WHAM Who Hard As Me

Lil Baby Revealed The Release Date Of His New Album, ‘WHAM (Who Hard As Me)’

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It has been a little over two years since Lil Baby’s last album, It’s Only Me. In the meantime, fans could only speculate when he’d drop a follow-up. But now, we know: the wait is almost over. The Atlanta rapper revealed the release date for his long-awaited fourth studio album, WHAM (Who Hard As Me) on social media with an electrifying teaser after promising to step away from posting ’til the album was done. Due on January 3, 2025, the album is expected to include features from fellow Atlantans 21 Savage, Future, and Young Thug (who is free), along with fellow Southerners GloRilla, Rod Wave, and Travis Scott.

Although Lil Baby had a relatively quiet year as he worked on his album, he still managed to be productive, putting out the singles “Band4Band” with Central Cee, “Roll Da Dice” with 4Batz, “5AM,” and “Touchdown.” Despite avoiding the spotlight, though, he did see himself get into some legal hot water. In August, he was arrested by Las Vegas police, who charged him with carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. Fortunately for him and his fans, the case was dropped in October, with Clark County prosecutors declining to press charges.

WHAM (Who Hard As Me) is out on 1/3/2025 via Quality Control / Motown.

Lil Baby Unveils The New Single ‘5AM’ And Teases An Album After Enduring ‘The Darkest Period’ Of His Life

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At the end of 2023, Lil Baby declared, “I’m Gone Until The Album,” and, “Don’t Mind Me I’m Just Living Finishing Up The Album.” Then, yesterday (November 13), he wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “2 songs 2 videos 2morrow !! Album Otw.”

Well, today is yesterday’s tomorrow, and one of the promised new songs, “5AM,” has arrived. The sub-2-minute track is produced by Wheezy and Sean Momberger, and notably, towards the end of the track, Baby teases a new album with the lyric (via Genius), “Even my mama be askin’ me, ‘Where is your album? We want it’ / Had to get on my business and tighten up my mental, I’m coming.”

The end of the song’s video displays what appears to be his upcoming album’s title: WHAM (Who Hard As Me).

Ahead of the song’s release, Baby wrote in an Instagram post teasing it, “Ain’t It Crazy How They Tryna Play Me Like I Ain’t The One !!! It’s That Time ! I Would Say Again But This Run Will Be Totally Different !! I Had The Darkest Period Of My Life These Last Two Years But I Stayed Down And Overcame That Sh*t Now I’m Back To F*ccin Sh*t Up As Usual… , Sincerely Wham !! Who Hard As Me Let’s Gooooooo.”

Listen to “5AM” above.