Baby Kia Net Worth: Age, Height and the Crashout Rapper’s Rise

Baby Kia net worth is a popular search, but the Atlanta rapper has never shared a figure, and no major outlet has printed one. The terms of his label deal have not been reported either [1].

What can be checked is the path his money comes from. XXL laid out his rise in a long interview: a phone app at 16, a self-released EP, then a label deal before he turned 19 [1].

Below, we sort that record into a timeline and list what is known and unknown. We also answer the Baby Kia age and height questions people ask most.

Baby Kia net worth: what is known

No reliable source gives a total. We checked his XXL feature, reviews, tour coverage and album credits, and none of them put a dollar figure on his wealth [1][6][7].

Numbers on bio sites are guesses. We leave them out, because a guess helps nobody.

What we can show is where his income comes from. Each line below is on record, but none of the deals came with a public price.

How did Baby Kia get his record deal?

He signed with Artist Partner Group in November 2023, with his manager, Jamil Mitchell, at his side [1]. Before that he was fully independent.

APG A&R Shareef “Reef” Stradford found him on Instagram in September 2023, while digging through young Atlanta artists. Reef told XXL that among a hundred artists, Kia’s voice would stick out the most [1].

Eli Piccarreta, an APG senior vice president who signed YoungBoy Never Broke Again, said he was drawn to how fearless the young rapper was [1]. The value of the contract has never been reported, so any dollar figure you see for it is a guess.

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How big is OD Crashin?

It is his signature song. The video dropped in February 2024 and went viral on X a month later, XXL reported. By late 2024 it had more than 23 million views, and the X clip about 4 million [1].

It still leads his Top Songs list on Apple Music, ahead of “On McAfee” [10].

Teen Vogue counted over 49 million combined Spotify streams for “OD Crashin,” “Get Jiggy” and “Let’s Play a Game” in July 2024 [2]. Streams pay real money, but payout rates depend on the deal, so we do not turn those plays into dollars.

Viral numbers and personal wealth are different things. We make the same point in our look at Junior H’s net worth, tour grosses and charts, where big Boxscore totals still do not reveal a bank balance.

What albums has Baby Kia released?

Two full-length projects and a run of EPs so far. His first mixtape, Hell Can’t Save You, came out in March 2024, and I Pray You Die followed seven months later [1][4][5].

The Hell Can’t Save You cover nods to DMX’s 1998 album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, XXL noted [1]. DMX was one of the artists his parents played for him growing up [1].

RapReviews gave I Pray You Die a 7 out of 10 in August 2025. The critic called it the angriest thing he had heard in a while, and said Baby Kia stands out “BIG TIME” [6].

What is Baby Kia’s song with JID?

“On McAfee,” from JID’s fourth album, God Does Like Ugly [8][9]. Released through Dreamville and Interscope on August 8, 2025, the album lists Baby Kia among its guests next to Clipse, Ciara and Vince Staples [8][9].

The song was put out as a single on August 7, 2025. It was produced by Boi-1da, Cubeatz and Vinylz, among others, and Baby Kia is credited as a writer under his real name [8].

God Does Like Ugly reached No. 11 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 68th Grammy Awards [8]. For a rapper who started on a phone app, that is a big stage.

Grammy recognition can come early in a rap career. Our Latto net worth guide shows how the Atlanta rapper earned a best new artist nomination, one of her three Grammy nods so far.

Songwriter credits can bring royalties, but the split on this track is not public. Independent catalogs work differently; Afroman’s net worth after decades as an indie artist is a good comparison.

Baby Kia on tour

His first big road run came in March 2025, opening for BossMan Dlow on the Dlow Curry Tour [1]. The FADER’s review of that tour named him on the bill alongside 1900Rugrat [7].

The FADER called him a crashout rapper with a hard-nosed sound. Its writer wondered how crowds at other stops would take it next to BossMan Dlow’s bouncier style [7].

Opening slots tend to pay far less than headline dates, and fees for this tour were never published. It still put him in front of new fans in a run of cities.

Headline tours are a different scale. Our Rod Wave net worth guide shows the $98.7 million Pollstar says his tours grossed since 2019, and why a gross is not take-home pay.

Baby Kia’s legal trouble

Baby Kia has been open about it. He told XXL he spent about three months in a juvenile facility as a teenager after an arrest in the summer of 2023 [1].

XXL also reported an October 2024 arrest for disrupting the operation of a Georgia public school. As a bond condition, he had to take a Youth Against Violence course while that case was ongoing [1]. We found no reliable report of how it ended.

He said the arrests pushed him to change. “I’m trying to get my life together,” he told XXL [1].

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What is Baby Kia doing in 2026?

Releasing a steady stream of music. Apple Music lists seven 2026 releases under his name, including the Metal Murda Muzik EP with Frank Beats and the single “Slide,” out September 22, 2026 [10].

In January 2026 he sat down with the Big Facts podcast. The episode description says he talked about keeping his head clear, staying out of trouble and chasing real money goals [11].

No new full-length album date has been announced that we could confirm. Rap money often grows from collaborations as much as solo work, as Nicki Minaj’s net worth from music, tours and brand deals shows on a much larger scale.

Baby Kia career timeline

Dated milestones we could confirm, oldest first.

Who is Baby Kia?

Baby Kia, born Khari Hoard, is an Atlanta rapper known for screamed, horror-style “crashout” songs [1][3]. XXL spells his first name K’Hari [1].

He grew up in Capitol Homes in Fulton County, then moved to the Cleveland Avenue area at age 8 [1]. Basketball and rap filled his time, and he grew up on YoungBoy Never Broke Again, DMX and Juvenile [1].

At 16 he began making songs after his younger brother used his phone to record on BandLab [1]. Our Generation Music said he first went viral for an impromptu performance at his old high school [4].

His music is graphic, and critics are split. Teen Vogue ran an op-ed in 2024 arguing that the backlash to his violent lyrics ignores a long line of shock art in punk and hip-hop [2]. Kia has also said that not all of his rhymes come from lived experience [1].

Baby Kia height: is it confirmed?

His height is not publicly confirmed. None of the interviews, reviews or label notes we checked list it, and we do not repeat guesses from bio sites.

If he or a reliable outlet shares it, we will add it here with a source.

Checked facts

Claims about him travel fast online. Here is where each one stands.

Sources

1. Baby Kia, the New Face of Crashout Music, Gets His Life Together (XXL, Show & Prove, Georgette Cline, Feb 17, 2025)
2. Yes, Baby Kia's Music Should Scare the Sh*t Out of You (Teen Vogue op-ed, Saheim Patrick, July 25, 2024)
3. Baby Kia biography and discography (AllMusic, TiVo Staff)
4. Baby Kia Interview: HELL CAN'T SAVE YOU (Our Generation Music, March 22, 2024)
5. Baby Kia lets rage consume him on I PRAY YOU DIE (Our Generation Music, Jon Barlas, Oct 18, 2024)
6. Baby Kia :: I Pray You Die (RapReviews, Steve 'Flash' Juon, Aug 26, 2025)
7. Review: Bossman Dlow scores easy points on tour (The FADER, April 9, 2025)
8. God Does Like Ugly (Wikipedia)
9. J.I.D Announces God Does Like World Tours (Live Nation press release, Aug 19, 2025)
10. Baby Kia artist page (Apple Music)
11. BIG FACTS feat. Baby Kia (Big Facts podcast via iHeart, Jan 27, 2026)