Elton John politely joined the public backlash against rapper DaBaby for his anti-ghey and anti-HIV rant at Rolling Loud.
The openly ghey pop icon slammed rapper DaBaby for stigmatizing HIV/AIDS survivors with his hateful speech on July 25 in Miami, Florida.
The rapper urged concertgoers who didn’t have HIV or AIDS or “any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases” to “put your cellphone light in the air”.
He also urged heterosexual men to raise their cellphones high if they didn’t give oral sex to other males in the parking lot.
DaBaby immediately received backlash for his remarks from gay rights activists and officials, and now Sir Elton John is criticizing him for adding to “stigma and discrimination”.
“We’ve been shocked to read about the HIV misinformation and homophobic statements made at a recent DaBaby show,” he wrote on Instagram.
“This fuels stigma and discrimination and is the opposite of what our world needs to fight the AIDS epidemic.
“HIV misinformation and homophobia have no place in the music industry. We must break down the stigma around HIV and not spread it. As musicians, it’s our job to bring people together.”
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? Homophobic and HIV mistruths have no place in our society and industry and as musicians, we must spread compassion and love for the most marginalised people in our communities.
A musician’s job is to bring people together.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 28, 2021
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? In America, a gay black man has a 50% lifetime chance of contracting HIV. Stigma and shame around HIV and homosexuality is a huge driver of this vulnerability. We need to break down the myths and judgements and not fuel these.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 28, 2021
DaBaby has now apologized twice for his verbal rampage, tweeting:
“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 [sic].”
DaBaby is officially canceled. Several of the rapper’s upcoming shows have been canceled by club promoters who don’t want their venues destroyed by angry protesters.
