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How DaBaby’s Bank Account Inspired His Biggest Hit · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from hood Ryan Seacrest. Lots of rappers o known
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  Speaker 1: for bragging about the size of their bank accounts in
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  Speaker 1: their songs, but the Baby's biggest hit, Shug, was literally
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  Speaker 1: inspired by a deposit that appeared in his checking account.
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  Speaker 1: He explains to Billboard. It wasn't too long after he'd
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  Speaker 1: signed his huge deal with Interscope Records and was still
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  Speaker 1: waiting to get this very sizeable signing advance. He called
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  Speaker 1: his manager after a night of dining on seafood in
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  Speaker 1: l A to ask about the status of his advance,
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  Speaker 1: and he was told to look at his account. The
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  Speaker 1: Baby explains, I walked up to an a t M
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  Speaker 1: by myself, put the card in. Usually I checked my
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  Speaker 1: balance right on the screen. Not this time. I printed
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  Speaker 1: out the receipt and didn't even look at it. I
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  Speaker 1: folded it up. I hopped back in the car, took
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  Speaker 1: my cell phone light I shined it on the receipt.
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  Speaker 1: That's when he noticed a lot more zeros than there
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  Speaker 1: used to be. He was so excited he changed his plans,
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  Speaker 1: went right to the studio, and by the end of
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  Speaker 1: the night they finished Shug, which went on to go
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