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DaBaby Dupes Us All, Deletes Apology Statement to LGBTQ+ Community From Social Media

The rapper issued the second apology in a single Instagram post following the increasing backlash from comments made at Rolling Loud Miami.

It seems weโ€™ve all been duped, bamboozled and hoodwinked when it comes to DaBabyโ€™s remorseful statement to the LGBTQ community.

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As previously reported by The Root, the โ€œMasterpieceโ€ rapper issued an apology on August 2 for the homophobic comments he made at this yearโ€™s Rolling Loud Miami. In the single, since-deleted Instagram post, DaBaby wrote:

โ€œSocial media moves so fast that people want to demolish you before you even have the opportunity to grow, educate and learn from your mistakes. As a man who had to make his own way from very difficult circumstances, having people I know publicly working against meโ€” knowing what I needed was education on these topics and guidanceโ€”has been challenging. I appreciate the many people who came to me with kindness, reached out to me privately to offer wisdom, education and resources. Thatโ€™s what I needed and it was received.โ€

He concluded, โ€œI want to apologize to the LGBTQ+ community for the hurtful and triggering comments I made. Again, I apologize for my misinformed comments about HIV/AIDS and I know education on this is important. Love to all. God Bless.โ€

Hmm. A totally different tune from his first โ€œapology,โ€ right? I mean we all know da publicist probably wrote it but, save for a few flawsโ€”like the fact that this apology still puts the responsibility on others to educate him and that the statement basically reads like โ€œdamn, so I was wrong about what I said but yโ€™all didnโ€™t have to get mad about it thoughโ€โ€”itโ€™s a decent (read: PR-mandated) apology.

So why then, per Pitchfork, did DaBaby feel compelled to da-lete delete it? Were we all da-ceived? Was da apology really disingenuous after all? Iโ€™ll let you be the judge of that.

Seeing as how this move comes right on the heels of that open letter sent by over 10 HIV/AIDS organizations to the Billion Dollar Baby rapper, if an olive branch was what he was hoping to extend by initially making the statementโ€”I regret to inform him that itโ€™s unfortunately not โ€œgiving what it was supposed to give.โ€

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