Rich Baby Daddy
Featuring Sexyy Red, SZA
Rich Baby Daddy is track 20 of For All the Dogs (2023) and became one of the album's most commercially pervasive cuts. Recorded back in December 2022 and serviced as the album's third single (Italian radio, October 13, 2023), it features Sexyy Red and SZA over Miami-bass-leaning production from Gordo, Liohn and Klahr (with Bnyx, Dougie F, the Loud Pack and UV Killin Em co-producing), built on an interpolation of Florence + the Machine's 'Dog Days Are Over' — a hook that also threads the album's canine motif. Sexyy Red's brash charisma and SZA's melodic contrast carry a communal, club-and-internet-ready energy, with Drake in a comparatively supporting role; Billboard tagged it the potential 'Song of the Fall.' It peaked at #11 on the Hot 100 and is RIAA 3x Platinum (Canada 2x Platinum, UK Platinum). The Drake-directed video, released February 14, 2024, documents Sexyy Red's real childbirth — her water broke during the February 4, 2024 shoot. Notably, SZA later performed the song on the 2025 Grand National Tour she co-headlined with Kendrick Lamar, after the Drake-Kendrick feud, prompting press to wonder whether it was 'trolling, tribute, or olive branch.'
Sources & verification
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- Billboard Canada: For All the Dogs Hot 100 chart weekBillboard Canada · 2023-10-21 chart — Dated reference for the first artist with at least 300 Hot 100 entries claim.
- Billboard: For All the Dogs debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200Billboard · 2023-10-15 — Dated chart report for For All the Dogs debuting at No. 1 — Drake's 13th No. 1 album.
- Complex 360 with Speedy Morman: Drake (2024)Complex / YouTube · 2024-02-28 — YouTube upload of Drake's For All The Dogs Scary Hours Edition Complex feature.
- Wikipedia: For All the DogsWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary reference for For All the Dogs release date, rollout, per-track producer and sample credits, BARK Radio guest outros, reception aggregates, and chart/streaming records.
- Wikipedia: Rich Baby DaddyWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for Rich Baby Daddy recording date, Miami-bass production, Florence + the Machine interpolation, chart/certification (RIAA 3x Platinum), childbirth music video, and the 2025 Grand National Tour performance.
- Wikipedia — For All the Dogs (incl. Scary Hours Edition)Wikipedia · 2023-11-17 — Scary Hours Edition release date (Nov 17, 2023), six-track listing, per-track producer/sample credits, and reception (Clash 6/10, HipHopDX 2.7/5, The Independent) used for Scary Hours 3 ground truth.
- Drake Releases New For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition: ListenPitchfork · 2023-11-17 — Dated confirmation of the surprise Scary Hours Edition release on November 17, 2023.
