Pride
DaBaby Replaced on Day N Vegas Lineup After Homophobic Comments
During his Rolling Loud performance in Miami two weeks ago, Baby uttered homophobic and misogynistic comments. “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up,” he said to attendees. “Ladies, if your p—y smell like water, put your cellphone lighter up. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking di– in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up.” His comments sparked outrage across the LGBTQ community, and many artists, including Elton John, Madonna and Demi Lovato, condemned Baby for his statements. Dua Lipa, who collaborated with DaBaby on a remix of her song “Levitating,” said she was “surprised&...
DaBaby Issues Formal Apology for Homophobic Comments After Lost Festival Gigs
Last week, DaBaby did not apologize for his statements and instead said that individuals who did not pay to attend the event should “shut the f— up.” The following day, the “Rockstar” rapper fired off several messages on Twitter about the critical response to his homophobic comments, apologizing to anyone affected by HIV/AIDS for his “insensitive” remarks but holding firm on the rest of his comments. “Social media moves so fast that people want to demolish you before you even have the opportunity to grow, educate, and learn from your mistakes,” he wrote in the new note. “As a man who has had to make his own way from very difficult circumstances, having people I know publicly working against me— knowing th...
First Out: New Music From L Devine, Pvris, Wrabel & More
L Devine, “Priorities” Of all the new singles off L Devine’s new EP Near-Life Experience Part One, one stands out as aa perfect example of why the British pop phenom is turning heads in the industry. “Priorities,” a simple, scintillating single following the singer through a complicated love story, is as effective a pop song as it is fun to listen to. The thudding bass mixes perfectly with the singer’s ethereal vocals, as she questions why her lover refuses to put her first. “I just wanted to get my frustrations in a relationship out, as I was so maddened that this person wasn’t putting me first, like I was with them,” Devine saidd of the new single in a statement. “Over time, the song’s meaning has changed for me. Now it makes me ...
Madonna Sends a Message to DaBaby After ‘Hateful Remarks’ at Rolling Loud
“I want to put my cellphone lighter up and pray for your ignorance,” she added. “No one dies of AIDS in 2 or 3 weeks anymore. Thank God.” Madonna went on to address his comments about women as well and to ask him to treat all people “with dignity and respect.” “Your sexist remarks about Ladies [whose] p—ies need to smell like water only encourage more discrimination against women who fight daily against the oppression of living under the constraints of the Male Gaze,” she wrote. “People like you are the reason we are still living in a world divided by fear. All Human beings should be treated with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, sexual preference or religious beliefs. AMEN.” Elton John, Questlove and DaBaby...
DaBaby Addresses Rolling Loud Controversy in ‘Giving What It’s Supposed to Give’ Music Video
In the new video, DaBaby holds up a sign that says “AIDS” as he raps the lyric “Bi—, we like AIDS, I’m on your a–, we on your a–, bi—, we won’t go away.” In an Instagram caption posted Wednesday about the music video — which DaBaby directed and co-produced — the rapper says he shot the clip right before his Rolling Loud set and decided to release it since it “touches on EVERY controversial topic trending in the headlines.” “You ever wrote a video, you and 3 others produce it, you direct it while starring AND rapping in it, film the video for 16 HOURS straight wrap up at 4am, take a shower & jump on a jet to @rollingloud and with only 2 hours of rest give one of the BEST performances of t...
Patti LaBelle Shares the Hilarious Story of How Elton John Paid Her Back for Lost Tupperware
“I cooked for him and the band because nobody had any pounds, you know? We were in London,” she said. “So I would invite them up to my loft every night and give them tupperware to take home because nobody had food. I said to them at the time, ‘Bring my tupperware to the next show.’ They didn’t.” LaBelle went on to say that years later, she received a phone call from the Rocket Man himself, and she made a very simple demand. “I get a call years after that saying, ‘Hi, Patti, it’s Reggie, I want you to come and see me tonight,'” she recalled of the star born Reginald Dwight. “I said, ‘Reggie, who are you opening for?’ He said ‘I’m Elton John now.’ So I said, ‘Punk, where is my tupperwa...
