Edot Babyy
{{Short description|American rapper (2005–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Edot Baby
| birth_name = Elijah Vincent Irvin
| birth_date = {{Birth date|2005|02|6}}
| birth_place = Harlem, New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|3|2005|02|7}}{{Cite web |title=Edot Baby Dead at 17-Years-Old |url=https://power1051.iheart.com/content/2022-11-04-edot-baby-dead-at-17-years-old/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=New York's Power 105.1 FM |language=en}}
| genre = {{hlist|Hip-hop|trap|drill}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter}}
| instrument =
| years_active = 2020{{ndash}}2022
}}
Elijah Vincent Irvin{{Cite web |title=Elijah V. Irvin Obituary (2022) - New York, NY - International Funeral Service of New York II |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/elijah-irvin-obituary?id=37481521 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Legacy.com}}{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Olivia |date=2024-12-25 |title=What Happened to Edot Baby? Is He dead? His Career, Life, Child |url=https://biographytribune.com/what-happened-to-edot-baby-is-he-dead-his-career-life-child/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Biography Tribune |language=en-US}} (February 6, 2005{{Cite web |last=Pruitt |first=Carrie |date=2023-09-15 |title=Edot Baby Death: the Loss of a Rising Drill Rapper |url=https://www.thewhatandthewhy.com/edot-baby-death/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The What And The Why |language=en-US}} – November 3, 2022{{Cite web |date=2023-09-24 |title=Edot Baby Cause of Death: What We Know About the Tragic Suicide of the Rising Drill Rapper |url=https://doms2cents.com/edot-baby-cause-of-death-what-we-know-about-the-tragic-suicide-of-the-rising-drill-rapper/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |language=en-US}}), known by his stage name as Edot Baby,{{Cite web |last=Peña |first=Nala |date=November 23, 2022 |title=Drake Announces New Nike Collection Ft. Edot Baby, on Day of His Funeral |url=https://kiisfm.iheart.com/content/2022-11-21-drake-announces-new-nike-collection-ft-edot-baby-on-day-of-his-funeral/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=102.7 KIIS-FM |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Details on Late Rapper Edot Baby’s Passing & Funeral |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-11-21-details-on-late-rapper-edot-babys-passing-funeral/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=iHeart |language=en}} was an American rapper. Hailing from Harlem, rose to prominence ence following the release of "Ready 4 War" in 2020.
Early life and career
Elijah Vincent Irvin was born in Sugarhill, Harlem, New York.{{Cite web |last=Pierre |first=Alphonse |date=2022-03-28 |title=Listen to Edot Baby's "Body": The Ones |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/edot-baby-body-new-song-listen/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} He was a member of the OY's (Original Youngins) a Sugar Hill based gang.{{Cite web |last=Monahan |first=Olivia |date=2023-04-25 |title=Why Is Kay Flock In Jail? |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/641895-why-is-kay-flock-in-jail |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}} Edot Babyy garnered attention with his track "We Back Pt. 2",{{Cite web |date=2022-11-04 |title=Harlem Drill Rapper Edot Baby Passes Away At Only 17 Years Old - The MouthSoap |url=https://www.themouthsoap.com/harlem-drill-rapper-edot-baby-passes-away-at-only-17-years-old/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |language=en-US}} alongside Dee Play4Keeps, released on December 25, 2021. He also gained traction with his single "E4N," a tribute to the late Notti Osama. On March 27, 2022, "Where Are You Now" was released and is cateogrized as sample drill.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Nora |date=2023-04-05 |title=Shawny Binladen and the rise of sample drill |url=https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/npr-music/npr-story/1155424484 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=KCRW |language=en}} Drake's Nocta label uniform-wear was promoted by photos with Edot Baby.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=Drake's NOCTA Teases New Collection of "Street Uniform" |url=https://hypebeast.com/2022/11/drake-nike-nocta-new-collection-street-uniform-cardinal-stock |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Hypebeast}}
Death
In the afternoon of November 3, 2022, Edot was found in his home, unresponsive on the floor. EMS responders rushed him to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead upon arrival. The cause of death was an alleged self-inflicted gunshot to the head.{{Cite web |last=Marin |first=Kate |date=2022-11-05 |title=Why did Edot Baby kill himself? All we know |url=https://thenetline.com/why-did-edot-baby-kill-himself/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=TheNetline |language=en-US}}
Discography
= Albums =
- The Baby In The Game (2020)
- E Wit The Dot (2022)
- You Started, I Finish (2022)
= Singles =
- Body (2022)
- Geek (2022)
- Illegal (2021){{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Harlem Rapper Edot Baby Drops New Visual For 'Illegal' |url=https://www.hot97.com/new-hip-hop-music/harlem-rapper-edot-baby-drops-new-visual-for-illegal/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=HOT 97 |language=en-US}}
- We Back Pt. 2 (2021)
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Category:American child rappers