Baby Gang

Zaccaria Mouhib (; born 26 June 2001), known professionally as Baby Gang, is an Italian-Moroccan rapper. He began his musical career in 2018, releasing his debut EP, EP1, in 2021.

Early life Zaccaria Mouhib was born in 2001 in Lecco to a Moroccan family. He grew up between Lecco and the nearby town of Calolziocorte before moving to Morocco, where his mother took him to live first in Meknès and then for a year in Casablanca. Upon returning to Italy, he lived in a small two-room apartment in a situation of severe economic hardship with his six siblings and absent parents. In 2013, while attending middle school in Ponte in Valtellina, he decided to stop being a burden on his family and ran away from home. During this time, he came into contact with other teenagers in similar situations. His friends had nicknamed him "Baby Gang".

Career 2018–2020: first singles and criminal activity After several attempts to escape from the youth facilities he was placed in, he came into contact with Don Claudio Burgio, a priest in charge of the Kayros community, who tried to steer him away from drug use and helped him pursue a music career. In April 2018, Baby Gang uploaded the single "Street" on YouTube, which achieved modest success. He then composed "Fuck la pula", which was recorded in a studio during a period of detention. However, the track was short-lived; it was immediately removed after publication due to its excessively violent lyrics, and Zaccaria was arrested again for robbery.

In 2019, after his release, he published "Educazione" and "Cella 1", two tracks describing his prison experience. He later removed the first of these songs from Spotify, stating he regretted releasing it. Also on Spotify, he uploaded the single "Coco" with Italo-Albanian rapper Il Ghost. In early 2020, he released the single "Blitz", and that same year began his first collaborations. He released the single "Bimbi Soldato" with his friend Sacky, but a dawn raid by the Digos police followed due to the presence of weapons in the music video, and they were also investigated for illegal possession of weapons in a public place and glorification of crime. Also in 2020, he collaborated with the Varese group titled 167 Gang on the single "Baby gang", and ended the year with the singles "Caramba" and "Cella 2", which achieved good success.

2021: EP 1, Delinquente, and rise to fame Zaccaria began 2021 by releasing the single "Baby", followed by "Treni" with Il Ghost, which was very successful. He was then featured on Vale Pain's single "Shotta 2". These were followed by the singles "No Parla Tanto" and "Blitz 2", the latter a collaboration with French rapper Sofiane. He then released his first EP, a seven-track project titled "EP 1". The project featured other rappers such as Il Ghost, Omar, Rondodasosa, Neima Ezza, and Escomar. He was also featured on Simba La Rue's single "Banlieue" alongside Philip.

He then released the single "Alcott Zara Bershka", produced by Higashi, which preceded his first album, "Delinquente", released on August 27, 2021. The album details how music changed his life. It reached number seven on the Italian charts, featuring collaborations with rappers like Il Ghost, Sacky, Capo Plaza, and J Lord, as well as international features like ElGrandeToto, Moro, and Morad. He was a guest on the "Muschio selvaggio" podcast. He also released the single "Adrenalina" with Blanco and Marracash. On April 26, he released "L'angelo del male", his third studio album. The album debuted at number one in Italy and number five in Switzerland, containing nineteen tracks produced by Poison Beatz, Higashi, and Bobo. The album featured only Italian collaborations; alongside Marracash and Blanco were many artists already known to the public, such as Paky, Jake La Furia, Emis Killa, Geolier, Sfera Ebbasta, Rocco Hunt, Niko Pandetta, Guè, Gemitaiz, MadMan, Fabri Fibra, Lazza, Tedua, Simba La Rue, and Rkomi.

After appearing on Russ Millions' album, he returned in September 2024 with the single "Tu me quieres" with Omega, produced by Higashi and Roberto Ferrante. He was subsequently featured on Emma's single "Hangover", Accaoui's single "Hania" with Lacrim, and ElGrandeToto's single "Coltellino". On November 1, he released the single "Danse" with Noizy. On January 10, 2025, the single "Misère", produced by Higashi, was released. He then released the single "Rassi" with ElGrandeToto and was featured on Fred De Palma's single "Sexy rave". On June 6, the single "Cassa" was released, followed on July 18 by the single "Kriminal" with El Alfa, Omega, and Roberto Ferrante, a track with which he reached the number one spot on the Top Singoli chart for the first time in his career.

Legal issues Between 2020 and 2021, Baby Gang was convicted on several crimes, including defamation, infringement of intellectual property, and others. In April 2022, an exemption was made in order to allow him to play at a club in Milan on 9 May.

In January 2023, Baby Gang was arrested alongside two other rappers for four robberies committed in Milan and Sondrio; it was alleged that the three rappers were behind the robberies.

On 26 January 2023, he was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison.

Discography Studio albums +List of albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions ITA BEL(WA) SWI — 5

EPs

As featured artist + List of charted singles as featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album ITA Souvenir"Sexy Rave"202538