Entertainers need to be well-versed in business, and rappers like Lil Baby understand that — especially in today’s music industry.
Earlier this year, the Atlanta rapper recently graduated from the Harvard Business School Program “Launching New Ventures” and his family celebrated with a party. A video surfaced online showing Lil Baby attending class and then coming home to a surprise party thrown by his family and friends.
“Launching New Ventures” is a program designed for “entrepreneurs launching their own startup and “executives responsible for jump-starting innovation in established companies.” The website’s subhead reads: “To succeed as an entrepreneur, you need more than just a great idea — you need the right skillset and mindset to execute it. This program prepares you to turn disruptive innovation into a competitive advantage and a profitable business.” The course is in-person, lasts seven days, requires 12-15 hours of pre-program works, and costs $19,000.
Baby heads his own record label Glass Window Entertainment with 42 Dugg and Rylo Rodriguez serving as his artists, respectively, so these skills are important to have for someone in his position. He recently dropped “5AM,” the lead single to his fourth solo album WHAM: Who Hard As Me. There’s no release date yet, but Baby said on X that he was planning on dropping another song and video soon.
Apparently, he’s been going through things in his personal life, as he took to Instagram the night before he made the official announcement saying as much. “Ain’t it crazy how they tryna play me like i ain’t the one!!! It’s that time! I would say again, but this run will be totally different!!” he wrote. “I had the darkest period of my life these last two years, but I stayed down and overcame that sh– now I’m back to f—in sh– up as usual…, Sincerely, Wham!! Who hard as me. Let’s go.”
He’s been keeping busy working, though. Aside from completing this course, he was recently in the studio with Future and Young Thug. Hopefully, that means we’ll be getting the some more new music sooner rather than later.
