My Dawg (Lil Baby song)

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"My Dawg"
Lil Baby - My Dawg.jpg
Single by Lil Baby
from the album Harder Than Hard
ReleasedJuly 13, 2017
Length3:36
Label Quality Control
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Quay Global
Lil Baby singles chronology
"My Dawg"
(2017)
"The Hard Way"
(2017)
Music video
"My Dawg" on YouTube

"My Dawg" is the debut single by American rapper Lil Baby. It was released on July 13, 2017, as the lead single from his mixtape Harder Than Hard. [1] The song peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

Music video

The music video for the track was released on July 18, 2017. The video includes a clip from the 1993 film Menace II Society . [2]

Remix

A remix of the track, featuring new guest verses from Quavo, Moneybagg Yo, and Kodak Black, was released on December 5, 2017. [3] [4] [5] The remix was later included on the compilation album Control the Streets, Volume 1 by American record label Quality Control. [6]

Critical reception

Michael Saponara of Billboard ranked the track the second best in Lil Baby's discography, calling it a "triumphant anthem". [7] Robby Seabrook III of XXL called the track "infectious". [8] Mitch Findlay of HotNewHipHop said the track had a "catchy melody" and called it "hypnotic". [9]

Charts

Chart (20172018)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 71
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 29

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Gold40,000
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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