Twitter continues to troll DaBaby after Chris Brown seemingly weighed in on the rapper’s recent homophobic rant.
As Blavity previously reported, earlier this week, DaBaby spewed homophobic remarks into an audience at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami, which created quite the controversy.
“If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually-transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two, three weeks, put a cell phone lighter up,” DaBaby told the crowd. “Fellas, if you ain’t suckin’ d**k in the parking lot, put your cell phone lights up.”
Brown then posted his own thoughts on the matter via his Instagram story, telling the 29-year-old to "shut the f**k up" and to "get the f**k off the stage!"
.@chrisbrown via IG Story. pic.twitter.com/r478QpHOtm
— Chris Brown Live (@cblivee) July 29, 2021
Some social media users seemingly agreed with the "Undecided" singer's response, something most people noted as an unusual occurrence.
How you down so bad I gotta agree with Chris brown? pic.twitter.com/yFvXbe4CZi
— Sol (@solmusix) July 29, 2021
not chris brown being the voice of reason pic.twitter.com/pcs5gDGOvI
— Cedrica (@iamcedrica) July 29, 2021
— Ḱαγℓα mαe (@kay_deniseee) July 29, 2021
DaBaby PR team right now pic.twitter.com/slbHrNAlzh
— NEED PROMO? DM ME! (@iamjustingreene) July 29, 2021
You know it's bad when you agree with Chris Brown…… pic.twitter.com/ILn7pBXRa7
— ⓘ This user is disputed (@tunisianspy) July 29, 2021
DaBaby when he realizes how down bad he is after reading the post from Chris Brown pic.twitter.com/7sepRvsthW
— NEED PROMO? DM ME! (@iamjustingreene) July 29, 2021
— sam (deragatory) (@pansamwise) July 29, 2021
It gotta be a Cold day in Hell…. 'cause….. pic.twitter.com/SFZIqcZ4Ox
— ✨????mustache nai????✨ (@Adwoa_Naii) July 29, 2021
Did Chris Brown just make a valid point that I actually agreed with. What is happening! pic.twitter.com/S8kXd6digF
— Vince Volta (@Vince_Volta) July 29, 2021
DaBaby's comments have resulted in consequences not just from the public, but from his business endeavors as well.
The North Carolina rapper collaborated with boohooMAN for a collection that was released on June 30, but the company has since dropped DaBaby from their lineup, as Blavity previously reported.
“boohooMAN condemn the use of homophobic language and confirm we will no longer be working with DaBaby,” the statement read. “Diversity and inclusion are part of the boohoo Groups DNA and we pride ourselves on representing the diverse customers we serve across the globe. We stand by and support the LGBTQ+ community, and do not tolerate any hate speech or discrimination in any form.”
Singer Dua Lipa, who worked with the rapper on the remix to her hit song “Levitating,” denounced his comments, saying she was “horrified” at his remarks.
“I’m surprised and horrified at DaBaby’s comments,” she wrote in an Instagram story on Tuesday. “I really don’t recognise this as the person I worked with. I know my fans know where my heart lies and that I stand 100% with the LGBTQ community. We need to come together to fight the stigma and ignorance around HIV/AIDS.”
Not all musicians opposed DaBaby's comments, however. Rapper T.I. came to DaBaby’s defense, as Blavity previously reported, and advocated for the right to tell his "truth."
"If you gon' have the Lil Nas X video and him living his truth, you gon' damn sure have people like DaBaby who gon' speak their truth and it ain't nothing wrong with none of it. It ain't got to be no hate, it's all honesty," T.I. said during an Instagram Live.