Matthew Peter DeLuca (born April 4, 2005), better known by his stage name Lil Mabu, is an American Brooklyn drill rapper based in

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, New York.

Career

Mabu started his rap career in 2018. He gained traction with the release of his song "Miss Me" in 2020. In 2022, his song "No Snitching" a collaboration with Dusty Locane, became increasingly popular on the social media app

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. Mabu's debut mixtape, ''Double M's'', was released on June 30, 2022, which featured guest appearances from Dusty Locane, Sha EK, Dougie B, DThang and Rah Swish. On December 23, 2022, he released a song titled "Throw" featuring New York drill rapper DD Osama, which was the number one trending music video on

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for a week at the time of its release. In May 2023, Mabu released the song " Mathematical Disrespect". It charted in the US, UK and

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, becoming his first entry on any worldwide major music chart. A month later, he graduated from high school and released another single, titled "Rich Scholar". On August 22, 2023, he announced that he was going to college and on September 1, released the single "At What Cost?" accompanied by a music video. On October 17, 2023, Mabu and rapper Chrisean Rock released " Mr. Take Ya Bitch", a diss track aimed at

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and Wack 100. It quickly charted in both ''Billboard'''s

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charts peaking at number 33, and the TikTok ''Billboard'' Top 50 charts peaking at number one by November 2, 2023. On December 21, 2023, Mabu and rapper

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released "Teach Me How To Drill", accompanied by a music video, which was the number-one trending music video on

at one point. Additionally, Mabu has worked with artists such as

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, Ej Banks, Howiee OO, Chrisean Rock, ZayBinSteppin,

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, Dougie B, DThang, DD Osama, Fivio Foreign and more.

Discography

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lil Mabu 2005 births Living people 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American songwriters American male rappers American male songwriters Drill musicians Collegiate School (New York) alumni Indie rappers Rappers from Manhattan Songwriters from New York (state) Trap musicians Drill musicians from New York City