During his set at Rolling Loud Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on 25 July, DaBaby claimed that HIV-positive people will “die in two to three weeks” before making derogatory comments about his gay fans “sucking d**k” in the parking lot.
The comments resulted in widespread criticism and saw the rapper dropped from several festival lineups, such as Lollapalooza, iHeartRadio, Parklife and the Governors Ball.
Prior to appearing on stage at Hot97’s Summer Jam 2021 in New Jersey on Sunday (August 22), he used a pre-taped video message to address the backlash his homophobic comments received.
The rapper appeared to make a genuine apology, claiming that he “never, ever meant to offend anybody” with his words. In the clip, DaBaby said: “[Hot 97] allowed