KEY POINTS

  • Netizens noticed Sunday that DaBaby's apology for his homophobic remarks was no longer on his Instagram
  • He was slammed on social media, with some speculating the apology had been written by his team rather than the artist himself
  • He had apologized to the LGBTQ+ community for his "hurtful and triggering comments" in his since-deleted post

DaBaby appears to have deleted from his Instagram page his apology for his homophobic remarks.

Just a week after posting a lengthy apology for his homophobic comments during last month's Rolling Loud Miami set, fans noticed Sunday that the rapper's Aug. 2 statement is no longer visible on his Instagram account, Page Six reported.

A representative for DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, did not immediately respond to the outlet's request for comment.

In the since-deleted post, the 29-year-old rapper wrote, "I 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 knew education on this is important. Love to all. God bless."

The statement was posted shortly after the organizers of Lollapalooza, Governors Ball and several other music festivals dropped DaBaby from their lineups.

The apparent removal of the apology from his account once more sparked outrage online, and a number of Twitter users called out DaBaby anew.

"Told ya that was a fake apology. DaBaby is a disgrace, a misogynist and a homophobic bigot. Yeah, I said it and I'm Black and I'm straight," one person tweeted.

"He said, 'since y’all still roasting me after my apology, then [I'm going to] take my apology back.' He ain’t sorry for real smh," another commented.

"Why [are] y'all surprised? [I] mean it obviously came from his team and not literally from him," a third added.

"This man has been a menace to society since he was born, that's kinda his thing," a fourth user wrote.

Some believed he shouldn't have apologized in the first place. "Good, he was bullied into it anyway. He shouldn’t have to apologize," one Twitter user wrote.

"They didn't seem to accept the apology, so why bother?" another commented.

The backlash stemmed from DaBaby's July 25 performance at the music festival, where he was heard telling the audience "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 up."

A number of celebrities, including Dua Lipa, Madonna, Elton John and Questlove, had taken to social media to criticize the rapper for his remarks.

DaBaby first apologized for his controversial statements on Twitter on July 28, and the post is still visible on his page.

"What I said was insensitive even though I have no intentions [of] offending anybody. So my apologies," he tweeted. "But the LGBT community… I ain't [tripping] on y'all, do you. Y'all business is y'all business."

DaBaby sparked widespread backlash during his performance at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami on July 25, 2021, when he was accused of spreading misinformation about HIV and AIDS
DaBaby sparked widespread backlash during his performance at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami on July 25, 2021, when he was accused of spreading misinformation about HIV and AIDS GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Rich Fury