Polo’s rise is directly tied to his commitment to personal growth. “I wake up every day trying to be a better man than I was yesterday.” “Everything that I do, I think about my son. Polo brings him up to the control booth, swaddling his progeny’s dome in a pair of headphones. The cherub-faced two-year-old - “big head,” as everyone calls him - is almost offensively cute.

Polo’s nickname is Capalot, and his heir seems destined to carry the torch. Tremani is wearing an iced-out chain featuring the words “Baby Cap” in diamond-encrusted letters. Sweater by Amiri.īack at house number one, Polo’s son, Tremani, bursts into the room along with Polo’s younger brother, T Baby. Grooming by Hee Soo Kwon for The Rex Agency. Styling by Taisha Suero, assisted by DeAndrea Sharda Green and Emmanuel. Production by Anthony Carrillo/HSTL Productions. Photograph by Samuel Trotter for Rolling Stone. Polo G, photographed in Los Angeles on July 15th, 2021, by Samuel Trotter. Naturally, it’s the most put-together part of the room, which doesn’t come as much of a surprise. That’s pretty much it, except for the bare-bones recording setup that greets you when you walk through the door. Two modern-looking leather sofas flank opposite corners of the space, and platinum-record plaques line the perimeter. They’ve all identified a need to spruce up the place, but have conflicting visions for the room, which is basically empty at the moment. We’re in a backyard pool house at the rapper’s palatial mansion in Granada Hills, in the San Fernando Valley, and the crew is in the middle of what feels like a roommates’ squabble. Polo G is holding court with a trio of friends from his hometown of Chicago.

For the issue, we spoke to some of the year’s biggest artists about the albums and singles that could earn them a statue come January, delved into the challenges facing the Recording Academy, and more, providing a 360-degree view of what to watch for in the lead-up to the 2022 awards. This story is part of Rolling Stone ‘ s second annual Grammy Preview issue, released ahead of the start of first-round Grammy voting on October 22nd.

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