{"id":3073,"date":"2025-02-17T22:32:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/baby-kia-the-new-face-of-crashout-music-gets-his-life-together\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T22:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:32:43","slug":"baby-kia-the-new-face-of-crashout-music-gets-his-life-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/baby-kia-the-new-face-of-crashout-music-gets-his-life-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Kia, the New Face of Crashout Music, Gets His Life Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Show &amp; Prove:\u00a0Baby Kia<\/span><br \/><em>Words:\u00a0Georgette Cline<\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Editor\u2019s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2024 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Posted up in front of a church with a crew of shiesty-wearing guys around him, 18-year-old rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/baby-kia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baby Kia<\/a> smokes a cigarette while rapping in a shrill tone, \u201cYeah, walkin&#8217; down Bleveland with that stick\/Extra bullets in my jumpsuit, I can\u2019t wait to let it hit.\u201d His head explodes, and blood pours out on the word \u201chit\u201d for extra emphasis courtesy of special video effects. The scene, captured in the music video for the Atlanta native\u2019s Eman32x-produced song <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3LrsDFXueqCD3J53HfsLL6?si=391eae2d2ab54bad\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOD Crashin,\u201d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pluggordie\/status\/1763698052546564320\" target=\"_blank\">went viral on X<\/a> in March of 2024, after it dropped a month prior.<\/p>\n<p>His aggressive vocals, cloaked in chaos and the sounds of screamo rap, encapsulate a new wave of Atlanta drill and what\u2019s been described as \u201ccrashout\u201d music: raging energy with lyrics that often depict violent actions. Comments on Kia\u2019s viral clip range from \u201cDidn\u2019t know that punk rock rap was a thing\u201d to \u201cSh*t need some holy water sprinkled on it,\u201d proving the audience is captivated for myriad reasons.<\/p>\n<p>While Kia was aware he was taking over the internet, he was also coming to terms with what it meant to have millions of eyes in his direction. The music video has over 23 million views, while the X video has 4 million. \u201cI was still trying to just come to the reality that this is me now,\u201d he says of his viral fame during a Zoom call in late October. \u201cI don\u2019t really give a f**k, but I really care, though. I\u2019m grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baby Kia, born K\u2019Hari Hoard, never dreamed of being in the spotlight. He grew up in Atlanta\u2019s Fulton County at Capitol Homes and moved to the historic Cleveland Avenue area\u2014where rappers like Young Thug and Lil Keed once called home\u2014when he was 8. Basketball kept him occupied, but so did rap as an avid listener.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/youngboy-never-broke-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">YoungBoy Never Broke Again<\/a>\u2019s bars served as Kia\u2019s soundtrack from elementary to middle school. His parents also put him on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/dmx\/\" target=\"_blank\">DMX<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/juvenile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Juvenile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/mystikal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mystikal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/busta-rhymes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Busta Rhymes<\/a>. Kia would listen to much of it in his dad\u2019s car. Unfortunately, school didn\u2019t hold the best memories for Baby Kia, who skipped class or got kicked out. \u201cI was a little troubled, so it was kind of difficult for me to just stay in the seat,\u201d Kia expresses. That likely had to do with finding his mother deceased in a bathroom at the age of 14. \u201cI was just getting started,\u201d he says of his interest in rapping after she passed.<\/p>\n<p>At 16, he began experimenting with his own rhymes after his little brother used Kia\u2019s phone to make music using the BandLab platform. Kia tinkered with the program and then made a song at a neighborhood friend\u2019s home studio. However, the recording process was short-lived. Kia saw dollar signs elsewhere and didn\u2019t care about rapping anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had other sh*t going on,\u201d he explains. \u201cI was trying to get some money.\u201d He attempted to get a job at McDonald\u2019s, Papa John\u2019s and Kroger, but nothing worked out. Simultaneously, Kia was getting into more trouble, though he\u2019s tight-lipped about it. \u201cI was doing the unspeakable,\u201d he shares. \u201cLet\u2019s just say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By 2022, Kia returned to the studio thanks to his friend Will, who encouraged the aspiring star to get in the booth again. He learned to use ProTools and began to build a catalog. The rap neophyte dropped his debut EP, <em>Kia World<\/em>, independently on UnitedMasters in April of 2023 after his friend uploaded the project to UM\u2019s music distribution site.