DaBaby Dropped From Lollapalooza Hours Before He Was Scheduled To Take Stage, Organizers Cite His Homophobic Rant As Reason
Aug. 1 2021, Published 11:54 a.m. ET
DaBaby continues to feel the heat after he decided to go off on the LGBQT+ community and those living with HIV.
The 29-year-old rapper was scheduled to perform tonight at the famed music festival Lollapalooza later today but organizers announced they have pulled him.
DaBaby was scheduled to take the stage later tonight and was one of the main headliners. The festival organizers said, "Lollapalooza was founded on diversity, inclusivity, respect, and love. With that in mind, DaBaby will no longer be performing at Grant Park tonight. Young Thug will now perform at 9:00 pm on the Bud Light Seltzer Stage."
The music festival dropping him is likely to not only hurt his pocketbook but his reputation. The fallout has been quick since DaBaby performed at Rolling Loud and greeted the audience with a homophobic rant.
He said, "If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases, that’ll make you die in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up.”
In his first attempt at an "apology", DaBaby said, "Because even my gay fans don't got f--king AIDS, stupid [expletive] n---as. They don't got AIDS. My gay fans, they take care of themselves. They ain't no nasty gay n---as, see what I'm saying? They ain't no junkies on the street."
