Lil Baby performed during Sunday night’s (November 22) 2020 American Music Awards. Baby, who was nominated for New Artist of the Year and Favorite Album – Hip Hop/R&B with My Turn, hit the stage to perform one of the project’s singles, “Emotionally Scarred,” but also left fans with a message to protect their mental health.
In a metallic Prada sleeveless top and matching shorts, Baby began the performance by pouring his heart out to a therapist and jotting down her observations. Another dancer joined the fray while fake fire and other pyrotechnics filled the stage with heat. The Atlanta native finished off on a raised platform with a message above reading, “Protect Your Mental Health.”
Baby lost out to Doja Cat in the New Artist of the Year category, while Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial took home Favorite Album – Rap/Hip Hop honors. Juice WRLD also posthumously earned the Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist award.
In addition to speaking on his upcoming albums, Young Thug joined T.I.’s ExpediTIously podcast last week where he admitted he paid Baby to start rapping.
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“That nigga didn’t know who he was,” Thug said. “I used to read that young nigga’s captions on his pictures and call him like, ‘Bruh, you know you can rap.’ He in jail like, ‘Bruh, I’ma goddam get out, I’ma goddam get me some money, get me a bag and do what I need to do.'”
Watch the AMA performance below.
don’t talk to me about mental health awareness.
Fvck off l baby all u celebs aint got zero mental probs. If u did u would not be where u r in life. U the one percent. Globally u the one percent of the one percent of wealth. U have also all the access u need to best medicine therapy doctors. Fvck off. Same how zero rapprs be in wheelchairs. Why don’t u preach to us about oiling our wheelchairs too. Wheelchair maintenance tips since u the experts now. F v c k. O f f . Police brutality and poverty causes mental illness but u did be verse, crowned king woke by msm, got bored being king woke, now u tryna b king caring
Do you seriously think that the wealthy can’t have mental problems? If so that must be because you believe money is the cure to mental problems. If that is so then money is your god and you should look very closely in the mirror. He’s a young man who is expressing himself in his music and trying to relate to others. You don’t know his life or what he went through or why he’s talking about these things. He’s one of the most down to earth and honest artists in the industry right now. You should be attacking people like yourself who make this world a worse place with your pessimism self righteousness and greed.
U did *one verse about police brutality. Got dickridden by that politician for going on your first protest excited by him due to u being celeb. Crowned king woke but got bored, too much effort. F v c k off lil baby
Y’all acting like yall know wuts in hos head ?