Lil Baby has said he would be interested in collaborating with Sabrina Carpenter as he explores musical directions beyond his usual rap partnerships. Speaking on “Popcast”, he explained that he has no finished song to send her, but believes they could create something together. The comments came shortly before his new album, “Fresh”, scheduled for release on November 6, without a Carpenter feature.
A collaboration between Lil Baby and Sabrina Carpenter has not been announced, but the rapper says he is open to the possibility. In a “Popcast” interview published on October 29, he discussed wanting to work beyond the genres and performers usually associated with his music. Carpenter emerged as an example during a conversation about encounters between rap and pop, rather than as the subject of a confirmed recording plan.
He described himself as more willing to move outside an established framework, explaining that experimenting can expand what he is able to do. The remarks did not announce a change of genre or an intention to abandon rap. Lil Baby was talking principally about the kinds of partnerships he might consider in future, identifying an openness towards different musical settings rather than replacing his current work with a new identity.
Sabrina Carpenter was a hypothetical example. The rapper admitted he did not have a recording on his computer that he could simply send her. If they sat together in a studio to make a song, or if she sent him a composition, he believed he could find a way to contribute. The difference in their musical directions did not strike him as an obstacle that would necessarily prevent collaboration.
The statement supplied no information about contact between the two artists. There is no announced joint recording or evidence that they are discussing a particular track. Carpenter illustrated a type of possibility Lil Baby might explore. Keeping that distinction clear avoids turning a famous name mentioned in an interview into a collaboration assumed to be already underway, with a release schedule or studio session that nobody has confirmed.
Rap and pop partnerships have a long history on American charts. Dua Lipa’s “Levitating”, also released in a version featuring DaBaby in 2020, is one familiar example. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021 and demonstrated how a rap contribution can fit within an established pop recording. It offers context for the discussion without indicating the format a hypothetical Carpenter partnership would take.
More recently, Camila Cabello worked with Drake on “Hot Uptown” and “Uuugly”, while Playboi Carti appeared on “I Luv It”. All three featured on 2024’s “C,XOXO”. These recordings show different musical worlds meeting within a pop project. For Lil Baby, a comparable choice could offer another approach to recording and performance, but the examples remain separate releases by other artists rather than models he said he would directly reproduce.
Carpenter has also worked with a rapper before. “I Can’t Stop Me”, featuring Saweetie, appeared on “Singular Act II” in 2019. That recording preceded the wider commercial success associated with “Espresso” and “Please Please Please”. It provides background showing that such a musical combination is not absent from her history, without establishing any connection between that earlier song and the rapper’s current comments about a possible future collaboration.
In the meantime, Lil Baby is preparing “Fresh”, scheduled for November 6, 2026 through Quality Control and Motown. It follows “WHAM” from January 2025 and “The Leaks”, which appeared later that year. The track list has already been announced, with most recordings not featuring another artist. Sabrina Carpenter is not among the confirmed names on the album, separating the interview’s hypothetical example from the imminent release.
Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez appear on “All My Partnas”, while Rodriguez also features on “In Your Head”. The album includes “Dead Fresh”, produced by Pharrell Williams, which preceded the album announcement and reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. These confirmed contributions remain close to the rapper’s musical circle, even as he expresses interest in considering partnerships beyond that circle on future work.
The “Popcast” discussion therefore took place within an already established release schedule. “Fresh” was only days away, while the conversation allowed space for possibilities unrelated to the album itself. Lil Baby did not specify when he would want to pursue such a partnership. His emphasis was a greater willingness to try ideas he might not previously have considered, rather than a promise that a particular project would follow immediately.
An important detail was that he did not imagine only adding a rap verse to a finished Carpenter song. He also mentioned sitting together to create something from the beginning. That describes a possible working process he finds interesting, not an appointment already made. The two scenarios he offered leave room for different kinds of contribution without confirming that either has been proposed to the singer or accepted by her.
For now, listeners can hear Lil Baby explain that openness in the full “Popcast” conversation. The next confirmed release is “Fresh” on November 6, with its announced collaborators. A recording with Sabrina Carpenter remains an idea discussed in an interview, accompanied by his belief that he could make it work if the opportunity arose, rather than an addition to the album’s existing track list.
