Growing up in Vallejo, Baby Bash took tremendous pride in his city’s — and the larger West Coast’s — powerful rap heritage. Even though he considers himself a product of Mac Dre, Ice Cube and E-40, little did Bash know that he would have gold singles, gold albums and platinum songwriting credits on his resume.
That’s because Baby Bash’s rise to musical prominence came by osmosis, not by a well-crafted and perfectly executed plan to become an international superstar. After a stint playing basketball at Solano Junior College, Bash started hanging out at a local recording studio. Going into the studio was an escape, having been raised in a family struggling with addiction and criminal activity. “I’ve experienced so much chaos,” Bash says. “I’ve seen my mother drugged. I’ve seen a lot of little conniving stories, so when I want to write music about struggle, the criminal aspect of life, it made it real simple because I could just go back to my childhood.”
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