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DaBaby Opens Up About Megan Thee Stallion Lyrics & DaniLeigh Incident

DaBaby made headlines last month after claiming that he slept with Megan Thee Stallion in the song “Boogeyman.” “You play with me that s— was childish/The day before she said…

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DaBaby made headlines last month after claiming that he slept with Megan Thee Stallion in the song "Boogeyman."

"You play with me that s--- was childish/The day before she said that Tory Lanez shot her, I was f---in on Megan Thee Stallion," he rapped.

Now in a new interview, the North Carolina rapper is speaking about the lyrics from the track. "The song been done for real, for real. Damn near going on a year," he said. "When I say something, it’s gon’ go out."

As for the alleged relationship between the two, he has decided to not share any more details.

"It is what it is. I said a long time ago, keep me out the business. It’s a song. It’s out right now. N----- can take it how they want to take it.” Despite the backlash he received from the song, the rapper still opted not to change the lyrics. "I don’t change lyrics though. It don’t matter what I say."

Megan seemingly addressed the lyrics in a performance shortly after the song was released, per HipHopDX . "So look, I don’t know about y’all but I love my body," she said to a screaming crowd. "I do what I want to with my body, when I want to with my body, with who I want to with my body. 'Cause it’s who? My body."

In the same interview, DaBaby also addressed how his co-parenting relationship with DaniLeigh is going. The pair share a one-year-old daughter named Velour Leigh.

"My daughter is beautiful. Full of love, full of joy, full of laughs. Full of smiles. It’s all good. All is well," the rapper said. He also touched on the viral bowling alley moment with DaniLeigh's brother Brandon Bills. "That was a breath of fresh air for people on my end. I stand on certain morals and principles. If shawty would have been wise at the moment, she would have hollered at her brother."

Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby, real name Johnathan Kirk, rose to mainstream fame in 2019 after his debut album Baby On Baby with lead single "Suge" met with great success. The rapper has made headlines in the past year for many controversies but despite the incidents, the Charlotte native has gone on to partner up with his peers such as Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, and Roddy Ricch to name a few, and made several hits.

Check out DaBaby's top 10 songs ranked:

10. "Baby" and Lil Baby, Control The Streets Volume 2 (2019)

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The "Baby's" link up for this Quality Control collab. The 2019 hit features DaBaby and Lil Baby rapping about their extravagant lifestyles by chilling on private planes, getting money, and speaking on their past lives. The pair have been featured together on several hits including Pop Smoke's "For The Night" and Lil Baby's "Baby Shower." "Baby" peaked at No. 11 Hot R&B Billboard Chart and No. 21 on the Hot 100 Billboard Chart.


9. “Cash S---” Megan Thee Stallion ft. DaBaby, 'Fever' (2019)

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"Cash S---" is the song that started off multiple collaborations between DaBaby and Megan Thee Stallion. The two rappers would go on to collaborate on DaBaby's "Nasty" and Megan's "Cry Baby." In this song, the artists rap about flaunting their loads of cash. The song went on to peak at No. 16 on the Hot R&B Billboard Chart and No. 36 on the Hot 100 Billboard Chart. The song went 2x platinum in 2021.


8. "popstar" ft. Kevin Gates, 'Kirk' (2019)

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"Popstar" is off of DaBaby's sophomore album 'Kirk,' a reference to his biological name Johnathan Kirk. In "Popstar," the rhymer raps about haters saying he's "going pop" but makes it clear in his lyrics that he is the same person he was before the fame, "They gone say I went 'Pop' (Ah-huh)/Until a n---- play with me and he get popped (Yeah)." The song went certified gold in 2021.


7. "VIBEZ", 'Kirk' (2019)

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The 2x platinum hit "VIBEZ" is from DaBaby's sophomore album 'Kirk.' The 2019 hit peaked at No. 12 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts and No. 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The Charlotte native raps about his luxury lifestyle and just vibing out, "I just hopped off a private plane and went and hopped on 85 (yeah)/Go call my chauffeur, b----, 'cause I don't like to drive/We in Suburbans back to back and we gon' fill 'em up with vibes (let's go)."


6. "BOP", 'Kirk' (2019)

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"Suge" co-producer Jetsonmade returns for "BOP" and just as the Charlotte rapper says in the song "Jetson made another one" he wasn't lying. "BOP" went 3x platinum in 2021 and peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list. 


5. “Under the Sun” J. Cole, Lute, DaBaby, 'Revenge of the Dreamers III' (2021)

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"Under the Sun" is from the third installation of Dreamville's compilation album 'Revenge of the Dreamers III.' DaBaby's verse begins rapping about Black men's choices in jewelry which can give them a stereotype of their whole persons, "I just put diamonds on all of my teeth/Now they probably think I ain't intelligent." He then raps about his haters and him getting the last word. The song was well-received by fans and went certified platinum in 2020.


4. "Lonely" and Lil Wayne, 'Lonely' (2021)

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The Lil Wayne assisted track "Lonely" references the suicide of DaBaby's older brother and how it feels to be alone at the top. The Charlotte rhymer raps, "Ain't no love at the top, just a lonely n----/Ain't no love at the bottom either/All these blood-suckin' leachers and bottom feeders." The music video has DaBaby dressed as the Joker and as a psychiatric patient bringing havoc on the hospital.


3. "Levitating" Remix, Dua Lipa ft. DaBaby, 'Future Nostalgia' (2020)

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Although many controversies of the Charolotte rapper had him later removed from the "Levitating" remix, DaBaby made "Levitating" a standout hit and opened him up to a pop fanbase. Lipa sang this song with DaBaby at the 2021 Grammy Awards which Lipa won "Best Pop Vocal Album" for 'Future Nostalgia' later that night. The song spent 41 weeks of the year in the Hot 100's Top 10 and the song is now 4x certified platinum as of this year.


2. "Suge (Yea Yea)", Baby On Baby (2019)

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The title of "Suge" references Marion "Suge" Knight the co-founder of Death Row Records. In an interview, DaBaby revealed that he and hitmaker producer Jetson made made the song in around 10 to 15 minutes. "Suge" is one of DaBaby's biggest solo successes as the song went 4x certified platinum in 2019. 


1. "ROCKSTAR"  ft. Roddy Ricch, 'Blame It On Baby' (2020)

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The four-time Grammy-nominated single is the first collab between DaBaby and Roddy Ricch. In this song, DaBaby and Roddy compare the lives of rock stars and rappers. DaBaby addresses the 2018 Walmart incident where he fatally shot a man attempting to rob him and his daughter at gunpoint in the song. Amid the protest movement following the killing of George Floyd, DaBaby released a fiery "BLM" (Black Lives Matter) remix of the song on June 12, 2020 where he recounts his experiences as a Black man in America and a rapper climbing to the top. The song went on to later become 5x platinum-certified by the RIAA. The song spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart making it DaBaby's first No. 1 hit.

Autumn Hawkins is the National Hip-Hop and R&B writer for Beasley Media, currently residing in New Jersey. Prior to working at Beasley Media, she was in broadcast news as an entertainment producer. When she's not impatiently waiting for Beyoncé to drop new music, she is reading, shopping, or planning a vacation.