Billion Dollar Baby artist Stunna 4 Vegas continues to carve out his own lane outside of DaBaby‘s success. The young North Carolina artist’s career has been fine-tuned by DaBaby, but as he releases more projects—including his latest, Rich Youngin—Stunna is picking up steam and reveling in the successes his rap star life affords.

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Stunna caught up with DJ Smallz to talk about Rich Youngin and what the process was like weeding through songs to come up with the final 12 that ended up on the record. He said he had plenty of tracks to choose from, but he and DaBaby took about an hour and a half to hand-pick the final dozen. Smallz wanted to know if there was a method they leaned on when deciding the order such as something like choosing two high-energy tracks and then something more mellow.

“I’m up all the time,” Stunna said of his music’s vibe. “So, it’s up, I’d say it don’t go down. It’s probably neutral like, ‘Walk Up’ [and] ‘Russian,’ but I’m up on them, too, at the same time. I’m up on everything. It’s energy. I make energy music. I’m not a sad-ass rapper. Ain’t no girl break my heart. Sorry, I don’t make that type of music for y’all,” he added with a laugh.

“But hey, I’m versatile, though,” Stunna continued. “I got that mellow music. I got that in the cut. But even then, the way I come on the track is up at the same time so it’s gonna be energy every time with me.” Watch Stunna 4 Vegas with DJ Smallz below.

Now that DaBaby has established a name for himself, his next focus is putting on other artists that he believes have potential. He has already completed the first step to accomplishing this goal: founding a label. When the Charlotte rapper said "I'm a young CEO, Suge", he was referring to the fact that he has his own imprint under Interscope Records. Considering that DaBaby is still in an early stage of his career, this is quite impressive. Stunna 4 Vegas is the first signee to Billionaire Baby Entertainment and DaBaby is doing all in his power to make sure he prospers. Stunna dropped a new album on Friday, entitled Rich Youngin, so DaBaby is thinking up ingenious ways to spread the word about it. 

DaBaby just hosted a Twitter Q&A and, in order to participate, inquirers had to tweet out a link to Stunna 4 Vegas' project and attach its cover art. Many eagerly followed these guidelines to get a chance to interact with the one and only DaBaby. One person asked him which artists were on his wish-list to work with this year and he named: NBA Youngboy, Drake, Young Thug, Roddy Ricch, Lizzo, Meek Mill and more. Given how bright DaBaby's star is shining right now, all of these artists would probably agree to collaborate in a heartbeat. 

Earlier this week, Stunna 4 Vegas revealed that his new project, Rich Youngin, will be dropping on January 17. He made this announcement with the help of DaBaby, who is the founder of the label Stunna is signed to, Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment. So far, Stunna has been the only artist that DaBaby has been pushing through his imprint. The two have collaborated on a handful of tracks together that could be found on their respective projects. Stunna just served as the opener on DaBaby's "KIRK Tour". Overall, they seem to have a strong and fruitful partnership. 

DaBaby went as far as to star in trailers for Rich Youngin to promote his signee's work. So far, two trailers have been shared on DaBaby and Stunna's Instagram pages. They both show the rappers exercising their acting chops in short comedic sketches. The first trailer features Stunna using one of the twelve bathrooms in DaBaby's crib, being forced to profusely spray air freshener and use $100 bills as toilet paper. The most recent trailer follows a stingy DaBaby going sneaker shopping with his girl, but after refusing to pay $17 to buy her a pair of shoes, Stunna ends up pampering and stealing her. 

While you await the 17th, check out Stunna's single, "Up The Smoke", featuring Offset.

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I hope @dababy don’t be mad fr nigga got like 12 bathrooms ? #RICHYOUNGIN @billiondollarbabyentertainment

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@dababy better spend dat lil paper he acting like we ain’t having ??‍♂️ #BDBENT ?

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On DaBaby and Stunna 4 Vegas’ 2018 collaboration, “4x”, DaBaby asserts: “Real talk, I’m the best motherfuckin’ rapper, Stunna the best young n**** rapper. Bitch, we takin’ over.” Since then, DaBaby has definitely lived up to the bar he set for himself. While Stunna 4 Vegas may still be waiting on his major breakout moment, his musical output has proved promising so far and we trust DaBaby’s word. 

In May, Stunna 4 Vegas dropped his BIG 4x mixtape under DaBaby’s imprint, Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment. The project got his name buzzing, as did him opening up for DaBaby on his “KIRK Tour”. Now, Stunna is about to show again that he’s got something to offer the game. It has just been announced that he will be dropping another project, titled Rich Youngin, on January 17. In a post sharing the cover art on Instagram, Stunna made a timely joke: “IM START WWIII WHEN I DROP DIS BOMB.”

DaBaby also raised awareness for Rich Youngin by writing on his own IG page: “Its only 9 days left before the HOTTEST youngin show the world who the HOTTEST youngin… All my freaks turned on me last time he dropped ?. They say Big 4X make em feel like a gangsta.” While you await the 17th, check out Stunna’s single, “Up The Smoke”, featuring Offset.