Governors Ball drops DaBaby from their lineup one day after Lollapalooza cancels his set
The rapper will no longer perform at the September festival following his homophobic on-stage remarks at Rolling Loud

Rapper DaBaby’s career continues to take hit after hit as New York’s Governors Ball drops him from their forthcoming fall festival after his homophobic and sexist comments at last weekend’s Rolling Loud Miami festival. This is the second music festival DaBaby has been dropped from in the last 24 hours, preceded by Chicago’s Lollapalooza, who cancelled his set mere hours before Sunday’s scheduled performance.
“Founders Entertainment does not and will not tolerate hate or discrimination of any kind,” Governors Ball tweeted. “We welcome and celebrate the diverse communities that make New York City the greatest city in the world. Thank you to the fans who continue to speak up for what is right. Along with you, we will continue to use our platform for good.” The festival has not named his replacement for the September festival.
The removal comes after DaBaby’s Rolling Loud set in which he encouraged audience members to put their cell 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.” Those also invited to also shine a light were ladies whose “pussy smell like water,” and fellas who decline to “suck dick in the parking lot.”
On top of being grossly incorrect, the stigmatization of HIV/AIDS as a disease associated with having gay sex stinks of Reagan era ignorance, reinforcing misconceptions about how the disease spreads and the alienation of the queer community.