Babyxsosa
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Babyxsosa | |
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| Born | June 2000 (age 23) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
| Website | babyxsosa |
Babyxsosa (born June 2000) is an American rapper and singer. She joined the hip hop collective Surf Gang in 2019 before leaving in 2021. Her breakout 2019 song "Everywhereigo" went viral on TikTok. In 2023, she released the synth-punk extended play (EP) Bling Bling and a self-titled electropop EP. Her underground, lo-fi trap songs have been noted for her high-pitched voice.
Early life and career[edit]
Babyxsosa was born in June 2000 in Richmond, Virginia.[1][2] She began writing songs while in elementary school and learned to read music after she began playing the oboe in middle school. She was a cheerleader for 14 years and became interested in visual arts and SoundCloud after getting injured while cheering. She started producing music and DJing while in high school. After graduating, she had plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for graphic design and work as an animation intern in New York City but did not get accepted to the university.[1]
Babyxsosa self-released her debut single "Beat My Ass" in 2018.[3] She joined the musical collective Surf Gang in 2019.[1] Her song "Everywhereigo" was released in February 2019 and became her breakout song after going viral on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6][7] Several months after Surf Gang's debut live performance in Los Angeles in March 2021, Babyxsosa announced that she would be leaving the collective. According to Yousef Srour of Stereogum, Babyxsosa was "Surf Gang’s most popular rapper" by the time she left, due to the virality of "Everywhereigo".[6] Her single "Running" was released in July 2021 and her song "Girlfriend" was uploaded to SoundCloud in December 2022.[8][9] She released the extended play (EP), Bling Bling, in July 2023.[10][11] Her self-titled EP was released in November 2023,[3] where in the cover the artist is partially nude in one of Kanye West's recording studio for the Vultures 1 album. [12] The artist was also shouted out in Playboicarti and A$AP Rocky's unreleased song "Sights".[13]
As a model, Babyxsosa appeared in MCM Worldwide's #MCMEverywhereIGo campaign alongside Frankie Jonas in April 2021, which was soundtracked by her song "Everywhereigo".[14] She also appeared in a campaign for a collaboration between Marni and Carhartt with Bootsy Collins and his family in January 2023.[15]
Babyxsosa has been cosigned by artists like Kanye West after takig
Musical style[edit]
Babyxsosa's music has been described as lo-fi[7] trap, SoundCloud rap, underground hip hop, and plugg. Her EP Bling Bling experimented with synth-pop, synth-punk, and industrial techno, while her self-titled EP was chamber pop and electropop.[4][3] Her voice has been described as high-pitched.[1][2][16] Grammy.com's Yousef Srour called her voice "dainty" and "autotuned" and her music "lush", also writing that her "simple lyrics" were about "feelings of desire and despair".[10]
The artist is multi-faceted in having skills of reading sheet music and playing the oboe and is not strictly a rapper. The EP Bling Bling is noy just an experiemental album but a proof of her range as an artist.
Discography[edit]
Extended plays[edit]
| Title | Details |
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| Babyxobama |
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| Bling Bling |
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| Babyxsosa |
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Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Beat My Ass" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Everywhereigo" | 2019 | |
| "Emergency" | ||
| "Enemies" | ||
| "Uberxl" (featuring Poloperks) | ||
| "Hectic" | 2020 | |
| "Babyxsosa Freestyle 2019" | ||
| "Throw It" | ||
| "Keyshia Keef" | ||
| "WYA/Difference Between" | ||
| "Lonely Nights in NY" | ||
| "Better Days" | ||
| "Who You Love" | ||
| "Dont Even Know" | ||
| "Babyxsosa Freestyle 2019 Fast" | ||
| "Packman" | 2021 | |
| "Over" | ||
| "Get Off My Swag" | ||
| "New Fashion" | ||
| "Better By Yourself" | ||
| "Dont Listen" | ||
| "Running" | ||
| "Freak Hoe" | ||
| "Cancer Baby" | ||
| "Drama Baby/Malibu" | ||
| "Money Bags in the Trunk" | ||
| "Delusional" | ||
| "Range Rover" | 2022 | |
| "Facetime/Texting" | ||
| "Like Woah" | ||
| "Angel" | ||
| "Girlfriend" | 2023 | |
| "Interlude" | ||
| "I Am Bitch" | ||
| "Southside to South Pasadena" | ||
| "Babyonce" | ||
| "Party" | ||
| "No Beyonce" | ||
| "Where You Went Wrong" | 2024 | |
| "Jasia" | ||
| "Shutting It Down" | ||
| "Like That" | ||
| "Ny To La" | ||
| "Trendsetter" | ||
| "Sos" | ||
| "My Side" | ||
| "Mia Bae" | ||
| "Baby Soldier" |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Yu, Eda (March 10, 2020). "Meet Babyxsosa, the Eclectic Underground Rapper Doing Things Her Own Way". Complex. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Lafontant, Olivier (July 7, 2022). "Eight Acts You Shouldn't Sleep On Ahead of Rolling Loud 2022". Miami New Times. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ a b c Green, Dylan (November 17, 2023). "Babyxsosa: Babyxsosa EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Douglas, Nicholas (December 21, 2023). "Undiscovered: Artists to Watch 2024". Notion. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Pierre, Alphonse (February 11, 2019). "The Ones: Baby Sosa's 'EVERYWHEREIGO'". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Srour, Yousef (December 8, 2023). "Evilgiane & Surf Gang Are Changing The Sound Of Hip-Hop". Stereogum. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Chon, Isabella; Kearns, Sarah (October 19, 2022). "The Best Rising Artists of Fall 2022". Hypebeast. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Callender, Brandon (July 12, 2021). "The Rap-Up: Week of July 12, 2021". Passion of the Weiss. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Pierre, Alphonse (December 13, 2022). "Listen to Babyxsosa's 'Girlfriend': The Ones". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Srour, Yousef (July 13, 2023). "14 New Female Hip-Hop Artists To Know In 2023: Lil Simz, Ice Spice, Babyxsosa & More". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Medithi, Vivian (October 5, 2023). "4 rappers you really need in rotation". The Fader. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ PYLE, PHILLIP (2024-02-27). "Babyxsosa: Everything Is In Real Time". 032c. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ A$AP Rocky & Playboi Carti – Sights, retrieved 2024-05-07
- ^ Aniftos, Rania (April 6, 2021). "Frankie Jonas Stars in MCM's Luxe New Campaign". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Brain, Eric (January 6, 2023). "Take an Official Look at Marni and Carhartt WIP's Funkadelic Fusion". Hypebeast. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Callender, Brandon (March 4, 2022). "454 shares two-part video for 'SKITTLES + GATORLAND'". The Fader. Retrieved May 3, 2024.