Dua Lipa, Elton John & Victoria Monet

Multiple celebrities are calling out DaBaby for the homophobic, misogynist, and dangerously false statements he lately shouted throughout his set at Rolling Loud Miami. Throughout his efficiency, the 29-year-old rapper stated, “If you happen to didn’t present up in the present day with HIV, AIDS, any of them lethal sexually transmitted ailments that’ll make you die in two, three weeks, then put your cellphone gentle up.” He additionally advised the group, “Girls, in case your p*ssy scent like water, put a cellphone gentle up. Fellas, should you ain’t sucking d*ck within the car parking zone, put your cellphone gentle up. Hold it actual.”

Dua Lipa, Elton John, and Victoria Monet are among the many stars who’ve condemned DaBaby because the July 25 onstage incident. DaBaby collaborated with Dua Lipa, contributing a verse on the 2020 “Levitating” remix, which has turn into one of the in style tracks of 2021, with the music peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in Might. Dua Lipa immediately disapproved through a July 28 Instagram Story, condemning the Cleveland artist’s feedback. “I’m stunned and horrified at DaBaby’s feedback. I actually don’t acknowledge this because the particular person I labored with,” she stated. “I do know my followers know the place my coronary heart lies and that I 100% stand with the LGBTQ group. We have to come collectively to struggle the stigma and ignorance round HIV/AIDS.”

Elton John took to Twitter to share his considerate and informative response to DaBaby’s rant whereas additionally posting info that countered the misinformation the rapper had shared to 1000’s of festival-goers. The music legend tweeted, “We have been shocked to learn in regards to the HIV misinformation and homophobic statements made at a latest DaBaby present. This fuels stigma and discrimination and is the other of what our world must struggle the AIDS epidemic.” The 74-year-old artist and founding father of the Elton John Aids Foundation accomplished his assertion with a picture publish that learn, “HIV misinformation has no place within the music business. We should break down the stigma round HIV and never unfold it. As musicians, it’s our job to convey folks collectively.”

In his thread of 5 tweets, John went on to interrupt down statistics and clarify why it’s so vital that folks with platforms ought to steer clear of spreading false info, notably in the case of sharing that info to Black males who’ve disproportionally been impacted by the AIDS epidemic. In one specific tweet, he tackled DaBaby’s “ailments that’ll make you die in two, three weeks” remark head-on, sharing, “You possibly can dwell an extended and wholesome life with HIV. Therapy is so superior that with one tablet a day, HIV can turn into undetectable in your physique so you may’t move it onto different folks.”

Dua Lipa’s response got here a day after DaBaby shared a five-minute Instagram story to his 19 million followers, which gave the impression to be an try to elucidate his feedback however ended up being much less of an apology and extra of him doubling down on the inaccurate info he’d beforehand shared. “I’m gonna deal with this weak-ass web s— one time, after which I’mma get again to giving my like to my followers, ’trigger what me and my followers do on the dwell present, it don’t concern you n— on the web otherwise you bitter b— on the web,” he shared firstly of the video. He went on to say, “…My homosexual followers don’t acquired f—ing AIDS, silly ass n—.” He added, “They don’t acquired AIDS. My homosexual followers, they maintain themselves. They ain’t no nasty homosexual n—, see what I’m saying? They ain’t no junkies on the road.”

People on social media are continuing to call out DaBaby for his homophobic feedback and non-apology, taking to Twitter to launch campaigns to interchange DaBaby’s verse on “Levitating.” One fan shared a do-it-yourself remix of “Levitating” feating Megan Thee Stallion’s “Fkn Round” verse.

One other fan shared that they suppose Dua Lipa ought to re-record the observe with Lil Nas X, tweeting, “Can we get Dua Lipa to re-record the ‘Levitating’ remix with @lilnasx as a substitute bc DaBaby is a homophobe.”

And if these strategies don’t work out, singer-songwriter Victoria Monet provided up her vocals as nicely: “If she wish to substitute DaBaby’s verse on levitating I’m completely obtainable.”