Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, known professionally as DaBaby, is an American rapper. After releasing several mixtapes between 2014 and 2018, he rose to mainstream prominence in 2019.
Dababy Biography
| Full Name | Jonathan Lyndale Kirk |
| Nick Name/Celebrated Name: | DaBaby |
| Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Date Of Birth/Birthday: | 22 December 1991 |
| Age/How Old: | 30 years old |
| Height/How Tall: | In Centimetres – 173 cm In Feet and Inches – 5’8” |
| Weight: | In Kilograms – 75 kg In Pounds – 165 lbs |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Parents Name: | Father – N/A Mother – N/A |
| Siblings: | Yes |
| School: | Julius L. Chambers High School |
| College: | University of North Carolina |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Social media Accounts: | YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Soundcloud |
| Nationality: | American |
| Zodiac Sign: | Capricorn |
| Gender: | Male |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Girlfriend: | DaniLeigh (2020-2021) |
| Wife/Spouse Name: | No |
| Kids/Children Name: | Yes (1) |
| Profession: | Rapper |
| Net Worth: | $5 million |
| Last Updated: | 2022 |
Dababy Net Worth
| Net Worth: | $5 Million |
| Date of Birth: | Dec 22, 1991 (30 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Profession: | Rapper, singer, songwriter |
Early Life
DaBaby was born Jonathan Lyndale Kirk on December 22, 1991, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the youngest of three sons, and in 1999, the family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. DaBaby graduated from Vance High School in 2010, then he spent two years at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has said of his college experience, “I didn’t even have a major decided at college. I only went to school for my parents.” DaBaby’s father passed away in 2019, and his brother Glenn died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2020.
Personal Life
Even though DaBaby stopped being a criminal before he started his career, he got into trouble again in November 2018 when it was said that he had killed a man. Later, it was confirmed that DaBaby had been attacked by a thief in a Wal-Mart store and had shot the thief in self-defense. In March 2019, the charges against him were dropped. Many of DaBaby’s songs have lyrics that talk about the women he has dated. However, there is no information about who he is dating at the moment.
Dababy Education
DaBaby initially went to Julius L. Chambers High School. He got into the school for the sake of his father. Later, he went to the University of North Carolina, though he got dropped in two years. He later became a very successful singer and achieved numerous milestones.
Dababy Awards and Nominations
DaBaby has been nominated for six Grammys: Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for “Suge” (2020), Best Rap Performance for “BOP” (2021), and Best Rap Song, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Record of the Year for “Rockstar” (2021). He has earned four MTV Video Music Award nominations, Song of Summer for “Suge” (2019) and “Rockstar” (2020), Best Hip-Hop for “BOP on Broadway” (2020), and Artist of the Year (2020). DaBaby won three ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in 2020, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Song for “Suge” and Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for “Baby Sitter” and “Cash Shit.” He has received 11 BET Award nominations, winning Best Male Hip Hop Artist in 2020, and he won a BET Hip Hop Award for Best New Hip Hop Artist in 2019. He earned eight “Billboard” Music Award nominations in 2021, with “Rockstar” taking home the prize for Top Rap Song and Top Streaming Song.
Dababy Highlights
Here are the best highlights of DaBaby’s career:
- INTRO (Song, 2017)
- VIBEZ (Song, 2019)
- Suge (Song, 2019)
- KIRK (Album, 2019)
- PRACTISE (Song, 2020)
Career
DaBaby dropped his debut album ‘Nonfiction’ in 2015. The same year, he moved to Austin, Texas to join in the ‘South by Southwest Music Festival’. He started to get noticed when he performed live at the festival. He gained a good response when he released his new mixtape in 2016, named ‘God’s Work’: Resurrected’. Beginning of his next mixtape he began using the moniker ‘DaBaby’.
The mixtape ‘God’s Work: Resurrected’ worked better than his debut mixtape and earned a lot of attention. DaBaby started to release his tracks and albums on online platforms such as SoundCloud,’ where he developed a significant fan base over the years. He released ‘Baby Talk 5,’ in 2018. The same year, he released another mixtape, ‘Blank Blank,’ which was successful.