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Lil Baby Named ASCAP’s 2021 Songwriter Of The Year

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4 years ago

June 22, 2021

ASCAP Names Lil Baby 2021 Songwriter Of The Year

It seems it’s high time we all co-signed Charlamagne Tha God and Wayno’s assertion that Hip Hop is now in Lil Baby era. The rapper keeps receiving so many accolades and he’s going to have to up his “200 ah occasion.”

Aside from making changes in his community, he continues to excel in the music industry. With the huge success of his ‘My Turn’ album that dropped in 2020, that album broke many records.

The album was certified RIAA three times platinum, earned him a few GRAMMY nominations, and was named RIAA‘s top album for 2020. Baby has definitely solidified his spot in the rap game and keeps elevating.

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Baby is adding another huge accomplishment to his list. It was announced that he was honored as this year’s recipient of the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) ‘Songwriter Of The Year’ at the 2021 ‘ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards.’

“Man months ago me & @cthagod were talking and I said we were in the ‘Lil Baby’ Era , I was saying Drake still got it but we entering his run,” Wayno tweeted. “Nigga Had a Hard verse on Drake EP & On J.Cole album , yall gotta out some respect on that nigga name for real!”

Charlamagne Tha God then slid through to double down his stance on the topic by commenting, “Lil Baby smoking everything @wayno119 they will figure it out later…..he floated on this Cole album.”