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Baby Keem

Data updated on 2025-04-24 07:21:35 UTC
Rapper/producer/songwriter Baby Keem has contributed to projects by some of rap's finest while also working on his own stylistically shifting music. On mixtapes like 2019's Die for My Bitch, he explored melodic rap, trap rhythms, old-school beats, and even woozy synth sounds on his breakthrough single, "Orange Soda." His debut studio album, The Melodic Blue, arrived in 2022, landing in the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 and spawning the Grammy-winning Kendrick Lamar-assisted single "Family Ties." He and Lamar teamed up again for 2023's "The Hillbillies."

Baby Keem was born Hykeem Carter in Carson, California, in the year 2000. His interest in music grew during his early life, and he was putting together his own songs by age 15. After releasing several tracks under his own name, he took on the Baby Keem moniker in 2018 with the release of his Midnight EP. As his rap skills developed, he was also growing as a producer. In 2018, living in Los Angeles, he co-wrote and co-produced a track on Kendrick Lamar's Black Panther: The Album, and worked on songs for Jay Rock's Redemption, which became a Grammy Award winner later that year. Keem released another EP, Hearts and Darts, in the summer of 2018, and followed with the mixtape The Sound of a Bad Habit in the fall. In 2019, the rapper contributed production to tracks for ScHoolboy Q as well as a song on the soundtrack for The Lion King: The Gift. His second mixtape, Die for My Bitch, was released in July of that year, a 14-track project that utilized a variety of different styles and production techniques. Keem ended the year with a pair of tracks, "France Freestyle" and "Orange Soda," returning in 2020 with the moody "Hooligan" and "Sons & Critics Freestyle."

In 2021, he released the song "Durag Activity" with Travis Scott, swiftly followed by the Kendrick Lamar-assisted "Family Ties." Both tracks paved the way for his debut studio album, The Melodic Blue, which arrived later that year. Boasting yet another Lamar feature, the project further demonstrated Keem's versatility. The album reached number five on the Billboard 200, and "Family Ties" took home the Grammy for Best Rap Performance. Keem continued his partnership with Lamar on "The Hillbillies" in 2023. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi

