G Herbo Returns to His Roots with 'Lil Herb'

Over a decade ago, a baby-faced 16-year-old from Chicago’s East Side shook up the streets with nothing but raw hunger and a mic. Back then, the world knew him as Lil Herb, the dope young MC who, alongside Lil Bibby, dropped the now-iconic “Kill Shit,” a record that would define an era and put Chicago drill on the global map.

Fast forward to 2025, and the man once known as Lil Herb has evolved into G Herbo, a seasoned veteran with respect etched deep into his bars. He’s weathered fame, fatherhood, and the chaos that comes with being a voice for a generation. Yet on his seventh LP, Lil Herb, Herbo turns the clock back, not to relive the past, but to reignite the spark that started it all.

“I was just trying to tap into that stage and that era, just trying to find the hunger again,” he told Apple Music’s Ebro Darden. “Listening to my old projects, watching old videos, it just got me in that mode.”

That “mode” is pure Herbo energy, gritty, reflective, and unapologetically authentic. Across the album, he revisits the essence of his come-up, reworking early gems like “Briks and Mansions” and “Street,” blending the urgency of his teenage years with the insight of a grown man who’s seen both sides of success.

With Lil Herb, G Herbo isn’t just looking back, he’s reconnecting with the fire that made him a legend in the making. It’s a full-circle moment for one of drill’s founding voices, reminding the world that while he’s grown, that same raw hunger still lives in every bar.

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