Celebrities, Musicians, Brands & More Are Speaking Out Against DaBaby Over His Homophobic Rant
Everyone has been criticizing DaBaby for his homophobic rant at Rolling Loud.
It’s been four days since DaBaby’s homophobic rant at Rolling Loud in Miami. And the fallout is still happening. And the harshest statements have come from DaBaby’s artistic peers.
boohooMAN
On Wednesday morning, boohooMAN, an online retailer known for its collaborations with contemporary rappers like DaBaby, Quavo, and Swae Lee, ended its relationship with DaBaby. In a press release, boohooMan said that they “condemn the use of homophobic language.
boohooMAN condemn the use of homophobic language and confirm we will no longer be working with DaBaby.
Diversity and inclusion are part of the boohoo Groups DNA and we pride ourselves on representing the diverse customers we serve across the globe.
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— boohooMAN (@boohooMAN) July 28, 2021
Elton John
Legendary singer Elton John released a statement condemning the rapper. On Twitter, John wrote:
“We’ve been shocked to read about the HIV misinformation and homophobic statements made at a recent DaBaby show… This fuels stigma and discrimination and is the opposite of what our world needs to fight the AIDS epidemic.”
He also included a thread
(1/5) We've been shocked to read about the HIV misinformation and homophobic statements made at a recent DaBaby show. This fuels stigma and discrimination and is the opposite of what our world needs to fight the AIDS epidemic.
The facts are: pic.twitter.com/MqCv3vWiz2
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 28, 2021
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👉 HIV has affected over 70 million people globally: men, women, children and the most vulnerable people in our communities.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 28, 2021
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👉 In America, a gay black man has a 50% lifetime chance of contracting HIV. Stigma and shame around HIV and homosexuality is a huge driver of this vulnerability. We need to break down the myths and judgements and not fuel these.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 28, 2021
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👉 You can live a long and healthy life with HIV. Treatment is so advanced that with one pill a day, HIV can become undetectable in your body so you can’t pass it onto other people.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 28, 2021
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👉 Homophobic and HIV mistruths have no place in our society and industry and as musicians, we must spread compassion and love for the most marginalised people in our communities.
A musician’s job is to bring people together.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 28, 2021
Chika
On Tuesday, rapper Chika had a scathing response to DaBaby’s comments. She had a series of tweets coming after the rapper, mocking his skills as a rapper in the process.
Dababy walked around in a diaper surrounded by niggas but wanna speak on… the gays??? pic.twitter.com/ZVJWLXFMCw
— CHIKA ☁️ (@oranicuhh) July 28, 2021
Maybe change your fuckin flow for ONCE and write a song you haven’t written before being a homophobic piece of shit.
You are quite literally mediocre in every way. Don’t let that money go to your head, kiddo.
— CHIKA ☁️ (@oranicuhh) July 28, 2021
DaBaby’s nigga left him when he found out bout the recent announcement. That’s why he lashing out. Hurt people.
— CHIKA ☁️ (@oranicuhh) July 28, 2021
What straight man randomly used his time in front of thousands of people to take a survey about sucking dick?
I just wanna know.
— CHIKA ☁️ (@oranicuhh) July 28, 2021
Maybe change your fuckin flow for ONCE and write a song you haven’t written before being a homophobic piece of shit.
You are quite literally mediocre in every way. Don’t let that money go to your head, kiddo.
— CHIKA ☁️ (@oranicuhh) July 28, 2021
Dua Lipa
In an Instagram story post published on Tuesday, Dua Lipa, who has collaborated with DaBaby on the “Levitating” remix, wrote that she was “horrified at DaBaby’s comments” adding that she didn’t recognize “this as the person I worked with.”
Dua Lipa addresses homophobic comments made by DaBaby at Rolling Loud.
“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.” pic.twitter.com/tnmOVPnC3M
— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 27, 2021
Victoria Monét
Singer Victoria Monét offered her services if Lupa wanted to replace his verse. (Dua should accept this offer.)
If she would like to replace DaBaby’s verse on levitating I’m totally available https://t.co/UNVhH0gDEU
— Victoria Monét (@VictoriaMonet) July 27, 2021
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato, who identifies as nonbinary, shared an Instagram gallery post that included a photo with the sentence “HIV is not a gay disease.” In the caption, they wrote, “hot people listen to the original version of levitating.”
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Questlove
Questlove had some strong words for DaBaby. A couple of weeks ago, Questlove was asked who he would have on a 2021 Summer of Soul lineup. He initially put DaBaby on that list. Now, he’s taken that back.
