She added: “We all need to call out what we’re uncomfortable with. We need to call out what we stand for and for what we believe is right.”
“It is about time,” the ‘Hot Girl Summer’ rapper said. “Representation is important, and it is really crucial for us all to have compassion and acceptance of every human.”
Organisations such as GLAAD, Black AIDS Institute, Prevention Access Campaign, and more, as well as leading academics, delivered the address after the rapper (real name Jonathan Lyndale Kirk) issued an apology for his homophobic rant at Miami’s Rolling Loud Festival last month.
During his performance, the rapper encouraged the crowd to put their mobile phone flashlights in the air if they “didn’t show up today with HIV/AIDS or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that will make you die in two to three weeks”.
Elsewhere, he said: “Fellas, if you ain’t sucking dick in the parking lot, put your cellphone light up.”
Apologising for his comments on Monday (Aug 2), DaBaby said: “I want to apologise to the LGBTQ+ community for the hurtful and triggering comments I made.
“Again, I apologise for my misinformed comments about HIV/AIDS and I know education on this is important.
“I appreciate the many people who came to me with kindness, who reached out to me privately to offer wisdom, education, and resources. That’s what I needed and it was received.”
Soon after making his apology it appeared to be have been deleted from his Instagram page.
Meanwhile, Nick Cannon has voiced his support for DaBaby following the rapper’s recent apology.
