Rapper T.I. has come to the defense of fellow hip-hop artist DaBaby following his homophobic remarks last weekend.
T.I. took to Instagram to criticize the gay community for its response to DaBaby, who had blamed gay men specifically for spreading AIDS. T.I. has objected to the criticism, claiming DaBaby was the real victim in the situation.
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“Now, I understand people saying that they feel it’s insensitive. I think you guys have to understand that onstage is not the place that rappers go to be sensitive and soothe everybody’s feelings,” T.I. said in the post. “If that is the case, why do words cause such a visceral reaction that will lead to someone trying to attack, villainize, demonize, crucify, condemn?”
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“That sh*t is…Now you bullying,” he continued. “We all stood up on behalf of gays and lesbians and people in the gay community because we thought it was some bullsh*t for y’all to have to be bullied. But I don’t think any of us did that to feel like you would now have the authority to come and bully us.”
T.I. had previously defended DaBaby in a conversation with comedian Zoie, claiming DaBaby had not tried to offend anyone.
“I’m not trying to excuse anything. I’m only merely attempting to explain how it could be tangled in some confusion,” T.I. said at the time. He also had previously defended DaBaby by attacking gay rapper Lil Nas X on social media saying “If Lil Nas X can kick his s**t in peace…so should dababy.”
In the wake of the criticism over his comments, DaBaby released an apology on Twitter July 27.
Anybody who done ever been effected by AIDS/HIV y’all got the right to be upset, what I said was insensitive even though I have no intentions on offending anybody. So my apologies ??
But the LGBT community… I ain’t trippin on y’all, do you. y’all business is y’all business.
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) July 27, 2021
“Anybody who done ever been effected [sic] by AIDS/HIV y’all got the right to be upset, what I said was insensitive even though I have no intentions on offending anybody. So my apologies,” he tweeted. “But the LGBT community… I ain’t trippin on y’all, do you. y’all business is y’all business.”
DaBaby then added insult to injury by releasing a new video with further references to AIDS.
Despite the apology, DaBaby has continued to endure criticism from Dua Lipa, Elton John, Lil Nas X, Madonna, Questlove and more. A music festival in the UK also dropped him from its planned lineup earlier this week.
Cam
Well, no. People have the right to express an opinion in either direction. Buy their music, or not. That’s your right. There’s no bullying involved.
DaBaby just lost audience. And that’s the RealCam’s opinion, which is worth what you paid for it.
Cam
@Cam (Stolen Screename)
Hi same old right wing troll that’s trying to steal my screenname.
I LOVE how you think that if you say something bigoted or rac-ist under my screenname that it will have more weight to it then if you said it under your other screennames.
Thank you for acknowledging that you feel inferior to all of the other people on the site and understand that using our screennames will be more meaningful than using yours.
Your trolling is sad and embarrassing.
Now back to TI and DaBaby, you have to love people who attack others, then when called on it cry and play victim. Maybe they should think about becoming Republicans.
Cam
Wait, I’m the real Cam and I believe in free speech, the values of America, and democracy. This problem will take care of itself and is obviously already doing so.
This fake Cam wants people to sit down, shut up, and go away if they don’t worship everything he says.
What a troll, clearly from Russia!
Cam
@Cam (Stolen Screename).
Your rage and constant attempts to steal my screename prove that everything I’ve said about you over the years is true.
One right wing troll, multiple screenames, all here to defend bigoted Republicans and attack LGBTQ people.
I love that your obsession with me has made you forget your job trolling. LOL
Cam
@Cam (Stolen Screenname)
Oh, girl, please. Your rage and constant trolling prove everything everybody’s said over the years about you is true. All this just gives you less time to troll in your continuous unemployed haze.
I’m the real Cam. It’s mine. All mine. Me. I’m real, you’re not.
Kenny C
DaBaby has a history of domestic violence against women. T.I. is known womenizer but bragged to the media about forcing his 18 year old daughter to get her hymen checked by doctor to make sure she was still a virgin.
Homophobia, toxic masculinity and misogyny seem to always come in wrapped in the same package. They can hold hands and walk into the sunset as they become more and more irrelevant relics that I will be happy to see disappear.
jcool
T.I. is this generation’s Bill Cosby
Donston
It’s almost yawn-worthy at this point because it’s so damn predictable. Randomly and publicly ranting, berating and hating and then when there’s the slightest bit of repercussions or backlash claim that you’re getting “bullied”. Very predictable stuff. While T.I. has already shown again and Alina how tired he is.