In an Instagram post, he wrote:
“Now I’m updating my list ——because it’s 2021 & fuck the bullshit. I’m especially not here for any savagery (if you’re lost: Google the idiocy of the crossed out)… I’m not trine be all performative smurf & create a social flogging or start some click bait headlines. That’s missing the point. But right is right & his actions are wrong.”
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ACLU
The The American Civil Liberties Union didn’t say DaBaby’s name, but they tweeted a message that was directed towards him.
People living with HIV/AIDS deserve dignity and respect, not stigma and discrimination.
— ACLU (@ACLU) July 29, 2021
Parklife 2021
According to TMZ, Parklife 2021, a festival in Manchester, England, has taken the rapper off of its lineup.
DaBaby has not been handling this pushback well. On Tuesday night, he tried to apologize. But it was confusing. And, frankly, he only made things worse:
I tell fans to put a cellphone light in the air y’all start a million man March.✊🏾
I told you y’all digested that wrong 🤷🏾♂️but I ain’t gone lie I’m impressed.
Now show this same amount of support when a racist cop kill one of our black ass…YA NOT 😂
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) July 27, 2021
Anybody who done ever been effected by AIDS/HIV y’all got the right to be upset, what I said was insensitive even though I have no intentions on offending anybody. So my apologies 🙏🏾
But the LGBT community… I ain’t trippin on y’all, do you. y’all business is y’all business.
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) July 27, 2021
& for any brands, networks, or artists that like to profit off of black rappers influence on the culture, without understanding it or having the patience to deal with what comes with the position we play in our culture.
Keep yo money next time
us “NIGGAS” human too.#GodBless— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) July 27, 2021
Other than that y’all cheer the fuck up & be proud of who you are cuz you can’t make me feel less of myself. 💪🏾
Aside from that
HIDALGO, TEXAS
&
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXASGet them tickets for Friday & Saturday so I can show y’all how da fuck I get down. 🔥#LIVESHOWKILLA
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) July 27, 2021
This all stems from DaBaby’s Rolling Loud performance on Sunday. The rapper stunned fans when he went on a homophobic rant, lashing out against people with AIDs and HIV. (He also brought out Tory Lanez, in an effort to troll Megan Thee Stallion.) In his mini rant, DaBaby told fans to put their cellphones in their air, “if you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two, three weeks, then put your cell phone light up,”
He also added:
“Ladies, if your pussy smell like water, put your cell phone light up. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking dick in the parking lot, put your cell phone light up. Keep it fucking real.”
DaBaby was immediately ripped for his comments. But he has gotten some support from some rap peers. T.I., who is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting over a dozen women, wrote that “If Lil Nas X can kick his shit in peace… so should dababy #equality.” (He is probably referring to his “Industry Baby” video.”)
While Boosie Badazz went on his own homophobic rant defending DaBaby. Calling Lil Nas X a gay slur, Boosie said:
“Lil Nas X said he wanna perform naked on stage for charity. You don’t fuck with him like you fuck with DaBaby… Be even-sided. You don’t feel that’s disrespectful?”
What a mess. And DaBaby keeps on making things worse. On Wednesday he released the video for “Giving What It’s Supposed To Give,” his latest single. The song and video features an AIDs reference. And the video ends with DaBaby responding to the controversy. At the end of the video there’s a message, written in rainbow font:
“Don’t fight hate with hate… My apologies for being me the same way you want the freedom to be you.”
After releasing the video, he included a long, defiant run on sentence about the controversy:
“You ever wrote a video, you and 3 others produce it, you direct it while starring AND rapping in it, film the video for 16 HOURS straight wrap up at 4am, take a shower & jump on a jet to @rollingloud and with only 2 hours of rest give one of the BEST performances of the entire festival yet the most controversial and emotion provoking performance as well; due to things deemed “insensitive” said during your performance even though you’re an ENTERTAINER, try to apologize and explain that you meant no harm & that you were only entertaining as you are paid to do, & have no problem with anyone’s sexual preference that is outside of yours, only to have a substantial amount of people refuse to understand your logic, tag along with a trending topic & play with your character and do everything they can to take money out of your pockets and food out your kids mouth, and have everybody around you panicking only for you to apologize anyway stand on the fact that you were entertaining and truly didn’t mean to offend anybody or start no commotion, although they’re currently offending you, & COINCIDENTALLY the video you were shooting till 4am the DAY OF @rollingloud touches on EVERY controversial topic trending in the headlines, so you then go against the grain in the opposite direction of every scared person around you & stay true to yourself & DROP DAT BITCH in the height of the commotion & show the world once again that you CANT BE FUCKED WIT?
I have. I just did. God’s Work.”
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What an odd message. Watch the video below.
