A video showing DaBaby attempting to teach a lesson to two teenagers selling candy on the street has garnered mixed reviews from Twitter.
The footage shows the rapper, born Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, opening up the doors to his sprinter van to two teens selling skittles and gushers.
When DaBaby asked how much they wanted for each box, one teen replied, “$200.”
1 . Should the kids have tried to finesse da baby ? No
2. Should da baby have gone back and handed them $200 or more after teaching them a lesson ? Yes but he doesn’t owe them anything
Both things can be true at the same time pic.twitter.com/kkhZzfsV3H
— jw (@iam_johnw2) July 13, 2021
“$200?” DaBaby interrogated. “How many pieces of candy are in the box?”
The teen said there were 34 packs of candy, to which the rapper responds, “And you sell them at $2 apiece? Let’s count it. What’s 34 x 2 [dollars], my boy? It ain’t $200.”
Before the teens can total the product, the “Yea Yea” rapper helped them out and provided the answer, which is $68.
“You gotta use your head, you tried to play me,” the Charlotte native explained. “I was gonna bless you anyway. You would have gotten the $200 but now you got $2. Y’all be good.”
On Twitter, some people rallied around DaBaby’s effort to teach the candy-selling teens a lesson.
This is a lesson learned!! They thought they could get over. Now they just need to get over it. #DaBaby
pic.twitter.com/EU2CHtYyUA— Mike Hill (@ItsMikeHill) July 13, 2021
A teachable moment doesnt involve rewarding them though, in that moment they learned "i shouldnt lie and try scamming people". We suppose to help people, hell you saw he had a wad of cash ready, but they lied and thought he was a fool and they reaped what they sowed. it sucks
— Xavien aka Decepy (@decepticon_swag) July 13, 2021
We live in a society pic.twitter.com/FmjV1IaX3I
— Dex Guy ???????? (@TheDexGuy) July 13, 2021
Nah fvck that. Da Baby knew the cameras were on and he initially was gonna bless them, but they were too greedy for their own good that them tryna finesse, is actually disrespectful. That lesson alone should teach them
— Blue (@BlueMarbleProYT) July 13, 2021
If he gave them the $200 , after they were dishonest, is like him , rewarding a bad character. They will learn from this . Its always good to be Honest and Honorable no matter how poor or rich you are … ????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️
— Rollo Mafia ???????????????? (@RolloMafia) July 13, 2021
Others were quick to call the rapper out for not giving back to the two teens trying to make a profit by selling candy on the street.
it aint even about the money. it’s about him tryna humiliate the boys and then posting it? for what.
— egirl (@highmoonchild) July 13, 2021
DaBaby will spend more money fixing his PR mistake than the cost of the candy and fruit snacks.
— Sowmya Krishnamurthy (@SowmyaK) July 13, 2021
Ya’ll didn’t hear the kid say he make like $200 off one box. Meaning people are giving them more than they ask. So to give Dababy the entire box for $68 they lose money. They’ll earn the $200 or more regardless. He may have lost fans and broke some hearts.
— Eric BIDDINES (@EricBiddines) July 13, 2021
at the same time… they’re kids. They’re gonna make stupid decisions and say things and do things they shouldn’t. Obviously if they’re out here selling candy, they need money for whatever reason. He even said he did the same thing as a kid. he should’ve been empathetic.
— spookytown (@sydthepoet) July 13, 2021
They obviously knew he was rich. When you flex you have cash, the price goes up. Simple economics lol.
Defending Da Baby in this situation is weird ???????? defend the literal babies he's filming and being a jerk to lmao
— Emily Cowslut Prepon???? (@EmilyPreponXO) July 13, 2021
In a similar incident, rapper Meek Mill was heavily criticized for giving six Atlanta teens who were selling water bottles $20 to split back in December.
“They appreciated it. They just kids hustling," Meek wrote in a tweet responding to the backlash.