<\/p>\n<p>Death, murder and mayhem saturate Kia\u2019s lyrics. Hooks don\u2019t exist, and he rarely rides the beat. Reactions to the project from kids in school put the battery in his back. \u201cThey were calling me in school, playing my sh*t, [saying], \u2018They hard, they hard,\u2019\u201d he recalls. So, Kia kept going, but his fledgling career was almost derailed after being arrested in the summer of 2023. According to Kia, he got locked up in a juvenile facility when he was 16, for about three months for an assault with a deadly weapon arrest that carried 14 charges. The situation motivated him to get back on track. \u201cI got to put certain things down to pick better things up,\u201d he maintains. \u201cBut you know, you live and learn as you get older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>His Glaah Glaah Boom<\/em> EP arrived that fall, and the labels called since he was still unsigned. With his manager, Jamil Mitchell, by his side, Kia took a deal with Artist Partner Group (APG) in November of 2023. APG A&amp;R Shareef \u201cReef\u201d Stradford found Kia on Instagram in September of 2023, after going down a rabbit hole of young Atlanta artists. \u201cYou could hear a hundred artists, and his voice is going to stick out the most,\u201d Reef affirms. \u201cI feel like he has the most creative bars. It honestly feels like he creates new sentences because I\u2019ve never heard anybody say some of the stuff that he says.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Reef brought Kia to Eli Piccarreta, SVP of A&amp;R at APG, Eli was drawn to how entertaining and fearless the rhymer was. \u201cJust from a music perspective, if you can put yourself in that place where you can say and do the things that he\u2019s doing, it really unlocks another level of creativity,\u201d says Eli, who signed YoungBoy Never Broke Again, NoCap and Rico Nasty to the label. \u201cIt walks the line of sometimes reality and fantasy, making a necklace out of somebody\u2019s teeth or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baby Kia confirms that not all of his rhymes are from a lived experience. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I did it all,\u201d he conveys while adding, \u201cMy point of view.\u201d Just listen to \u201cLet\u2019s Play a Game,\u201d released in December of 2023, to hear the way he describes eliminating his opps through a game that involves eating a razor-filled candy bar. That track and \u201cOD Crashin\u201d anchored his first mixtape, <em>Hell Can\u2019t Save You<\/em>, which arrived in March of 2024. The cover art, an homage to DMX\u2019s 1998 album, <em>Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood<\/em>, shows Kia covered in blood while holding screwdrivers to his head. <em>I Pray You Die<\/em>, his second tape, dropped seven months later.<\/p>\n<p>After unloading three projects in 2024, this year is full of big goals for Baby Kia. In 2025, he wants to top what he hasn\u2019t already accomplished. \u201cI ain\u2019t in the race with nobody but myself,\u201d he maintains. The rap newcomer plans on releasing three projects in addition to his debut album. He also wants to get his GED after dropping out in 11th grade. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.douglascountysentinel.com\/douglasville_sentinel\/two-charged-after-shots-fired-douglas-county-high-pep-rally\/article_886c1af0-951a-550b-89d6-ef3e9373321b.html\" target=\"_blank\">An arrest<\/a> this past October for disruption or interference with the operation of public schools at a Georgia high school prompted him to do better. In the ongoing case, he must take a Youth Against Violence course as a condition of his bond.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m trying to get my life together,\u201d Kia confesses. \u201cAnything I feel like I\u2019ve been doing to get me in trouble, I\u2019ve been trying to get away from it, one by one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smart choice.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Listen to Baby Kia&#8217;s <em>I Pray You Die<\/em>\u00a0Mixtape<\/h3>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Baby Kia photo<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Shareef Stradford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Winter 2024 issue of\u00a0XXL\u00a0magazine featuring Baby Kia&#8217;s Show &amp; Prove interview\u00a0is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.xxlmag.com\/products\/xxl-magazine-winter-2024-issue\" target=\"_blank\">for purchase now<\/a>\u00a0and is on newsstands. The issue also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/glorilla-sexyy-red-interview-each-other\/\" target=\"_blank\">GloRilla and Sexyy Red<\/a> on the cover, conversations with Ab-Soul, Dej Loaf, Quando Rondo, Ferg, Nav, Kash Doll, Sauce Walka, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/anycia-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anycia<\/a>, BLP Kosher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/osamason-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">OsamaSon<\/a>, Sugarhill Ddot, dancehall artist Skillibeng and producer Ace Charisma. 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