Genres

: hip hop rap

Total plays

5.4 billion
Updated on 2025-04-24

Monthly listeners

17,375,639

Followers

2,914,170

Top Cities

  1. United States
    304,343 listeners
  2. United States
    270,684 listeners
  3. Australia
    272,204 listeners
  4. United States
    235,294 listeners
  5. Australia
    220,696 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
family ties (with Kendrick Lamar)
family ties (with Kendrick Lamar)
1,001,210,501 4:12 2021-08-25
ORANGE SODA
ORANGE SODA
785,291,818 2:10 2019-07-16
HONEST
HONEST
539,078,379 2:53 2019-07-19
16
16
435,542,923 2:36 2021-09-10
lost souls (with Brent Faiyaz)
lost souls (with Brent Faiyaz)
232,505,243 4:30 2022-10-28
trademark usa
trademark usa
223,842,054 4:31 2021-09-10
leavemealone
leavemealone
219,097,331 3:43 2023-12-08
durag activity (with Travis Scott)
durag activity (with Travis Scott)
166,251,246 3:45 2021-04-28
vent
vent
130,669,219 2:17 2021-09-10
Savior
Savior
129,034,607 3:44 2022-05-12
range brothers (with Kendrick Lamar)
range brothers (with Kendrick Lamar)
116,398,968 5:17 2021-09-10
hooligan
hooligan
111,904,779 2:37 2020-09-18
STATS
STATS
109,646,812 2:50 2019-07-19
highway 95
highway 95
93,059,836 1:32 2022-10-28
Baby Keem
Baby Keem
80,010,844 1:58 2018-08-16
The Hillbillies
The Hillbillies
77,946,509 3:25 2023-06-05
first order of business
first order of business
77,233,313 2:49 2021-09-10
APOLOGIZE
APOLOGIZE
55,610,654 3:33 2019-07-19
booman
booman
55,361,322 2:35 2021-09-10
no sense
no sense
46,133,273 2:51 2021-03-05
MOSHPIT
MOSHPIT
40,934,338 2:56 2019-07-19
issues
issues
38,035,607 3:40 2021-09-10
BUSS HER UP
BUSS HER UP
37,778,508 2:19 2019-07-19
naked freestyle
naked freestyle
35,119,333 1:49 2022-10-28
scars
scars
34,977,120 4:26 2021-09-10
cocoa (with Don Toliver)
cocoa (with Don Toliver)
34,627,209 3:50 2021-09-10
OUTERSPACE (feat. Baby Keem)
OUTERSPACE (feat. Baby Keem)
33,478,091 3:46 2021-10-07
scapegoats
scapegoats
32,663,202 1:17 2021-09-10
pink panties
pink panties
32,580,557 2:44 2021-09-10
lost souls
lost souls
29,740,050 4:30 2021-09-10
bank account (with Lil Uzi Vert)
bank account (with Lil Uzi Vert)
27,297,989 3:34 2022-10-28
south africa
south africa
26,723,991 2:55 2021-09-10
killstreaks (with Don Toliver & PinkPantheress)
killstreaks (with Don Toliver & PinkPantheress)
24,169,585 3:36 2022-10-28
gorgeous
gorgeous
23,975,760 2:21 2021-09-10
Gang Activities
Gang Activities
23,062,714 1:40 2018-10-29
INVENTED IT
INVENTED IT
20,260,208 1:30 2019-06-11
FRANCE FREESTYLE
FRANCE FREESTYLE
19,090,595 2:26 2019-07-10
ROCKSTAR P
ROCKSTAR P
15,481,865 2:17 2019-07-19
Wolves
Wolves
13,962,869 1:23 2018-10-29
NOT MY BRO
NOT MY BRO
12,024,745 2:09 2019-07-19
sons & critics freestyle
sons & critics freestyle
11,509,526 3:33 2020-09-18
BULLIES
BULLIES
11,295,988 3:14 2019-07-19
Miss Charlotte
Miss Charlotte
10,661,134 2:34 2018-10-29
Xmen
Xmen
9,213,369 1:30 2018-10-29
leavemealone - Nia Archives Remix
leavemealone - Nia Archives Remix
8,931,879 2:59 2023-12-29
TOP RAMEN
TOP RAMEN
8,685,064 2:10 2019-07-19
MY EX
MY EX
8,222,949 2:34 2019-07-19
a life of pain
a life of pain
7,893,541 1:52 2022-10-28
patience interlude
patience interlude
7,670,532 2:22 2022-10-28
Vicious
Vicious
7,427,142 2:38 2018-08-16
Locked In
Locked In
7,337,008 1:25 2018-08-16
Extra
Extra
6,772,560 1:38 2018-10-29
fine china
fine china
6,488,752 2:09 2022-10-28
Leverage
Leverage
6,095,251 1:57 2018-08-16
SLICE INTERLUDE
SLICE INTERLUDE
6,052,630 1:04 2019-07-19
Half
Half
5,312,224 1:43 2018-08-16
Opinions
Opinions
4,739,278 1:52 2018-10-29
Check Please
Check Please
3,501,295 1:48 2018-10-29
So What
So What
2,719,862 2:05 2018-10-29
Monsters Dot Com
Monsters Dot Com
2,701,646 1:41 2018-10-29
Fortnite
Fortnite
2,665,825 2:07 2018-08-16
A New Day
A New Day
2,024,327 1:49 2018-10-29
Register
Register
1,970,469 1:53 2018-10-29

New releases

leavemealone (Nia Archives Remix)
leavemealone (Nia Archives Remix)
2023-12-29
[Atlantic Records UK]
leavemealone
leavemealone
2023-12-08
[Atlantic Records UK]
The Hillbillies
The Hillbillies
2023-06-05
[pgLang/Columbia]
The Melodic Blue (Deluxe)
The Melodic Blue (Deluxe)
2022-10-28
[pgLang/Columbia]
The Melodic Blue
The Melodic Blue
2021-09-10
[Columbia]
family ties (with Kendrick Lamar)
family ties (with Kendrick Lamar)
2021-08-27
[Columbia]
family ties (with Kendrick Lamar)
family ties (with Kendrick Lamar)
2021-08-25
[Columbia]
durag activity (with Travis Scott)
durag activity (with Travis Scott)
2021-04-30
[Columbia]
durag activity (with Travis Scott)
durag activity (with Travis Scott)
2021-04-28
[Columbia]
no sense
no sense
2021-03-05
[Columbia]
hooligan / sons & critics
hooligan / sons & critics
2020-09-18
[Columbia]
hooligan / sons & critics
hooligan / sons & critics
2020-09-18
[Columbia]
DIE FOR MY BITCH
DIE FOR MY BITCH
2019-07-19
[Baby Keem LLC]
ORANGE SODA
ORANGE SODA
2019-07-16
[Baby Keem LLC]
ORANGE SODA
ORANGE SODA
2019-07-16
[Baby Keem LLC]
FRANCE FREESTYLE
FRANCE FREESTYLE
2019-07-10
[Baby Keem LLC]
INVENTED IT
INVENTED IT
2019-06-11
[Baby Keem LLC]
The Sound of Bad Habit
The Sound of Bad Habit
2018-10-29
[Baby Keem LLC]
Hearts and Darts
Hearts and Darts
2018-08-16
[Baby Keem LLC]