Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby

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Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby

R

2022

1h 30m

Documentary

Biography

Music

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An intimate look at the life of Grammy-winning rapper Dominique Armani Jones (aka Lil Baby), as he navigates his meteoric rise from the West Atlanta streets to the top of the Billboard charts with his roles as devoted father, son, community philanthropist, and powerful voice in the fight for racial justice. Told through previously unseen footage and set to a soundtrack of his biggest hits.

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Will Dukes

Rolling Stone

08/30/2022

Lil Baby is joyously basking in his moment. The hunger and persistence have paid off in a major way. Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby makes us feel thrilled to witness his unbelievable journey.

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Peyton Robinson

RogerEbert.com

08/26/2022

3/4

Using Lil Baby’s story, this documentary not only enlightens us to his legacy as one of our generation’s biggest stars, but also dissects the rags to riches paradigm that outlines the genre and the culture of Black America that produces it.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

08/31/2022

Within a familiar rags-to-riches trajectory, this documentary provides moments of insight and inspiration.

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Paul Attard

In Review Online

08/30/2022

Considering all he’s come from, there’s never a doubt as to whether he deserves what he’s gotten. But Untrapped frustratingly isn’t interested in probing the artist much beyond that easy narrative.

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Johnny Loftus

Decider

08/26/2022

... The narrative thrust here is more moody, more thoughtful, and generally more personal than so many of docs of its ilk.

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Karam Gill

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Synopsis

An intimate look at the life of Grammy-winning rapper Dominique Armani Jones (aka Lil Baby), as he navigates his meteoric rise from the West Atlanta streets to the top of the Billboard charts with his roles as devoted father, son, community philanthropist, and powerful voice in the fight for racial justice. Told through previously unseen footage and set to a soundtrack of his biggest hits.

Director: Karam Gill
Producer: Lil Baby, Pierre Thomas, Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Karam Gill, Daniel Malikyar, Andrew Primavera, Blase Biello
Production Co: Buffalo 8 Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2022
Runtime: 1h 30m

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