It's often said that if you want something done right, then it needs to be done yourself, and DaBaby did just that when it came to financing his music videos. Over time, his over-the=top videos for songs like "Walker Texas Ranger" and "Mini Van" became one of the rapper's calling cards.
"I paid for every video I ever shot," DaBaby told Rolling Stone in 2019. "$100,000 budget, $70,000, $60,000, I've probably spent like half a million dollars on videos this year, by myself, just me. I ain't willing to settle for less. With the type of artist that I'm capable of being, the creativity I've got, it's just no way. You can't cheat it. You can't cheat the game. You can't cheat the grind. You get out what you put in at the end of the day. If you're capable of being this caliber of an artist, do I want to settle for doing s*** like this just to keep some money in my pocket and spend it on bulls*** or something?"
His videos have led to numerous MTV Video Music Awards nominations, though DaBaby was controversially snubbed at the 2021 VMAs, which some have speculated was a result of controversial comments he made leading up to the nomination announcements (via Bustle).
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