DaBaby’s performance at Rolling Loud Miami is still being talked about three days later — but not because he nailed his set or won over some new fans. No, because some comments he made in between songs were perceived to be not just homophobic but also extremely sexist.
While T.I. defended DaBaby’s self-described “call-to-action,” his “Levitating” collaborator Dua Lipa is condemning the platinum-selling rapper for his tone deaf diatribe and subsequent attempt at an explanation. On Tuesday (July 27), the pop singer expressed her frustration with DaBaby on her Instagram Stories.
“I’m surprised and horrified at DaBaby’s comments,” she wrote. “I really don’t recognize this as the person I worked with. I know my fans know where my heart lies and that I stand 100% with the LGBTQ community. We need to come together to fight the stigma and ignorance around HIV/AIDS.”
Dua Lipa recruited DaBaby for the “Levitating (Remix)” in October 2020. The original version track appeared on the British singer’s second album Future Nostalgia, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the UK Album Chart. It also spawned other remixes from Madonna and Missy Elliott.
But had she known DaBaby thought this way, the collaboration likely wouldn’t have happened. On Monday (July 26), the KIRK rapper issued a statement to his Instagram Stories that read, “What I do at a live show is for the live show. It’ll never translate correctly to somebody looking at a little five, six-second clip from their crib on their phone.
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“It just don’t work like that, right? Regardless of what y’all motherfuckers are talking about and how the internet twisted up my muthafuckin’ words, me and all my fans at the show, the gay ones and the straight ones, we turned the fuck up.”
DaBaby backlash followed his Rolling Loud Miami set on Saturday (July 24) in which he said, “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases, that’ll make you die in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up… Fellas, if you ain’t sucking dick in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up.”
Watch it below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=809nxvXNC9M
You “recruited him” cuz he was the hottest rapper at that point. Bruh didn’t say anything crazy. Anti-cancel culture standing with ya bruh
I agree that he shouldn’t be canceled over this but his music is complete shit so if he does get canceled it’s doing the music world a favor
Hahahaha. Da Baby, Boosie, T.I.. all of these closeted gay weirdos need to shut the fuck up. You know who worries about dudes sucking each other off? Gay dudes. LOL. All of the weirdos in the comment section that secretly dream of sick are hilarious. If it isn’t for you, it’s shouldn’t be on your mind at all. Sexually oppressed closeted gay hypocrites. Hahahaha. Society has dealt with the fact that there are gay men, lesbian women and bisexual everythings. Deal with it. Open up your mouth and get fired and lose money. LOL
People are so pathetic, like it’s fine if DaBaby talks about smashing women left and right or about shooting someone, but let him make one gay joke now he’s a monster? Lmao funny where ‘they’ try to draw the line
Don’t refer to the lgbtq community as they you dumbass bigot
Industry trash. Both Dua Lipa (Warner Records) and Meg the Transion (300 entertainment) signed under the Warner umbrella.
and guess who owns this weak site? Warner…get it?
JoJo is another Warner employee: remember how Tory Lanez was removed from her song last year?
Liberals are silly, they are ok promoting the n word, loose sex, violence, drugs but when a rapper mentions gheys there is outrage. Idiots
Idgaf about his comments but laugh at how much people overhype this dude as some type of amazing rapper, he got some of the most cringe verses out there
He really is dogshit as a rapper bro. He’s beyond terrible.
The usual story, fools who preach about equality and oppression but go out of their way to hate on gays, you couldn’t write this shit lmaooo
So we cancel DaBaby for so called anti gay remarks but Doja Cat fake ass still walking around unfazed for her selk hating racist contributions, I dont understand this world
In the words of Craigs father…. “You win some, you lose some, but you live…. You live to fight another day”
… but I didn’t hear him say anything derogatory about gay people. AIDS is not just a gay disease. If you think of gay people when someone mentions AIDS, then check yourself. The only other people that have cause to be offended are ladies with an odor down there, and guys who were planning on sucking dick in the parking lot. You guys need to chill. You’re reaching too far. Maybe you’re heterophobic
THIS IS A WEIRD THING TO SAY AT A SHOW NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT. FUNNY HOW TI INVOLVED TOO AS HE IS GAY HIMSELF AND DABABY IS A DIET TI.
just a dumb thing for a rapper to say onstage to be honest. i’m sure he has gay fans if he is playing a show that big, seems weird that he would be talking so strange at his own show when he should be rapping and telling jokes. dumb move but look at him not the sharpest knife out there
He was trying to promote safe sex. He’s an idiot for wording it like that, but this is a completely ridiculous situation.
I don’t see anything wrong with what he said. I think it’s a real absurd stretch to call it homophobic and sexist. If anything it has a positive tone about being healthy, responsible, and being attentive to his performance. He’s a rapper. called DaBaby. Sorry but when are rap fans a bunch of cancel me karens? Get over it and stop being so pathetic. Let people be real.
That’s what you get for listening to this wack ass dude. Me personally I’m just sick of all the gay talk everyday and it will never be normal in my eyes. Do what you do, but stop forcing all that madness on straight people. Trans dudes in womens sports is the biggest slap in the face to all the beautiful women that god gave us.
I agree with you social media is brainwashing people and it’s destroying female beauty.
So if someone said, “fellas if you’re not black, put your lighters up“ that’s not racist? Cause it’s basically the same thing.
she only did it so she wouldnt get cancelled to. fuck the gay ass community. bunch of loser whining hoe bitches
Who cares what these idiots say. Stop making stupid people famous!!!
My migga got the Bush treatment …??