DaBaby Says He “Dropped The F-ing Ball” After Homophobic Controversy
DaBaby regretted how he dealt with the backlash to his homophobic feedback on the 2021 Rolling Loud Competition in Miami. The Interscope Information artist believed he succumbed to public strain as a substitute of powering via the controversy, telling the Breakfast Membership he “dropped the f###### ball.”
“[I] maintain myself accountable for the way in which that I allowed s### to happen over the past 4 years,” he stated. “I may’ve put out a physique of labor like How TF Is This a Mixtape? instantly after the controversy and growth—trumped all that s###. That’s gentle. The s### that I finished did whereas being a mainstream artist, whereas I used to be probably the most talked about artist within the recreation, the s### that I used to be doing—I don’t even being making an attempt to carry this s### up. I whoop a n####’s ass on digital camera then go on the quilt of Billboard journal the following day … This s### is public file.”
A number of festivals dropped DaBaby because of the outrage over his Rolling Loud rant. The controversy contributed to his decline as a mainstream star.
“In case you didn’t present up at the moment with HIV, AIDS, any of them lethal sexually transmitted illnesses that’ll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone gentle within the air,” he informed the gang.
Dua Lipa, who collaborated with DaBaby on the track “Levitating,” stated she was “horrified” by his remarks. Elton John and Madonna have been among the many notable artists who publicly condemned the rapper.
“[I allowed] myself to get tricked into being in an area to the place I really feel like I’m on the mercy of some m############ who don’t perceive me as an artist anyway,” DaBaby stated on the Breakfast Membership. “As a result of anyone who’s a fan of me, they already comprehend it ain’t nothing I can say that’ll throw them off to the purpose the place they [say], ‘Aw, you’re a nasty individual. I’m turning my again.’ Ain’t no means. I finished stated worse!”
DaBaby launched How TF Is This a Mixtape? in September.
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