Lil Zay Osama Baptized, Declares Drill Music Finished – “Actual Music Solely”

Lil Zay Osama entered 2026 with a viral baptism clip and a private reset, embracing religion and pledging to depart behind road life and drill music.

Footage of the Chicago rapper standing in a small out of doors tub whereas being immersed by a minister started circulating on social media simply after New Yr’s Day. The video, which reveals a solemn prayer earlier than he’s briefly submerged in water, led many to imagine the baptism was supposed to ring within the new yr.

However in accordance with Osama, born Isaiah Dukes, the precise baptism happened months earlier.

“I received baptized in April 2025,” he clarified in a social media put up, calling it one of the significant moments of his yr.

Nonetheless, the resurfaced clip struck a chord on-line. Some seen the baptism as an indication of religious progress and a transfer away from his previous authorized and street-related troubles. Others questioned whether or not his music would mirror his new route.

Lil Zay Osama didn’t depart that to hypothesis. In a prolonged New Yr’s message, he outlined his 2026 targets with candor.

“I actually respect yearly of my life from the wrongs to the rights fr, that s### formed me to be who I’m right now each L was a lesson and studying expertise for me,” he wrote. “2026 I’m Not dissing no OPPs, not making no drill music hit songs actual music solely. Specializing in Constructing a more in-depth bond with my youngsters concentrate on straight cash no road s###.”

He added, “I’m coming for you ways u coming for me im not doing nun further for no person that ain’t doing it for me executed being good cool and pleasant with u n##### and b###### it’s over with placing priorities first always shopping for all properties, constructing companies and investing all 2026, and in that fitness center figuring out, getting nearer to god nun else!”

The shift in tone follows a beneficiant act that capped off his 2025.

Lil Zay Osama partnered with Ceasefire to assist Corshawnda Hatter and her youngsters, a Chicago household who had been violently attacked exterior a faculty.

At Ceasefire’s Calumet Park headquarters, he stunned them with “tons of presents,” together with an Xbox, dolls, clothes and a $650 examine to assist with vacation bills.

Hatter stated the gesture made Christmas “actual brighter” and gave her a way of neighborhood assist after the traumatic incident left her with everlasting accidents and her son hospitalized.

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