Looks like Da Baby had a show scheduled for Friday at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, but it was reportedly canceled due to low ticket sales, according to NOLA.
The outlet reported that some tickets were priced as low as $35 but the number of tickets sold was fewer than 500 for an arena that seats 14,000 people or more.
Faced with the possibility of potentially losing hundreds of thousands of dollars if DaBaby performed in a mostly empty arena, the show’s promoter apparently agreed to just cut his losses and cancel the show.
As we previously reported, Da Baby received a lot of backlash when he hit the stage at Rolling Loud 8 months ago after he said, “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS or any of the deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up .” Which quickly had the internet In a frenzy.
It’s not clear if that is the reason fans in New Orleans didn’t buy his tickets. But once the news broke Twitter users were quick to assume that was the reason why. Since that viral moment, Da Baby has been focused on his music and still continues to drop songs and videos. The rapper hasn’t responded to his show being canceled at the moment.