50 Cent reacts to DaBaby controversy, says he will bounce back.
DaBaby has been in the news for the past few weeks since his controversial rant at Rolling Loud Miami when he spews hate speech against gay people and HIV/AIDS patients. The whole thing resulted in him getting dropped from various Music Festivals and getting flak on social media, as well as fellow musicians. DaBaby even issued an apology, which is now been removed from his Instagram. Now 50 Cent, who previously committed to mentoring DaBaby, after their meeting in July, says the Ohio rapper will bounce back.
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Fifty recently made an appearance on E!’s Nightly Pop, where he was asked about whether DaBaby bounces back from the whole controversy. “Yeah, he will,” says 50 Cent. “As long as he keeps his consistency with the music. Remember they canceled Chris Brown, five, six times?”
“He is a really talented, special artist, right? And he just transitioned from being in that pool that everyone’s in as a Rap artist. Like, they didn’t notify him that he’s turning into a superstar. There’s nobody that tells you, ‘Now you’re being held to these standards that are mainstream standards that you can’t say things, you can’t do these different things.’ He didn’t have a publicist involved.”
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50 continues, “He didn’t have a publicist involved and this is why the response took so long. Even his apology, the first apology attempt at it, was what made it worse. You know what it is? When a person makes a general statement, ’cause he made a general statement on stage, he’s not directing that to any individual, but what happens is he’s still new and he’s being attacked by individuals.”
50 Cent then mentioned artists like Madonna, Elton John, and Questlove who made public responses to DaBaby. “DaBaby is taken back by who’s specifically is saying this to him,” said Fif. “It’s tough for you to not assess them when you see them as royalty or important people and they personally are attacking you. They’re saying something about DaBaby. He never said anything about any of them. He’s only two years into his career. There’s no artist development. There’s no strong A&R in this. There’s definitely no media training.”
Watch 50 Cent’s interview below.
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