“That’s where ‘F**k tha Police’ originally came from, that feeling of ‘fight the establishment and fight for us. Nominations aside, actually performing ‘The Bigger Picture’ means the most to me, Lil Baby said in a press statement released after his appearance.
“We’ve become so divided as a nation, and when you get that very strong feeling of ‘our side against their side,’ you are going to get songs like this,” Bakula says. Lil Baby has transformed into one of the reigning Princes of Trap since his debut mixtape, 2017s Perfect Timing.
The powerful offering is in response to the senseless murder of unarmed Black man George Floyd, who died while in Minneapolis. The urgency in Lil Baby’s track to stand up for his community could become an anthem that stands the test of time, just like the older protest songs that still resonate. Lil Baby has released a new protest song called The Bigger Picture. All have been featured on curated Black Lives Matter playlists across streaming platforms as listeners seek insight and catharsis from Black artists. In the song, Lil Baby shows solidarity with the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests calling for justice against police brutality in the United States and systemic racism. It was released on June 12, 2020, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Other releases include “I Can’t Breathe” by H.E.R., “2020 Riots: How Many Times” by Trey Songz and Keedron Bryant’s “I Just Wanna Live,” which went viral and landed the 12-year-old a record deal with Warner Records. ' The Bigger Picture ' is a protest song by American rapper Lil Baby. “The Bigger Picture” is one of more than a dozen protest songs released by Black artists in the month following Floyd’s death-a response of unprecedented proportion in the streaming era, according to Nielsen’s Bakula.Īfter Lil Baby’s hit, Meek Mill’s “Otherside of America” was the second most-consumed new protest song in June with almost 18 million streams, followed by Beyonce’s “Black Parade,” which surpassed 7.5 million streams in just six days. March 14, 2021, 9:53 PM 1 min read Image via Publicist Lil Baby pulled out all the stops for his performance of The Bigger Picture at the 2021 Grammys.
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