#Lil Baby vs. DaBaby: Tale of the tape of 2020’s hottest rappers

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

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)

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.