Like I mentioned in a previous post, this is pretty much all driven by Lil Nas X’s continued popularity, his BET performance and the “Industry Baby” video. They are clearly the sensitive ones who have been triggered, and I find it hilarious (sad as well but still hilarious).
mikeTigg
Maybe Da Baby should go back to school and learn how to speak English properly. Never mind about offending the LGBQT community with his remarks, just opening his mouth and speaking or c-rapping is offence enough.
cc423
Da Big Fat Whiney Baby is more like it.
hotflyer99
If what you speak out of your mouth is trash then you are a trash human in my opinion. I am a black man and what the Dababy said is equivalent to if a country singer went on stage and started using the N word. Bigotry of any kind is trash regardless. Totally an embarrassment to the black community you can’t expect change in our country when it comes to bigotry and racism homophobia if you’re behaving the same way. Maybe its not so much an Aids issues rather the rampant “Down Low” in our community that needs to be address which contributes to the Aids problem that has plague the Black Community. You don’t just get aids by going to the grocery store. You get Aids in most cases not all by being reckless with your sexual health that’s if you’re straight or Gay.
barryaksarben
You would think these were old white guys. Attacking gays then blaming the gays for being pissed they are attacked. GO F**K yourselves. And all the assholes who are defending the indefensable. If some white singer ranted about poc on stage I bet no one of these guys would rush out to defend what is said on stage. TOTAL BULLSHIT
Chrisk
Yeah the hypocrisy is blinding. You God damn well know if it was a white singer up there telling everyone that blacks were disease ridden and should never come to their concerts these guys would be bitching about white racism non stop. Plus nobody would dare defend the singer that said that. They will be canceled overnight.
Kangol2
Well, Barryaksarben and ChrisK, country singer Morgan Wallen not only used a racist epithet and was recorded doing it but instead of rejecting and criticizing him his mostly White fans streamed even more of his music? He issued a clumsy apology and was on Saturday Night Live not long thereafter, yukking it up with the actors on there. That doesn’t sound like much punishment to me. What’s that about hypocrisy? Whether it’s anti-LGBTQ or racist epithets or misogynistic crap or all of these, it’s WRONG. Instead of the whataboutism, just call these people out for their f*cked up behavior.
Chrisk
Kangol2
Well, the country music singer been dropped from his record label and banned from the CMA for a year so far. Plus, allot of radio stations are refusing to play him. Good.
It will be interesting to see if Da D*uchebag gets any consequences at all. I won’t hold my breath though. Strongly worded tweets from celebrities don’t really count.
KyleMichelSullivan
Who?
Liquid Silver
Exactly. I have no idea who TI or DaBaby are, and don’t really care.
I’m figuring that, after all this, fewer people care. That’s a good thing.
Chrisk
I was thinking the same thing. Too bad I don’t like shitty music so I could boycott them.
James
TI is nothing but a 50 year old washed up stupid has-been who is still trying to act like he is 18.
James
THE MORON HAS 18 CHILDREN BY SIX WOMEN. YOU THINK HE SUPPORTS THEM ALL.
Chrisk
Yikes. Well I guess we know that he knows a thing or two about misogyny. That and being a shitty person all the way around.
Who’s next to come to the dababy’s defense. Chris Brown?
sam83
Toxic masculinity at its finest and way too common in hip hop culture. I made the mistake of reading some comments on another post on Instagram related to this topic and infuriating that some were making the argument that it’s ok to be homophobic bc racism still exists…like wtf. How about both have no place in society in 2021?!
James
I saw those comments also. They were made by trashy stupid high school students who are bullies. They of course will go nowhere in life. Their only dream is some record company will sign them and put up with their stupidity. Idiots.
Liquid Silver
Eh, I gave up on both sides of the argument when it became fine to pick on some races over others. The hypocrisy became distasteful and I checked out of the argument with the realization that humans are pretty scummy, what went around will come around again, and history teaches us nothing.
And then the 1950’s turned into the 2020’s and those races all call each other names, it’s no better, and nobody’s learned a thing.
People are just dumb.
