Miley Cyrus reaches out to DaBaby
Miley Cyrus has reached out to DaBaby amid backlash over his recent homophobic comments.
The former Disney star wants to talk to the rapper to see if they can, 'learn from each other.'
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Miley shared the following statement on Instagram:
'As a proud and loyal member of the LGBTQIA+ community, much of my life has been dedicated to encouraging love, acceptance, and open mindedness.'
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She continued, 'The internet can fuel a lot of hate & anger and is the nucleus of cancel culture…but I believe it can also be a place filled with education, conversation, communication, & connection'
Cancel culture
'It's easier to cancel someone than to find forgiveness and compassion in ourselves or take the time to change hearts and minds.'
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'There's no more room for division if we want to keep seeing progress! Knowledge is power! I know I still have so much to learn!'
In the caption of her post, Miley tagged DaBaby and asked him to check his DMs.
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What happened?
The rapper made some very controversial comments on stage at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami.
During his performance, he told the crowd, "If you didn't show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that'll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light up."
He also targeted gay men who perform sexual activities in parking lots by implying they're not welcome.
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It wasn't long before DaBaby released a statement on Twitter following the backlash.
He wrote, 'I tell fans to put a cellphone light in the air y’all start a million man March.'
'I told you y’all digested that wrong but I ain’t gone lie I’m impressed.'
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He continued, 'Now show this same amount of support when a racist cop kill one of our black a**…YA NOT '
'Anybody who done ever been effected by AIDS/HIV y’all got the right to be upset, what I said was insensitive even though I have no intentions on offending anybody.'
'So my apologies But the LGBT community... I ain’t trippin on y’all, do you. y’all business is y’all business.'
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'y’all cheer the f**k up'
'& for any brands, networks, or artists that like to profit off of black rappers influence on the culture, without understanding it or having the patience to deal with what comes with the position we play in our culture.'
'Keep yo money next time us “N****S” human too. #GodBless'
DaBaby concluded, 'Other than that y’all cheer the f**k up & be proud of who you are cuz you can’t make me feel less of myself.'
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Dua Lipa, who collaborated with DaBaby on a version of her hit Levitating, has said she's, 'horrified,' by his words.
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