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Jasia Abrams (born June 28, 2000), known professionally as Babyxsosa, is an American rapper. She joined the hip hop collective Surf Gang in 2019 before leaving in 2021. Her 2019 breakout song "Everywhereigo" went viral on TikTok. In 2023, she released the synth-punk extended play (EP) Bling Bling and a self-titled electropop EP. After a run of various singles throughout the following year, Babyxsosa released her debut album, Babyonce, on October 19, 2024. Her underground, lo-fi trap songs have been noted for her high-pitched rapping voice.
Early life
Jasia Abrams was born June 28, 2000 in Richmond, Virginia. She began writing songs while in elementary school and learned to read music after she began playing the oboe in middle school. She was a cheerleader and became interested in visual arts and SoundCloud after being injured while cheering. She started to produce music and DJing in high school. After graduating, she had plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for graphic design and work as an animation intern in New York City, but did not get accepted leading her to shift her focus.
Career
Babyxsosa self-released her debut single "Beat My Ass" in 2018. She joined the musical collective Surf Gang in 2019. Her song "Everywhereigo" was released in February 2019 and became her breakout song after going viral on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several months after Surf Gang's debut live performance in Los Angeles in March 2021, Babyxsosa announced that she would be leaving the collective. According to Yousef Srour of Stereogum, Babyxsosa was named "Surf Gang's most popular rapper" by the time she left, due to the virality of "Everywhereigo". Her single "Running" was released in July 2021 and her song "Girlfriend" was uploaded to SoundCloud in December 2022. She released the extended play (EP), Bling Bling, in July 2023. Her self-titled EP was released in November 2023, where in the cover the artist is partially nude. The artist was also shouted out in Playboi Carti and A$AP Rocky's unreleased song "Sights".
As a model, Babyxsosa appeared in MCM Worldwide's #MCMEverywhereIGo campaign alongside Frankie Jonas in April 2021, which was soundtracked by her song "Everywhereigo". She also appeared in a campaign for a collaboration between Marni and Carhartt with Bootsy Collins and his family in January 2023.
Musical style
Babyxsosa's music has been described as lo-fi trap, SoundCloud rap, underground hip hop, and plugg. Her EP Bling Bling experimented with synth-pop, synth-punk, and industrial techno, while her self-titled EP was chamber pop and electropop. Her voice has been described as high-pitched. Grammy.com's Yousef Srour called her voice "dainty" and "autotuned" and her music "lush", also writing that her "simple lyrics" were about "feelings of desire and despair".
