DaBaby addresses his homophobic comments scandal in his latest music video that is shockingly
being well-received by fans and the rapper is also throwing shade at Dua Lipa for calling
him out — let’s get into it
Despite all the negative publicity DaBaby has been getting for his anti-gay comments
and shaming people living with HIV, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases while
onstage at Rolling Loud Miami this past Sunday, he still went ahead and released the official
music video for his latest track, “Giving What It’s Supposed to Give.”
And far from sweeping the backlash he’s been getting under the rug, DaBaby faced it
head on at the very end of the video with a rainbow-colored message that read, "Don't
Fight Hate With Hate.
My apologies for being me the same way you want the freedom to be you.”
And in part of the actual video the rapper is seen actually holding up a sign with the
word AIDS in bold letters as he delivers the lyrics, quote: "Bi---, we like AIDS, I'm on
your a--, we on your a--, bi---, we won't go away.”
And in an Instagram post following the release of the video he directed and co-produced,
DaBaby pointed out that he filmed it before his Rolling Out performance and he added,
quote, "It never seizes [sic] to amaze me the way God put me in situations I’m already
equipped to handle.
Enjoy.”
Then in a follow up IG post DaBaby revealed that the filming of the video took 16 hours
and that he jumped on a jet right after only to get two hours of sleep prior to his controversial
Rolling Loud act which he deemed as "one of the BEST performances of the entire festival
yet the most controversial and emotion provoking performance as well."
He went on to chalk up his insensitive remarks during the show to being an “entertainer”
and added, "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."
DaBaby continued on by portraying himself as the victim since according to him now he’s
the one being offended by others online and he emphasized that it was just a coincidence
that his new video happened to touch upon, quote: “EVERY controversial topic trending
in the headlines.”
He wrapped up his lengthy caption with a very bold statement that read: "so you then go
against the grain in the opposite direction of every scared person around you & stay true
to yourself & DROP DAT B**CH & show the world once again that you CANT BE F---ED WIT?
I have.
I just did.
God’s Work.”
And DaBaby didn’t stop there…
Dua Lipa, having featured him on her song ‘Levitating’, was the first artist to
call him out for his deplorable remarks stating that she was “horrified” by his words
and how she really doesn’t recognize him as the person she worked with.
She also threw her full support behind the LGBTQ+ community and called to put an end
to the stigma and ignorance around HIV/AIDS.
Well apparently DaBaby wasn’t too pleased with her reaction as he subtly threw shade
at Dua by liking tweets speaking ill of her like this one that reads:
“It's funny how @DUALIPA song levitating is only number 1 because @DaBabyDaBaby is
on it.
You're welcome.
Because I dead*ss only heard of you because of Dababy.”
This other person wrote, “Patiently waiting for @DUALIPA to pull
her song with @DaBabyDaBaby off streaming services”
And finally this user tweeted at Dua, “soooo when you gonna remove that remix
with @DaBabyDaBaby ?! We waiting …”
However Dua seems completely unfazed by DaBaby’s baits as she’s busy promoting the music
video for her feature on the late Pop Smoke’s track ‘Demeanor’ which dropped today.
And she’s also been chilling at some paradise beach in her parent’s home country of Albania.
And despite all the outrage online, DaBaby’s video seems to mostly be getting positive
reviews from fans and other artists including Snoop Dog, the like-to-dislike ratio is also
very low and according to Social Blade, his subscribers have only increased since the
scandal.
However, it’s a whole different story on Twitter where for the most part users are
out to cancel him altogether.
It seems that this situation is far from over and we’ll be sure to keep you updated with
any new developments…
For now, go ahead and click right over here to find out more details about DaBaby’s
original offensive remarks and which other stars unfollowed him
Then hop to the comments and let me know all your thoughts on DaBaby’s decision to drop
his new music video in the middle of this scandal.
As always, I’m your host Renee Ariel, you can follow me on socials @ReneeAriel and I’ll
see ya next time!