Hey, everyone listening to the podcast. This is Ari Melbur, and as you can tell from me addressing you, we have something special, a podcast extra for you today. I want to mention you can always connect with me, of course, through the pods. We're glad you listened to it, but also online. You can find me at Ari Melburgh, or you can visit me at Ari Melburgh.com and sign up for my newsletter. I have a free newsletter there. It's a way that I'm keeping in touch with a lot of you. And I know some of you are reading because I read the comments and you guys have been engaging. So go now to Ari Melbaughar.com, sign up for the newsletter. Now let me tell you right now about this podcast extra. I went down to Atlanta and everything you're about to hear is extended. This is more than we were able to air on TV, so it's special for you, our podcast listeners,

an extended discussion of civil rights, policing, Black Lives Matter, music, and culture

with one of the most popular artists today, Lil Baby.

This entire thing I recorded for you, you're going to hear us talk unedited, back and forth about his life, about his work, about his meeting with Vice President Harris, about how he knew some of George Floyd's family, even before that tragic incident and how he brings those experiences and relationships to the way he deals with so many challenges today, including the way he engages in the BLM movement.

If you don't know a little baby,

and some people may not, I'm telling you he is a special young artist, and if you don't know him,

I bet you a lot of people you know, or maybe your kids do. In fact, his anthem, the bigger picture,

was considered, according to streaming and listens, the most played Black Lives Matter anthem of 2020. Kind of a Bob Dylan of our current era. So without further ado, here it is, me and Little Baby, a special podcast extra interview for you on The Beat with Ari Melbert. What's up, y'all? This is common. Got the bristle right here. DJMV. Those ghost ghostface are you checking out the beat with Arby melbourne the beat baby we're

about to light one up with her face you know why because he speak English the whole

Wu-Tang is behind me boom bong bong and this is the beat this is the beat with

Ari Melbur and we have a very special interview today with the Platinum artist most most popular rapper of 2020 Little Baby. Thanks for being here. How you doing? How you doing? I'm good. Thanks for asking. How are you doing? I'm all right. I'm all right. Let's start with, tell me where we are here in Atlanta. We're at the studio. You know what I'm saying? We have my studio in Atlanta. It's actually in the heart of Atlanta, you know what I'm saying? A lot of people don't even know I got a studio. Yeah. But you do? I definitely do. And we in one of the rooms. I've recorded in these rooms a lot, but I don't record in this room. Just like everybody else's room.

They kind of turned up in here, too. Well, thank you for letting us do the interview in here. We're walking around, so, yeah, there's this room and then adjacent. There's another large room. Right. That's why I record in the other room. That's so fair. I'd be going to sleep in there a lot. So when do you like to record? How do you get in your vibe?

Honestly, I've recorded like 6 o'clock in a lot. So when do you like to record? How do you get in your vibe? Honestly, I recorded like 6 o'clock in the morning to like now.

Yeah.

Like, you know, because I'd be so tired in the daytime from running around.

I might fall asleep at 9 and 10, something like that.

So you're an early riser and that's when you feel creative, like right in the morning. Right, because I ain't nobody calling me and everybody else still sleep. So why everybody's sleep, that's what I can get in. Like I'm up in the middle, in the morning, early in the morning, I'm up. That's like the old U.S. Marine slogan, they said, they get more done before 10 a.m. than most people do all day. I guess that's you. Yeah, that's me. So in this room we got your new project with Durkio there behind you. I saw the double platinum plaque in the room you record in. When you started making these songs in this studio, did you feel like you knew exactly where they would go, or you just let it lay out? I kind of just lay it out.

I don't never really like, shh.

Like I'm aiming for the stars every time, you know what I'm saying?

But I don't got like no limit on it so I can't say I'm sure for this.

Yeah, I'm showing for the best every time.

So whatever it gets or whatever it does, I'm cool with it.

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