![]() ![]() In a coolly nonchalant tone, commonly understood as the Detroit way, Ray recounts his conquests, wealth, struggles and triumphs, at moments “straddling the fence” between his upbringing and “being in the streets,” he says. Seconds later, the album darts into a piercing 808 Mafia beat, as Ray effortlessly unfolds rhymes detailing the very darkness his father prayed he’d be protected from. “Giving him protection, prosperity, and peace, in a dark and dying world.” “Our Father and Our God … I come asking your choice blessings on my baby boy Ray,” he prays. He isn’t spitting a verse - instead, Randal covers his son with a blanket of divine safe-keeping. Baby Keem: 2021 R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the YearĮighteen years later, Ray’s father, Randal, is the first feature heard on his 2022 breakthrough album, Face.
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