Interview by Haze

We recently caught up with buzzing Chicago artist BabyChiefDoIt for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our sit down he talked about coming to Atlanta for the first time, being starstruck when meeting celebrities, getting recognized while out in public, his upbringing on the Southside of Chicago, his family being his biggest supporters, jumping off the porch when he was 14, feeling like he had to grow up fast, his grandfather being one of his main role models, game he learned from him, being popular in high school, getting into fights while in school, starting to rap in 2020, dropping his first song in 2023, not liking the idea of being famous, reveals he finished his song “Rollin” in December 2022, previewing his song, dropping the song in July 2023, feeling like he wanted to quit music after losing his IG account for 6 months, feeling like Chuckyy took his spotlight, his mom motivating him to keep making music, recalls his first time in a real studio when he recorded “Pancakes & Drugs”, his first music video “Who Gon Drive”, connecting with Rxllo for the video, the video for “Pancakes & Drugs” blowing up, reveals his key for success, being very picky when he goes through beats, taking sometimes up to 2 weeks to write a song, recording “6ix Times 2Day”, previewing the song on IG Live, the inspiration for his Sogn “The Viper”, fans comparing his music to early Chief Keef & Waka Flocka, switching up his sound on “Drowned”, his song “Rollin” being the number 1 song on TikTok, explains why he didn’t shoot a music video for “Rollin” last year, his debut project ‘Animals Only’, working with Star Bandz, upcoming music videos, goals, trials & tribulations he had to overcome, dealing with online trolls, and much more!

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