PDP to commence e-registration for new members
The Peoples Democratic Party has announced its readiness to commence nationwide online registration for members. The Party made this known on Monday in a statement titled ‘Obaseki urges Nigerians to embrace PDP e-registration exercise’, signed by the Publicity Sub-committee Chairman of the PDP National E-Registration Committee, Kola Ologbondiyan. According to the statement, the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has urged Nigerians to participate in the exercise. The statement read, “Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has urged Nigerians to turn out enmasse and register with the Peoples Democratic Party during its nationwide online electronic registration of members which will commence in a fortnight. “Obaseki, who stated this while addressing members of the PDP e-registration committee ...
First Out: New Music From Melissa Etheridge, Amorphous, Allison Ponthier & More
Melissa Etheridge, “For the Last Time” “This song was written back in a time when things weren’t as beautiful as they are today,” Melissa Etheridge opines in the opening moments of her latest single. “Things were getting hard, and there was not a lot I could do about it.” With a simple introduction, the queer icon makes the mood of “For the Last Time” abundantly clear — this is a song about frustration. The relentless guitar riffs and occasional glissandos from a moody harmonica add to the growling anger in Etheridge’s voice, as she vents about a woman she can’t seem to get out of her head, and who won’t admit that the feelings between them are mutual. If you’re in need of some emotional release, let Melissa Ethe...
Brazilian potential presidential candidate announces he is gay
Brazilian governor and potential major party presidential candidate Eduardo Leite, a prominent critic of President Jair Bolsonaro, came out as gay in a TV interview. Leite, governor of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, would be the first openly gay presidential candidate in Brazil. Anti-gay rhetoric has been a staple of speeches by Bolsonaro, who once declared that if he had a gay son, he would rather the child died in an accident. “I have never spoken about a subject related to my private life,” Leite told Brazilian journalist Pedro Bial in a TV interview on Thursday evening. “But during this moment of low integrity in Brazil, I have nothing to hide, I am gay. I am a governor who is gay, not a gay governor, as former President Obama in the US was a president who was Black, not a Bl...
First Out: New Music from Isaac Dunbar, Janelle Monáe, Snow Tha Product & More
Isaac Dunbar, “Celebrate” Sure, Pride Month may officially be done, but Isaac Dunbar isn’t satisfied with the party ending. On “Celebrate,” Dunbar distills the exaltation into a song, where the rising singer-songwriter declares that we ought to choose to celebrate each day, even if we don’t feel like we have much to celebrate. He certainly makes it easy to indulge with the track’s infectious ’80s-style synths, mixed with heart-pounding drums and his ethereal vocals, declaring over and over again, “Cеlebrate with me today, tomorrow, and yеsterday/ Celebrate all your pain to me.” “‘Celebrate’ is about waking up and choosing happiness every single day instead of getting stuck in your own negativity,” he said o...
Demi Lovato Calls Lizzo a ‘F—ing Queen’ After She Defends Demi’s Pronouns to Paparazzi
Get you a friend who respects and defends your pronouns. That’s the kind of friend Demi Lovato has in Lizzo. While out to dinner at Catch LA, Lizzo popped out wearing a shirt with Demi’s face on it, took a few selfies with fans waiting outside and let the paparazzi know not to misgender her friend and fellow pop star ever again. In May, Lovato announced that they identify as non-binary and changed their pronouns to they/them. “Is that a message to Demi? Should she reach out?” one of the photographers is heard asking in a clip that made the rounds online Thursday (July 1). Lizzo holds out her finger and says, “They.” Again, the paparazzo failed to heed her correction and went about asking, “Have her team contact your team?” You Deser...
“I Felt Alone, Especially As a Woman”: Javiera Mena on Being a Trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ Latin Community
Recently releasing her latest EP I. Entusiasmo and the new music video for its single “Diva,” Latin Grammy-nominated Javiera Mena has continued to impress over the last 15 years as a powerhouse vocalist, producer, and DJ. A highly introspective body of work, Mena shares some of her deepest and innermost thoughts on I.Entusiasmo. The record seemingly draw its sonic influences from electronica, disco, pop, and Latin music, examining the various feelings often associated with the gamut of euphoria to heartbreak. Highlights include “Diva,” “Flashback,” and “Dos,” the latter of which tells the story of a convoluted love triangle. After unveiling a cinematic, retrofuturistic music video for “Diva” back in May, Mena has now shared an exclusive live v...
