DaBaby came under the wrath of social media once a clip from his Sunday (July 25) Rolling Loud performance went viral featuring a rant deemed to be homophobic.
T.I. inserted himself into the conversation and stepped in to defend the Charlotte rapper and even used Lil Nas X — who is openly gay — as justification for Baby’s incendiary statements.
“If Lil Nas X can kick his shit in peace… so should dababy #equality,” Tip wrote in The Shade Room‘s comments after DaBaby set Twitter ablaze.
“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,” DaBaby said in the midst of his set.
“Ladies, if your pussy smell like water, put your cellphone lighter up. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking dick in the parking lot, put your cell phone lighter up. Let’s keep it real.”
T.I. then hopped on Instagram on Monday (July 26) to attempt to clarify his comment with more context but his explanation may have done more damage in the eyes of fans.
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“If you gonna have the Lil Nas X video and him living his truth, you gonna damn sure have people like DaBaby who gonna speak their truth,” he said. “Ain’t nothing wrong with none of it, it ain’t got to be no hate — it’s all honesty. Everybody living in their truth.”
Tip went on to say that he respects individuals living their truth such as Lil Nas X and Frank Ocean rather than those in hiding. The Atlanta-bred mogul then said he wouldn’t want his kids exposed to Lil Nas X’s sexually explicit “INDUSTRY BABY” just as he wouldn’t want them watching Cardi B’s raunchy “WAP” video.
Watch his explanation in full below.
He kinda makes a valid point.
It wasn’t a homophobic rant…smh…c’mon hiphopdx…
regular people : he has a point tho so I can’t argue with that.
…… Fruity people : oh he just hate g@ys we should cancel him. no one should be able to openly speak on us, logic
Are you people homophobs around here.
Pants or dress, hate f****? The answer’s, “Yes”,
“Homophobic? Nah, you’re just heterophobic,
Starin at my jeans, watchin’ my genitals bulgin’,
That’s my motherfuckin’ balls, you’d better let go of ’em,
They belong in my scrotum, you’ll never get hold of ’em” -Criminal- By Eminem
You tellin a truth some of us simply won’t accept. Speak yo truth cuz.
Saying that “if Lil Nas X gonna be openly gay, then DaBaby can say homophobic shit” is like saying if black people gonna be out here being black, other people can say racist shit. Because it’s their “truth.” Bigoted logic, what a dumb fucking take, Tip. Costs you nothing to mind your business and STFU.
Hang yourself gay lover….
aint this man a fucking rapist
Da Baby is cleaaaaaarly repressing some feelings here. Loves to hate on women and tell people how not gay he is. Just come on out…
What?
The rant was for no reason, then Ti got involved and made it worse for NO REASON
So…if Lil Nas X can be himself why can’t DaBaby be himself…by being homophobic and low key mysogynistic?
Then people wonder why people can’t separate the art from the artist, because of this. Because some artists use their art to perpetuate toxicity and bullshit.
why bring it up what triggered him. do they say this shit to start a conversation and we are too blind to see it. it isn’t easy being gay in the black community.
T.I. Is the most hypocritical weirdo in hip hop. That’s saying a lot. Do you know what type of person. Area about dudes sucking other dudes off in the parking lot? Gay dudes. SMH
I don’t always agree wit Tip, but I’m ridin wit him and Da Baby all da way. Peeps can’t be pretendin or allowing situations where certain people within da gay community and dey supporters feel lyk dey mo equal dan others. Da Baby ain’t threaten no-one wit his opinion same way Lil Nas X ain’t do the same wit his video. Its all luv if we equal. Anybody dat don’t lyk it can kick rocks!
Gheys spread hiv like wildfire, sickos
and here come TI corny ass. this type of dude think he can hang with the jocks but they keep kickin him in the ass and putting his lil ass in the muthafuckin dumpster GTFOH