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Cousins! Appearing in an interview with Hot 97 DaBaby spoke out publicly for the very first time on the series of controversial events that he believes led up to him being Black balled within the industry!
The North Carolina native reflected on the backlash he received following his viral ‘Rolling Loud” 2021 set and says that things wouldn’t have been so bad for him if he didn’t bring out fellow artist Tory Lanez. “ I’m not into conspiracy theories this and that until you see it cost a n*gg a hundred million dollars within a year’s span,” DaBaby responded when asked if thinks the controversy would’ve blown up if he made different choice.
DaBaby says that the move wasn’t intentionally towards Megan Thee Stallion, despite fans believing the act was made purposely to amplify the controversy between the two.“I mean I don’t look at it as a good or bad move I’m not in their business like that.” DaBaby explains that he only brought Tory on stage with him was because they had recently released a song together titled ‘SKAT’. He claims that Meg knew they’d been working together prior to the viral moment.
However the next day after ‘SKAT’ debut Megan and DaBaby had a brief exchange on social media that turned ugly pretty quick.
Show hosts Peter Rosenberg and Ebro Darden also expressed their feelings towards DaBaby name dropping Meg with in a single for his recently released project ‘Baby On Baby 2,’ where he hinted at them having sexual relations in the past.
“You play with me, that shit was childish / The day before she say that Tory Lanez shot her, I was fucking on Megan Thee Stallion / Waited to say this shit on my next album / Hit it the day before too / But I kept it playa, I ain’t say nothing ’bout it,” he rapped on the song“Boogeyman.”
DaBaby claims that the track had been completed nearly a year ago and that he doesn’t feel the need to change the lyrics no matter how others may feel because it’s his own experience. “The song been done, for real, for real, damn near going on a year. And when I say something, it’s gonna go out. It is what it is. Like I say a long time ago, keep me out the business.’
DaBaby continues, “It’s a song that’s out right now – n-ggas can take it how they wanna take it. I ain’t tripping, it’s a song that’s out. You wish I’d have left it off? Ain’t nothing to feel weird about. It ain’t happen to you.”
Megan never publicly addressed the forwarded claims, instead during her set at this year’s iHeart Radio Awards she made a statement about loving the skin she’s in. ‘So look, I don’t know about y’all but I love my body,” she said on stage at the time. “I do what I want to with my body, when I want to with my body, with who I want to with my body. ‘Cause it’s who? My body.”