: 1 (Best Rap/Sung Performance for “Drip Too Hard” in 2020)
DaBaby: 2 (Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for “Suge” in 2020)
TV close-up
Lil Baby: He appeared in the MTV stoner movie “How High 2” in 2019.
DaBaby: He made a powerful Black Lives Matter statement at last month’s BET Awards by re-enacting George Floyd’s death.
Movie moment
Lil Baby: His track “Catch the Sun” was featured in the 2019 film “Queen & Slim.”
DaBaby: He released a “Bonnie and Clyde”-inspired short film for his single “Find My Way” in April.
Stellar stat
Lil Baby: Twelve songs off of “My Turn” appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in March, giving Lil Baby a career total of 47 tracks on the chart, which tied him with a couple of legends: Prince and Paul McCartney.
DaBaby: When the remix of Jack Harlow’s “Whats Poppin,” featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne, hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, the “Rockstar” became the 20th act to claim the top two spots on the chart at the same time.