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At just 20 years old The stuff you heard about me is a lie shirt . Baby Keem might just be one of hip-hop’s most exciting emerging talents. He may lack the near-universal recognition that heavyweights like Drake and A$AP Rocky enjoy, but it’s arguable that few rappers have captured the collective attention of the rap world quite like Keem has over the past two years. Born Hykeem Jamaal Carter Jr., Keem got his first big break into the music industry at the age of 17 after contributing to the Grammy Award-winning, Kendrick Lamar-helmed Black Panther soundtrack. Fans were instantly captivated (if not slightly perplexed) by the young artist’s production on the project, and suddenly, Baby Keem became the fixation of hip-hop fans across the world: who was he, where was he from, and most importantly, what was next for him? It didn’t take too long for news to come out that Baby Keem was none other than Kendrick Lamar’s own cousin. Once rap sleuths made the family connection between the two, the Keem hype raised nearly tenfold. However, Keem made it very clear early on that he wasn’t out to follow in the footsteps of his elder relative. The 2018 release The Sound of Bad Habit saw the young Californian native eschew the socially conscious raps that made his cousin a star, instead opting to flex his melodic prowess across twelve sparse, self-produced trap instrumentals. For fans, the project proved to be a tantalising (if not slightly understated) mission statement, with the trunk-rattling bass and offbeat vocals of ‘Opinions’ and ‘Gang Activities’ serving a teaser of what to expect from Keem in the years to come.