“Wockesha,” a 2021 track that samples DeBarge’s “Stay With Me” (à la the Notorious B.I.G.’s “One More Chance”), showed that Bagg could record songs that leaned more melodic and tender, broadening his appeal. His flow is syrupy, often swallowing syllables but not the vérité imagery and frisky, conversational tone that make some of his best lyrics sound like direct, mettle-testing addresses. He’s a sneakily lyrical rapper - bursting with pugnacious talk but also wry. He placed five consecutive singles in the Top 20 of the Billboard rap chart, two of which, “Said Sum” and “Wockesha,” became pop hits, reaching the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. His last album, “A Gangsta’s Pain” from 2021, opened at the top of the Billboard album chart, his first No. has been steadily reaching audiences well beyond his home city. Over the past few years, Bagg - born DeMario DeWayne White Jr. “I feel like Michael Jackson at home,” Bagg said of the performance at FedExForum, home of the Memphis Grizzlies. He had arrived for an appearance at the eighth annual Birthday Bash, a concert organized by the Memphis rap stalwart Yo Gotti. His chains and earrings: weighty and bright. His top, shorts and sneakers: Louis Vuitton. MEMPHIS - Moneybagg Yo - Bagg to his friends - doesn’t get back to his Memphis hometown as much as he’d like anymore, so when he returned one Friday in July, he was primed for the occasion.
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