10 Things You Should Know About Lil Bibby

Chicago rapper has the 'Net buzzing with his "Free Crack."

10 Things You Should Know About Lil Bibby - It may be close to winter, but Chicago is still in the midst of a murderous heatwave and the city's rappers are uniting to be the voice for the streets.Lil Bibby is the latest to build a buzz. The 18-year-old got into rhyming a few years ago "to pass time on the block" and now he has stamps from Drake, Jeezy, Kevin Durant and a growing legion of fans. Read on to find out more about Bibby.(Photo: Lil Bibby via Instagram)
From the Eastside of Chicago - Brandon "Lil Bibby" Dickinson is from the Eastside of Chicago, where, he says, "Me and my guys saw and did a lot of crazy s--t." After a while — and after the violent loss of close family and friends — the baby-face rapper with an OG voice figured spitting was the best way to uplift him and his folks. "I felt like the world needed to hear our story," he said. "I know I had to do something to get people out of here."(Photo: Lil Bibby via Instagram)
Inspired by Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane - When Bibby was coming up in the Chi, he was listening to Southern artists Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane. "I remember people use to always argue about who was best between the two," he told XXL.(Photos: Lil Bibby via Instagram; Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Images)He Doesn't Sound Like Drake - Though people have told him he reminds them of Jay Z, Drake and Chicago's Bump J, Bibby doesn't think he sounds like that at all (and he's right). But he will go see a Drizzy concert — and catch up with him backstage.(Photo: Lil Bibby via Instagram)

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10 Things You Should Know About Lil Bibby - It may be close to winter, but Chicago is still in the midst of a murderous heatwave and the city's rappers are uniting to be the voice for the streets.Lil Bibby is the latest to build a buzz. The 18-year-old got into rhyming a few years ago "to pass time on the block" and now he has stamps from Drake, Jeezy, Kevin Durant and a growing legion of fans. Read on to find out more about Bibby.(Photo: Lil Bibby via Instagram)

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