DDG Comments on Halle Bailey Custody Battle in New Song

DDG seems to reference his ongoing custody battle with Halle Bailey in his new song “17 More Years.”

The track, which appears on the streamer and rapper’s latest album Moo, finds DDG saying how he’s “tired of the court dates” and “watchin’ money go to waste,” and that, “If we talk, it’ll get better, go ahead and drop the case.”

“We should all get together on his birthday, light the cake,” DDG sings, seemingly referencing their shared son, Halo. DDG also dropped off the track’s minimalistic video on Friday (Oct. 10), which finds DDG running through the song on top of a California hilltop at dusk.

The song arrives after court documents emerged in August that showed that the former couple and their lawyers had gone to a Los Angeles court for a custody and domestic violence-related hearing. Bailey had previously filed and won a temporary domestic violence restraining order against DDG (real name: Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr.) back in June, and shortly thereafter won temporary custody of her son. It was also reported that DDG countered with a restraining order request of his own, claiming the mother of his 1-year-old son, Halo, threatened suicide multiple times — which Bailey denied.

“I have been very vocal about my anxiety, depression, and previous thoughts of suicide,” Bailey wrote in a declaration to the court. “Without waiving the psychotherapist-patient privilege and physician-patient privilege, I have reached out to my doctor and received treatment to address these issues. I have been and remain 100% available and capable as a parent to our son, Halo.”

She also said that DDG, “has exaggerated, lied, and misconstrued for the court not only the history of our relationship but our parenting and my mental health.”

DDG and Halle Bailey went public with their relationship in January 2022 and called it quits last October.

Watch the music video for “17 More Years” below.