Baby Keem Drops Casino Album
Baby Keem released *CA$INO* featuring Kendrick Lamar, Che Ecru, Momo Boyd, and Too $hort as part of New Music Friday on February 20. Other major drops include Larry June/Curren$y/Alchemist's *Spiral Staircases*, Mozzy/EST Gee's *Not A Chance In Hell*, and singles from Don Toliver ("CREEPIN"), SZA ("Save The Day"), and Ty Dolla $ign/Leon Thomas ("Miss U 2"). The Drake vs. Kendrick debate continues with Drake topping 2025 rappers at 400k first-week sales while Kendrick benefits from Super Bowl and Grammy momentum.
- *CA$INO* is Baby Keem's first full-length album in nearly five years, following his 2021 debut studio album, *The Melodic Blue*. Before the announcement of *CA$INO*, Keem had been teasing a different album title, *Child With Wolves*. - *The Melodic Blue* debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 chart, earning approximately 53,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Its single "Family Ties," featuring Kendrick Lamar, won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. - Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar are cousins, and Keem is an artist partner with pgLang, the multimedia company Lamar founded with Dave Free in 2020.
