'I really don’t recognise this as the person I worked with': Dua Lipa reveals she's 'horrified' by homophobic comments made by DaBaby at music festival
- DaBaby encouraged his fans at a Miami festival to raise their phones in the air
- But he excluded HIV-positive and gay men who have had sex in a car park
- Dua Lipa took to her Instagram to speak out against DaBaby's homophobic comments
Dua Lipa has spoken out against homophobic comments made by DaBaby at a recent music festival.
The 29-year-old rapper had been appearing at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami when he addressed the crowd during his set.
He encouraged them to raise their mobile phones in the air - unless they were HIV-positive or gay men who had had sex with another man in a car park.
Speaking to the crowd, DaBaby then said: 'If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light in the air.
'I really don’t recognise this as the person I worked with': Dua Lipa has revealed she is 'horrified' by homophobic comments made by DaBaby at a recent music festival
'Ladies, if your p***y smell like water, put your cellphone light in the air.
'Fellas, if you ain’t suck a n****’s d**k in the parking lot, put your cellphone lights in the air. Keep it f*****g real.'
Taking to her Instagram story on Tuesday evening, Dua, 25, condemned the comments made by DaBaby.
She wrote: 'I’m surprised and horrified at DaBaby‘s comments. I really don’t recognize this as the person I worked with.
Under fire: Addressing the crowd at the Rolling Loud festival, DaBaby said: ''Fellas, if you ain’t suck a n****’s d**k in the parking lot, put your cellphone lights in the air' (pictured March)
'I know my fans know where my heart lies and that I stand 100% with the LGBTQ community. We need to come together to fight the stigma and ignorance around HIV/AIDS.'
Dua Lipa and DaBaby previously worked together for a remix of her song Levitating, for her album Future Nostalgia.
Among his comments, DaBaby falsely claimed that HIV and AIDS 'make you die in two or three weeks', but medication to help those with HIV live long and happy lives has been available for many years.
MailOnline has approached representatives for DaBaby for comment.
Speaking out: Taking to her Instagram story on Tuesday evening, Dua Lipa condemned the comments made by DaBaby
Earlier this year, DaBaby sparked a strong reaction from social media users after he seemingly referred to JoJo Siwa as a 'b***h' in one of his new songs.
The rapper left fans confused when he released a track called Beatbox Freestyle which appeared to diss the 17-year-old singer.
However, DaBaby has since insisted he was not trying to slam JoJo and the internet has misunderstood the meaning behind the lyrics.
In the song, he raps: "N****, you a b***h/ JoJo Siwa, b***h/ She let the wrong n**** get rich,' while holding up a photo of JoJo to the camera.
Previous colleagues: Dua Lipa and DaBaby previously worked together for a remix of her song Levitating, for her album Future Nostalgia (pictured together in March 2021)
Fans quickly took to social media to poke fun at DaBaby for apparently hitting out at the teen star.
One user wrote: 'DaBaby got no reason to call out JoJo Siwa like that,' while anothe rsaid: 'Of all the people for DaBaby to be beefing with and he picks JoJo Siwa????'
Another added: 'DaBaby is going to need to explain that JoJo Siwa bar because I am confusion'.
Several others shared hilarious memes poking fun at the rap before DaBaby took to Twitter to clarify the meaning behind his rap.
Track: DaBaby sparked a strong reaction from social media users earlier this year after he seemingly referred to JoJo Siwa as a 'b***h' in a new song
Clarification: The rapper insisted the track was not a diss to JoJo but was a play on words as his real name is Jonathan ('JoJo') and he used Siwa as a twist on 'see why'
The rapper insisted the track was not a diss to JoJo but was a play on words as his real name is Jonathan ('JoJo') and he used Siwa as a twist on 'see why'.
Taking to social media, he wrote: 'I love Twitter bruh,' before he messaged JoJo directly and insisted he is a big fan and his daughter also loves her.
DaBaby wrote: '@JoJoSiwa my 3 year old princess is your number 1 fan. I bought her every product you have out. She think she you.
'Don't let em trick you into thinking id ever have a problem with you. My word play just went over their heads. All love on my end shawty, Keep shinning!'
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