Baby Keem Dazzles New York With Lights, Lasers and Lyrics: Concert Review
variety.comJordan Moreau Just a few days after literally breaking the floor at a Detroit concert, Grammy-nominated rapper Baby Keem stormed the stage at New York City’s Terminal 5 to a packed crowd of young fans, dazzling them with a laser-light show and hits from his debut studio album “The Melodic Blue.”Keem, the cousin of 13-time Grammy winner and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Kendrick Lamar, could nab himself a Grammy or three this year, alongside his famous family member.
The 21-year-old is up for best new artist, and his single “Family Ties,” featuring Lamar, is nominated for best rap song and rap performance.
On top of that, Kanye West’s “Donda” is up for album of the year, on which Baby Keem has a standout verse on “Praise God.” His “Donda” appearance and “The Melodic Blue” marked a breakout 2021 for Keem, when he finally entered into the mainstream last year after his previous mixtapes “Die for My Bitch” (2019) and “The Sound of Bad Habit” (2018).
Before that, the young artist had a few A-list songwriting and producing credits on Lamar’s “Black Panther: The Album” and Beyoncé’s “The Lion King: The Gift,” and his Sunday night concert proves he’s already a major force with the Gen-Z crowd.Keem sold out the multi-level, 3,000-person venue, and although opening acts Scott Bridgeway and labelmate Tanna Leone hyped up the crowd on this cold and snowy Sunday night, impatient chants for Keem began the minute they’d left the stage.
Read more on variety.com