Chrisk
Liquid Silver
Yep just like I left my small town up in Washington state because of the racism that I saw. Then I come to find out that black and brown people can be just as bigoted. It will always come down to hate for the other. It’s never ending.
Kangol2
Yep, both have no place in society in 2021. Unfortunately, there are a lot of homophobes and racists running around, including one who occupied the White House from 2017 through January of this year, so it shouldn’t be surprising that people feel both are OK. I mean, if the president of the USA, the most powerful person on earth, can be openly racist AND support and promote outright homophobes and an openly homophobic party, why should anyone feel either is wrong?
Fahd
This is a simple case of dumb and dumber. A curse on both their houses.
Donston
They never have this same energy and anger towards “lesbians” or women who hype up indulging homo behaviors. Of course, we know why.
SDR94103
ti is a bottom dweller.
JRamonMc
Dacrybaby needs to stay in his lane and go sit down. Any grown ass man that expects to be in an examination room with his daughter to make sure she’s still a virgin is just a sick pervert!
atypical
It’s too bad that the music industry–if you can call it that, has descended to such an idiocracy. That’s not even to say what has happened to our society and its intelligence. It’s a crying shame.
Kangol2
Both are walking examples of homphobic, toxic masculinity, both are triggered by Lil Nas X’s success, and both really ought to go sit somewhere and mind their own business, since scandal has trailed both, especially T.I. Aren’t he and his wife facing charges of having sexually assaulted women in Los Angeles and Las Vegas? Should he really be publicly opining about anything?
Jon in Canada
As my beautiful Blatino husband would say: “Negro Please”.
garybw
With his logic, condemning the KKK or slave owners is bullying.
And if they sampled a beat, and got onstage it would be ok, a phat jam. The south rises again.
Ti and duh baby – these two idiots need to shut the F up.
armandov
Rappers have built their music and the industry around hating on gay people. The shorthand- hetero black men are the most homophobic men in the US. It’s mainly because they are ignorant and ghetto. DaBaby and TI are simply reinforcing that stereotype.
JayJayBinks
We waste so much time on these fools
Chrisk
Ha. Plus most of us don’t even know who these fools are.
tgsusie
So dababy wants to use his music to degrade the lbgt population and when they speak up about it he wants to get all but hurt saying it’s a joke, look at how I’ve actually supported you….. Sounds like the same bullshit my ex said as she was mentally abusing me.
Dababy needs a diaper changed a baba, and a nap.
Consider This
What a loser…
cuteguy
This m0ron just verified what I’ve always said about ghetto blacks and how they hate on us. But then you have the CAMs and others on here with their heads stuck up their ignorant a$$es. Even some previous comments on here have agreed with me. And no I’m not a rep troll. Just keeping it real.
draven
Remember when Chris brown had a problem with frank ocean. I’m glad lil nas x has body guards because people will try to do something to you especially in the entertainment industry were jealously is full force. None of these folks sing about love.
woodroad34
Oh,, so Tenant Improvement thinks gays are bullies? Supporting someone who has just been caught bullying and whose name makes him sound like a big ol’ Snowflake and then calling us ‘bullies’, doesn’t do much for his cred. Stick a bottle in that whiny mouth and change his diapers. Bad comedy, bad people.
Terrycloth
Look I’m all for free speech but look , when I’m paying alot of money to see a performer I expect to be entertained…I don’t wanna hear kid Rock being homophobic, Ted Nugent giving is his political rant…play your songs.let us sing along and dance ..what the baby or whoever he is said was insensitive and uncalled for to stick up for him showse you agree and have the same mentality..I bet we would get crap if we said something at a rap concert the crowd would turn on us…keep your views to yourself. And do what you do without insulting many people who buy your records
Invader7
” Birds of a feather… “
PhillyProud
I’m sometimes baffled by the lack of empathy from people of color. Granted LGBTQ history doesn’t come close to Black peoples’ history. But, the narrative of the majority oppressing and condemning the minority is still the same. When a white coworker pointed out to a Black coworker (who just referred to his neighbor as a “fa***t”) that THAT word coming from a non-gay man is just as much a form of supremacy as dropping the N word is for a white person. The Black coworker said, “I don’t see it that way”. Imagine a white person saying the same thing to a Black person after dropping the N word…
cuteguy
Well said