As video of his comments at a festival on July 25 were shared on social media, DaBaby was rebuked by fans and celebrities alike. In an Instagram Live in which…
The announcement was made about 12 hours before the rapper was scheduled to perform on the final day of the Chicago festival. Rapper Young Thug will take DaBaby’s 9 p.m. slot, a coveted position on one of the festival’s main stages, Lollapalooza tweeted.
The decision came a week after the 29-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, directed homophobic and sexist comments to those in the LGBTQ+ community and people with HIV/AIDS during his set at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami Gardens, Fla.
DaShawn Usher, GLAAD’s associate director of communities of colour, slammed DaBaby’s rhetoric as “inaccurate, hurtful, and harmful to the LGBTQ community and the estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV.” Artists in the music industry were quick to condemn DaBaby, including pop singer Dua Lipa, with whom he collaborated last year on a remix of her popular song “Levitating.”
“Homophobic and HIV mistruths have no place in our society and industry and as musicians, we must spread compassion and love for the most marginalized people in our communities,” John wrote in tweets that included scientifically accurate information. “A musician’s job is to bring people together.”
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