What did the baby say about the lgbtq community
DaBaby has come under fire for homophobic remarks he made while on stage at the Rolling Loud Miami melody festival over the weekend.
The Charlotte, North Carolina, performer—whose given name is Jonathan Lyndale Kirk—is facing criticism for making disparaging comments about gay people and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Video footage at the show shows the 29-year-old rapper saying the tracking remarks.
"If you didn't show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that'll construct you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light in the air."
"Ladies, if your p**** inhale like water, place your cellphone soft in the gas. Fellas, if you ain't suck a n**** d*** in the parking lot, put your cellphone lights in the air. Keep it f****** real."
Among those criticizing DaBaby contain RuPaul's Drag Race star Trinity K. Bonet who tweeted: "Hey @DaBabyDaBaby undetectable = untrabnsmittable ... U = U ...that will coach you on at-least one of them dumb a** comments you made.."
While Twitch streamer Hasan Piker added: "dababy's throwing out 90s era homophobia daBOOMER."
Following receiving widespread criticism for his comments, DaBaby doubled
A Timeline of DaBaby’s Homophobic Comments Controversy
How It Began
Rolling Noisy Miami 2021’s final afternoon on July 25 was packed with highly anticipated performances from Megan Thee Stallion, Post Malone, and many others, but it was DaBaby‘s set that immediately dominated headlines and for days after.
DaBaby, who took the Ciroc Stage right after Meg, surprised attendees by bringing out Tory Lanez. The year prior, the “Savage” singer had accused Lanez of shooting her in the foot. But the “Rockstar” rapper didn’t halt there, and what came next fueled criticism: In clips from the livestreamed performance, DaBaby made homophobic and misogynistic comments.
“If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you depart in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up,” he told attendees. “Ladies, if your p—- smell appreciate water, put your cellphone lighter up. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d— in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up.”
Read on to see how things unfolded after his remarks.
Team Baby
Rapper DaBaby apologises for HIV comments as Boohoo drops him
He tweeted last night that his comments were "insensitive" adding he had "no intentions [of] offending anybody" before offering "my apologies".
The rapper has now been dropped by online fashion retailer Boohoo, who he had a clothing deal with.
It comes after Dua Lipa, whose song Levitating he features on, said she was "surprised and horrified" by his words.
"Anybody who done ever been [affected] by AIDS/HIV y'all got the right to be upset," DaBaby said.
He also addressed the LGBT society in his tweet saying "I ain't trippin on y'all, do you. y'all business is y'all business."
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Rapper DaBaby responds after fans criticise 'homophobic' comments at Miami show
Rapper DaBaby has responded after he was criticised for making seemingly homophobic comments at a Miami gig.
Videos on social media show him telling the crowd: "If you didn't show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that'll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone not heavy up."
He also targeted lgbtq+ men in references to other sexual activities, asking those who did not take part in them to "put your cellphone light up".
DaBaby's words at the Rolling Loud Miami festival were condemned by social media users as homophobic, but the rapper, real name Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, appeared to double-down in a lengthy Instagram response.
He said across 19 videos: "What I accomplish at a live reveal is for the audience at the live show.
"It'll never translate correctly to somebody looking at a little five, six-second clip from their goddamn crib on their phone. It just don't work appreciate that.
"Because, regardless of what y'all m************ are talking about and how the internet twisted up my m************ words, me and all my fans at the show, the homosexual ones and th
Dua Lipa 'horrified' at DaBaby's HIV and gay comments
Dua Lipa says she's "surprised and horrified" at DaBaby's comments about people with HIV and lgbtq+ men.
The singer wrote on her Instagram story that she didn't "recognise this as the person I worked with" and stood "100% with the LGBTQ community".
"We need to come together to fight the stigma and ignorance around HIV and Aids," she added.
Rapper DaBaby - a guest artist on Dua's hit, Levitating - has been criticised for comments he made at a US festival.
Performing at Rolling Blaring festival in Miami, he invited every audience member to "put your cell phone light up", apart from those who were HIV-positive or were same-sex attracted men who had sex in wagon parks.
He also made the false claim that HIV will "make you expire in two or three weeks".
Medication helping those with HIV to live lengthy, healthy lives has been available for decades.
DaBaby's comments were supported by rapper TI, who said if Lil Nas X - who regularly asserts his sexuality onstage - was proficient to say and do as he liked, then