1. DaBaby rose to prominence in the late 2010s with songs like "Suge" and features on songs with Post Malone and Dua Lipa . But then, in 2021, he was accused of making anti-gay comments while performing at the Rolling Loud Festival.
He said to the crowd, "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. Ladies, if your p**** smell like water, put your cellphone lighter up. Fellas, if you ain't sucking d*** in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up.
" After backlash, he took to Instagram, saying, "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 in the street.
The hell you talking about, n—as? Then I said if you ain't sucking d— in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up. You know what my gay fans did? Put that motherf—ing light up, n—a, 'cause my gay fans ain't going for that. They got class.
They ain't sucking no d— in no parking lot." After his comments, DaBaby was dropped from multiple festival lineups. His credit on the high-charting song "Levitating" with Dua Lipa was also dropped from multiple Billboard lists after radio stations started playing the solo version rather than the version with his feature.
DaBaby then apologized for his comments, but the damage was done. Paired with several run-ins with the law and once hitting a female fan,* DaBaby's next .