RAPPER DaBaby has been slammed for an explicit "homophobic" rant about HIV and "sucking d**k" on stage.
The 29-year-old artist has been criticized after he made the vile comments at Rolling Loud festival in Miami, Florida, on Sunday night.
"If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that'll make you die in two, three weeks, then put your cellphone light up," DaBaby said.
"Ladies, if your p***y smell like water, put a cellphone light them up. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d**k in the parking lot put your cellphone light up. Keep it real."
The rapper has since been dragged for spreading misinformation about HIV and AIDS, alongside stigmatizing the illness.
The Terrence Higgins Trust, a British charity that works to spread awareness about HIV, released a statement to PinkNews slamming DaBaby's comments.
"It's wrong for people living with HIV to be made to feel lesser or excluded because of their diagnosis – it should be unacceptable in the musical industry and in society at large," Richard Angell, campaigns director at the Terrence Higgins Trust, said.
"Comments like DaBaby’s perpetuate HIV-related stigma and discrimination, as well as spreading misinformation about HIV," he added. "You can now live a long, healthy life with HIV thanks to medical progress when you’re diagnosed and accessing treatment.
"That's why it's important to challenge anything that deters people from testing and learning the facts about HIV."
RAPPER DUBBED 'HOMOPHOBIC'
Fans also turned against the rapper, dubbing him as "homophobic," with some insisting that it's "time for the industry to let go of DaBaby."
The artist also annoyed music fans during yesterday's performance for taking to the stage with Megan Thee Stallion's nemesis Tory Lanez during a gig – after Tory allegedly shot her in the feet last year.
Megan accused rapper Tory – real name Daystar Peterson – of shooting her in the feet during an argument in a car last July.
She has previously collaborated with DaBaby on songs like Cash S**t, Nasty and Cry Baby.
However, the pair fell out in a public Twitter spat after DaBaby joined forces with Tory for his SKAT music video.
And on Sunday, DaBaby seemed keen to reinforce his friendship with Tory as he brought the rapper out onstage.
The crowd was not too happy about the move and one attendee reportedly threw their shoe at DaBaby's head, according to Hip Hop DX.
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