DaBaby apologizes for his ‘triggering’ homophobic rant at Rolling Loud – and tries to blame social media
DABABY has apologized for his "triggering" homophobic comments after being ditched from three festivals following his onstage rant at Rolling Loud last week.
released a lengthy statement on Monday in which he acknowledged that the was "hurtful and misinformed" but attempted to blame the backlash on social media.
"I want to apologize to the LGBTQ+ community for the hurtful and triggering comments I made," he said in the statement posted to Instagram.
"Again, I apologize for my misinformed comments about HIV/AIDS and I know education on this is important."
It came just hours after to pull him from its line-up.
Lollapalooza had replaced him for his set on Sunday and the English festival Parklife dumped him from its event.
It also came after stars such as hit out at his words and Dua Lipa condemned his actions.
DaBaby made the apology on Monday in his third attempt to stop the backlash to his remarks.
DABABY APOLOGY BLAMES SOCIAL MEDIA
Yet he first claimed that social media is at fault as it "moves so fast" you are not allowed to "learn from your mistakes."
"Social media moves so fast that people want to demolish you before you even have the opportunity to grow, educate, and learn from your mistakes," he wrote.
"As a man who has had to make his own way from very difficult circumstances, having people I know publicly working against me -- knowing that what I needed was education on these topics and guidance -- has been challenging."
He also thanked those who acted"with kindness, who reached out to me privately to offer wisdom, education, and resources. That’s what I needed and it was received."
DABABY'S ROLLING LOUD COMMENTS
DaBaby has faced major backlash after making controversial comments about gay men, HIV, and AIDS during his Rolling Loud set in Miami on July 25.
“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, then put your cellphone light up," he said.
"Ladies, if your p***y smell like water, put a cellphone light them up. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d**k in the parking lot put your cellphone light up. Keep it real."
for spreading misinformation about HIV and AIDS, alongside stigmatizing the illness.
He doubled down on the comments after first attempting to make an apology in which he made further controversial remarks.
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The rapper responded again in a self-directed video for his new song Giving What It’s Supposed to Give.
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“My apologies for being me, the same way you want the freedom to be you,” an end card reads.
During the video, DaBaby also holds up a sign saying AIDS as he raps, “B****, we like AIDS, I’m on your a**, we won’t go away.”