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DaBaby apologizes for 'misinformed comments about HIV/AIDS' after being dropped from music festivals - The Washington Post
Aug 02, 2021 1 min, 14 secs
DaBaby apologized Monday afternoon after homophobic remarks he made onstage at Rolling Loud Miami resulted in his being dropped by Lollapalooza, Governors Ball and other music festivals.

While performing last month at Rolling Loud, DaBaby directed homophobic and sexist comments toward crowd members in the LGBTQ community, as well as those with HIV/AIDS.

The remarks drew criticism from prominent figures in the music industry over the course of the following week, including Dua Lipa, the pop singer who collaborated with DaBaby on a popular remix of her song “Levitating” and wrote on her Instagram story that she was “surprised and horrified” by what he said; Elton John, a prominent advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention who tweeted that such misinformation “fuels stigma and discrimination”; and Madonna, a longtime ally of the LGBTQ community who wrote on Instagram that she wanted “to put my cellphone lighter up and pray for your ignorance.”.

Multiple music festivals dropped DaBaby from their lineups after the Rolling Loud incident, including Lollapalooza, which announced roughly 12 hours before DaBaby’s planned Sunday night set that the coveted 9 p.m.

Organizers tweeted that “Lollapalooza was founded on diversity, inclusivity, respect, and love,” a sentiment Governors Ball echoed Monday morning when it announced DaBaby would not be performing at the late September festival.

DaBaby initially pushed back against the response to his Rolling Loud comments, reportedly writing on his Instagram story that he didn’t know who Questlove was.

DaBaby dropped from Governors Ball, Lollapalooza following homophobic remarks

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