Rapper DaBaby is under fire for “saving” stabbing victim Iryna Zarutska in the new music video for his single “Save Me.”
The video shows DaBaby sitting across from an actress portraying victim Iryna Zarutska on the Blue Line light rail train in Charlotte, NC.
Zarutska was fatally stabbed by Decarlos Brown Jr. on the same train on Aug. 22.
Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was pronounced dead at the scene. But the story didn’t make national headlines until September when CATS officials released the graphic video footage.
In the music video, DaBaby portrays himself as the hero who stops Brown from stabbing Zarutska.
Text in the video reads, “A Dedication to Iryna Zarutska,” with a link to a GoFundMe for her.
CATS officials confirm the video was filmed Monday night on the Blue Line light rail. Officials were not involved in the filming. But real security guards are seen escorting DaBaby and the actors off the train.
CATS officials tell Queen City News that they did not grant permission for the use of the train.
“This filming was reported last night via the CATS See-Say Application in the CATS-Pass App at which time security responded by escorting them off the vehicle as per the video,” officials said.
Watch the video below.
