DaBaby has been called the new 2Pac for his skills as a musician, and now his vision as a director has earned him a comparison to Spike Lee.
On Wednesday (July 26), the North Carolina rapper posted a clip to his Instagram Story from the set of a music video shoot. In it, Baby points the camera to Lil Duval and asks him what they were up to, to which the latter responded with some high praise.
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“We got the goddamn Spike Lee of this shit,” the comedian answered. “The new Spike Lee of this shit.” The 31-year-old MC agreed with the compliment before revealing that they were working on a visual supplement for his song, “Squeeze.”
On Thursday (July 27), Duval posted behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot to his Instagram, writing: “Just shot the video for squeeze yesterday. can’t wait for y’all to see it. I think it’s gon be special. Directed by @dababy.”
DaBaby has been broadening his repertoire recently by taking on more directorial roles. His most notable projects thus far include Moneybagg Yo‘s “F My BM” video, as well as video additives to his own tracks, “SHAKE SUMN” and “SELLIN CRACK.”
Fans have praised the KIRK spitter for his unique approach as a visual conductor, with one social media user replying to Lil Duval’s recent post with: “Da baby about to be the next go to for videos. His videos give me those old Luda and Missy feels.”
In a similar spirit, another fan commented: “He’s way ahead of time, I don’t think Ludacris was doing this big. [two 100 emojis, fire emoji] I also think da baby could be a real good actor also.”
In addition to being ranked among some of the greatest artists of all time, the “BOP on Broadway” hitmaker has also received support from some of Hip Hop’s biggest names. Among them is 50 Cent, who he recently credited for helping him “navigate through the bullshit” during “one of his lowest points.”
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In an early July IG post wishing the G-Unit mogul a happy birthday, Baby wrote: “Tell you once a month you the last role model I got left! Keep dominating the [globe] I’m studying on a daily. Love for life bruh, See you soon!”
