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DaBaby was dropped from Lollapalooza after failing to deliver video apology
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 4 August 2021
DaBaby had his Lollapalooza set cancelled at the last minute at the weekend after he failed to deliver on a promise that he would make a full apology for his homophobic remarks at the Rolling Loud Miami festival a week earlier.
When the rapper’s Lollapalooza set was pulled, it started a run of festival performance cancellations. However, with Lollapalooza’s decision being announced just hours before the rapper was due to take to the stage, many wondered why organisers had not acted sooner, given that the controversy had been growing – exacerbated by further comments made by DaBaby – as the previous week progressed.
On stage at Rolling Miami last month, of course, DaBaby told his audience: “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 pussy smell like water, put your cellphone lighter up! Fellas, if you ain’t sucking dick in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up!”
Various attempts to address the controversy in the following days, including a half apology, only made matters worse. However, behind the scenes, according to Billboard, reps for the rapper had contacted several festivals where DaBaby was due to perform promising that a proper apology was on the way.
The big plan, apparently, was that DaBaby would screen a video featuring a sincere apology as the opening of his Lollapalooza set. However, as his stage time drew closer, no such video emerged, leading organisers to cancel his show entirely. Other festivals have also announced they are removing the rapper from their line-ups – many following Lollapalooza’s decision – including Austin City Limits, iHeartRadio Music Festival, the Governors Ball and Day N Vegas, all in the US, plus Parklife in the UK.
Following the Lollapalooza cancellation – and as the other festival cancellations started to mount up – DaBaby did issue a new and proper apology, of course, albeit one that complained that the reaction on social media hadn’t given him to to learn why what he said was wrong.
