DaBaby apologized Monday for making anti-gay comments that led 3 musicians to cancel their appearances and celebrities like Elton John and Madonna criticized him.
“Social media is evolving so fast that other people need to take you down before you have a chance to grow, teach and be informed of your mistakes,” the rapper wrote on Instagram. “As a guy who had to fend for himself in Very Difficult Circumstances, having other people I know who publicly oppose me, knowing that what I needed to be taught on those issues and guided, was a challenge. offer me wisdom, education and resources. That’s what I needed and I got it.
He added: “I need to go to the LGBTQ network because of the hurtful and triggering comments I made. Again, I for my misinformed comments about HIV/AIDS and I know that education about it is important. Love to all. God bless you. “
The backlash was triggered after DaBaby made derogatory comments about others living with HIV and AIDS at a concert in Miami last month.
“If you don’t have HIV, AIDS, one of the fatal sexually transmitted diseases that will cause you to die in two or three weeks, turn on your mobile phone,” DaBaby told the crowd at the Rolling Loud Festival.
He also said, “Guys, if you’re not sucking on a black man’s cock in the parking lot, turn on your mobile phone. Stay true. “
He continued when he posted on his Instagram stories: “My gay fans, they take care of you. They don’t have nasty gay niggas, do you see what I’m saying?”
Several celebrities have expressed their disapproval of the comments of 29-year-old rapper Dua Lipa, who features him on his hit song “Levitating. “
“I am shocked and horrified by DaBathrough’s comments,” Lipa wrote on her Instagram account last week. “I don’t recognize him as the user I’ve worked with. I know that my enthusiasts know where my center is and that I am one. one hundred percent with the LGBTQ community. We will have to come together to combat the stigma and ignorance surrounding HIV/AIDS.
Elton John tweeted that “falsehoods have no place in our society and industry and as musicians,” adding that “a musician’s task is to bring other people together. “