DaBaby Meets With HIV Organizations After Homophobic Comment Controversy
DaBaby is trying to do better!
The rap star joined a virtual meeting last week to discuss HIV education in the wake of his homophobic Rolling Loud comments that sparked massive outrage earlier this summer.
According to Variety, DaBaby, joined leaders from the organizations Black AIDS Institute, Gilead Sciences COMPASS Initiative Coordinating Centers, GLAAD, National Minority AIDS Council, The Normal Anomaly Initiative, Positive Women’s Network-USA, Prevention Access Campaign, the Southern AIDS Coalition, and Transinclusive Group. During their private meeting, they discussed HIV history, education, and outreach, particularly in Black, LGBTQ, and faith communities.
Leaders of the nine organizations said in a joint statement, DaBaby was “genuinely engaged, apologized for the inaccurate and hurtful comments he made about people living with HIV, and received our personal stories and the truth about HIV and its impact on Black and LGBTQ communities with deep respect.”
“We appreciate that he openly and eagerly participated in this forum of Black people living with HIV, which provided him an opportunity to learn and to receive accurate information.”
DaBaby issued several apologies after being dropped from a number of festivals over his homophobic remarks. While it appeared that he was was on the road to being officially canceled, it looks like he found a new route to get himself right back on track.
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