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Baby Osama
Also known asBaby Osamaa[1]
BornJuly 2003 (age 23)
New York City, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
InstrumentVocals
Years active2021–present
LabelCavity

Baby Osama (born July 2003) is an American rapper and singer. She began releasing music professionally in 2021 and her album Sexc Summer was released in 2024.

Life and career

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Baby Osama was born in July 2003 in the South Bronx.[2][3][4] She has a younger sister, with whom she started a clothing line in 2024, and an older brother, who, as of 2024, is in prison. Her mother died when she was eight years old. She began freestyle rapping while in high school, participating in cyphers in a park near her school. She soon started performing at open mics that she found on Eventbrite.[5]

Baby Osama released her debut song, "Miami", on YouTube in March 2021, which was followed by her first SoundCloud release, "Bullets". In October 2022, Baby Osama released several singles on SoundCloud, including "RX Baby".[6] She released Tank Girl, her debut extended play, in the summer of 2023.[5] Her mixtape Sexc Summer was released in July 2024.[7][2] It features her single "Free Max B", which was released in February of that year.[8] Also in July 2024, she performed at the fourth edition of Mike's Young World music festival.[5][9] The Fader listed her single "I Don't Mean It" as one of the best hip hop songs of 2024, while Pitchfork included it on their list of the best songs of the year.[10][11] Complex praised her that year as one of "the most exciting new rappers today".[12]

Baby Osama was featured on a remix of WoochieWobbler's song "Dog Bich" released in February 2025.[13] In late 2025, a video of her performing her freestyle "Bar 4 Bar" became popular on social media. Her album Skidmarks was released in November 2025 and distributed by Roc Nation Distribution, along with a music video for its single "Canal Booster".[1]

Musical style

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Baby Osama's music has been described as pluggnb, sexy drill, sample drill, and alternative hip-hop.[7][14][1] For The Fader, Steffanee Wang listed her in 2024 among "a wave of young women, including Ice Spice [and] BB Trickz ... using [sample drill] to mine at the intersection of girlish and hyper-feminine and the harder, more traditionally masculine".[15] Israel Daramola of Defector called her "the best example of NY's underground rap scene, bouncing between drill and more experimental post-SoundCloud production".[16] Her lyrics often revolve around death and drugs. In 2022, Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork described Baby Osama's vocal style as "fluttering" and "sweet", her lyrics as "extremely melancholic", and her songs as "melodic".[6] On Complex's list of rappers to watch in 2025, Nia Coats wrote that Baby Osama's music was a combination of "the sultriness of New York drill with the soul-baring lyrics of a 20-something caught between existential reflection and the pursuit of living in the moment".[4] Anthony Seaman, writing in 2025 for Passion of the Weiss, described her style as "fearless" and called her "one of the most imaginative young rappers in the 5 boroughs".[17]

Discography

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Studio albums

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List of mixtapes, with release date and label shown
Title Details
Enjoy the Ride
  • Released: May 16, 2025
  • Label: Cavity Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Skidmarks
  • Released: November 27, 2025
  • Label: Cavity
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Mixtapes

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List of mixtapes, with release date and label shown
Title Details
Sexc Summer
  • Released: July 12, 2024
  • Label: Cavity
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

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List of mixtapes, with release date and label shown
Title Details
Tank Girl
  • Released: June 2, 2023
  • Label: Cavity
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

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List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"HeadBuss" 2023 Non-album singles
"Move On O"
"Weird"
"No Label"
"Cut Me Off"
"Kill Bout Mine" Tank Girl
"Osama 4 President"
"AI"
"9 in My Draws" Non-album singles
"A Hunnit"
"End Up on the Island"
"On Hots"
"Used2Be"
"I Don't Mean It" 2024 Sexc Summer
"Free Max B"
"Line Em Up"
"You a Stepper"
(with Vontee the Singer)		 Non-album singles
"Pacer Test"
"In & Out"
(with Seddy Hendrinx, Lil Sccrt, and Nino Paid)
"Girls F Gurlz, Pt. 2"
(with UnoTheActivist and Nvbeel)
"What's the Word" 2025 Enjoy the Ride
"Double D's"
"See It Different"
"I Gotta Go" Non-album single

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Grant, Shawn (December 1, 2025). "Baby Osamaa Drops Gritty New Project 'Skidmarks'". The Source. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Pierre, Alphonse (July 19, 2024). "Getting to Young World With Baby Osama, the New Cool of New York Rap". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 3, 2026. ... Osama, born eight years after Meth & Red's 1995 song dropped ...
  3. ↑ AuFiero, Dana (July 14, 2023). "Step Into the World of Tank Girl: An Interview with Baby Osama". Half Moon BK. Retrieved April 3, 2026. I'm 19 but I'm turning 20 in July, so that makes me a Leo.
  4. 1 2 Sanfiorenzo, Dimas; Skelton, Eric; Rose, Jordan; Battinelli, Allison; Barlas, Jon; McCarty, Dario; Malone, Anthony; Coats, Nia (January 23, 2025). "25 Rappers To Watch In 2025". Complex. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 Helfand, Raphael (October 7, 2024). "Gen F: Baby Osama's sexy summer isn't over yet". The Fader. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Pierre, Alphonse (October 4, 2022). "Listen to Baby Osama's 'RX Baby': The Ones". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Stout, Emma (July 17, 2024). "'We're Not Having No Boyfriends': A Six-Minute Cig With Bronx Rapper Baby Osama". Interview. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  8. ↑ Pierre, Alphonse (February 8, 2024). "Listen to Baby Osama's 'Free Max B': The Ones". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  9. ↑ Sacher, Andrew (June 13, 2024). "MIKE reveals full Young World IV lineup with Earl Sweatshirt, Pete Rock & more, announces afterparty". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  10. ↑ Medithi, Vivian (December 20, 2024). "Rap Column's top 30 rap songs of 2024". The Fader. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  11. ↑ "The 100 Best Songs of 2024". Pitchfork. December 2, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  12. ↑ Sanfiorenzo, Dimas; Barlas, Jon; Press-Reynolds, Kieran; McCarty, Dario; Alexander, Rashad; Lopilato, Caitlin; Rose, Jordan (September 23, 2024). "The 13 Best Teenage Rappers Right Now". Complex. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  13. ↑ Medithi, Vivian (February 11, 2025). "Woochie Wobbler and Baby Osama walk 'em down on 'dog bich'". The Fader. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  14. ↑ Medithi, Vivian (September 5, 2024). "Chow Lee wants to end the summer sexual style". The Fader. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  15. ↑ Wang, Steffanee (November 1, 2024). "Ilham's revamped alt-R&B is bigger and badder". The Fader. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  16. ↑ Daramola, Israel (March 21, 2025). "What Is An Industry Plant Anyway?". Defector. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  17. ↑ Seaman, Anthony (December 7, 2025). "The Rap-Up: Week of December 8, 2025". Passion of the Weiss. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
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