DaBaby Returns to Rolling Loud Stage Courtesy Of 50 Cent

The audience at Rolling Loud New York was surprised during 50 Cent’s set as he brought DaBaby onstage for a guest performance.

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The unexpected appearance came after DaBaby has faced months of internet backlash following his homophobic remarks made at Rolling Loud Miami back in July.

then @50Cent brought out @DaBabyDaBaby 😱 #RollingLoudNYC pic.twitter.com/GEDznx77Uz
— UPROXX Music (@uproxxmusic) October 29, 2021

Though the New York crowd cheered and welcomed his performance, even hoisting him up when DaBaby went crowd surfing, some social media users were less impressed.

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Social media was divided as both fans of DaBaby and enraged social media users took to Twitter to express their opinions on the “cancelled” rapper.

WHY do U Support Open Homophobic People ????
— Deorling (@leveluppurple88) October 29, 2021

https://twitter.com/Young6ix_/status/1453926656570281984?s=20

He better give Dave Chappell some money for that lol
— Gilbert León (@little_casin0) October 29, 2021

You on your 6th leg and didnt nobody cancel DaBaby. Theres no such thing as cancelling somebody, simply holding them accountable. Also 50 is a p############ but wbk. https://t.co/bJ12X0vIKh
— Jade (@blackgrlfly) October 29, 2021

https://twitter.com/TeresaN41159474/status/1453905341083652097?s=20

Both LOSERS
— Putney Swope (@PutneySwope9) October 29, 2021

Smhhh he don’t deserve https://t.co/6XfFM7Dzzu
— Annalise Reads (@ddechelon) October 29, 2021

Who said @DaBabyDaBaby was canceled? VIRAL!!!! https://t.co/LmfzgkBm7O
— Dane_Finesse (@Mauricebandz1) October 29, 2021

“Twitter cancellations” don’t work in real life as expected lol https://t.co/PkuAgO0kwS
— 𝓛𝖆𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖊 (@dongalianoo) October 29, 2021

Y’all give cancel culture way too much credit just to end up getting your face cracked EVERY TIME it doesn’t work https://t.co/KIMFG38wFA
— Donovan (@ATOWN_RKO) October 29, 2021

TMZ reports Rolling Loud was aware of DaBaby’s surprise appearance and apparently shared a snippet of the pair on stage. However, the live stream was reportedly cut before the “BOP” rapper emerged.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVmPJeos90M/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

So y’all knew he was bringing out Dababy and cut the stream? Why else would 50 stream end and y’all act like nothing happened….

https://twitter.com/SlanginHope/status/1453953553555333124?s=20

50 Cent Speaks In Defense of DaBaby

50 Cent came out in defense of DaBaby at the height of the criticism against him. During an interview with E! News Fiddy said, “Remember they cancelled Chris Brown, five, six times? He just transitioned from being in that pool that everyone’s in, as a rap artist.”

He added, “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’s just two years into his career, there’s no artist development, no A&R … and he’s definitely had no media training.”

Additionally, last month, 50 shared a clip of Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” discussing DaBaby and cancel with the caption:

“Dave Chappelle is a funny mother f##### that was flawless. Hip hop loves things that are damaged, that’s the beauty of the culture. @dababy is on a new path music has changed everything. LOL.”