Chicago’s own rising star BabyChiefDoIt, a 17-year-old XXL Freshman with Billboard charting Went West, just sparked the internet by admitting he uses ChatGPT to write his lyrics and the hip hop purists are not happy.
He was refreshingly blunt about his process: start with four bars, have the AI fill in the rest, and then flip it into your own style. “I didn’t use the verses exactly, but they gave me solid material to pull from,” he told Power 105.1.
Now imagine the popcorn. Social media is divided below the rim:
- One camp calls it genius-level adaptation, the 2025 “adapt or die” scenario.
- The other camp accuses him of ghostwriting by another name, lamenting that it lacks “soul” and “authenticity.”
But AI in rap isn’t new. Ghostwriters hit way back, this is just the digital evolution. BabyChiefDoIt isn’t hiding, he’s speeding innovation. This is not Rakim. But maybe that’s the point.
That said, the kid has the receipts. Tracks like Went West dropped earlier this year, producing viral TikTok energy and landing him a Freshman slot. AI or not, he’s still young, hungry, and leveling fast.
BabyChiefDoIt isn’t cancel culture ready for your nostalgia. He’s riding new tides. AI might just be the next producer tag or the beginning of new grade artistry.
