DaBaby was canceled by almost every other music festival because of his homophobic rant.
Summer Jam did not cancel DaBaby — and during his performance yesterday, he thanked them while on stage.
He thanked the festival for “allowed me to share my gift, share my blessing with y’all out here live on this stage amongst all the chaos and all the backlash. So hats off to y’all for that. … They accepted my sincerity and all my apologies when I said I never, ever meant to offend anybody or say anything to make anybody feel any type of way live on that stage a few weeks ago,” he said.
DaBaby gives his thanks to @HOT97 and lists several reasons why they let him perform tonight #SummerJam pic.twitter.com/F0d4sAoWsL
— Eric Diep (@E_Diep) August 23, 2021
He continued: “And Hot 97 was also willing to stick they neck out on the line, willing to go against all odds with everything going on out here in the world — they still allowed me to come right here on this stage and utilize their platform. They helped the world move forward and become a better place and not dismiss people off mistakes made like we ain’t human.”
DaBaby is performing. He opens his set with a video that was part apology and part thanking Hot 97 for letting him perform after his homophobic statements at Rolling Loud pic.twitter.com/dBsQsnbA4d
— Jeremy Schneider (@J_Schneider) August 23, 2021
“Make some noise if y’all want me to be careful. Make some noise if y’all want Baby to turn the f**k up” pic.twitter.com/9NJgocJPz1
— Jeremy Schneider (@J_Schneider) August 23, 2021
