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\"DaBaby's willingness to listen, learn and grow can open the door to an entirely new generation of people to do the same,\" said Marnina Miller, a community outreach coordinator with the Southern AIDS Coalition who participated in the meeting.
\"Ending HIV stigma requires doing the hard work of changing hearts and minds, and often that begins with something as simple as starting a dialogue. We hope DaBaby will use his platform to educate his fans and help end the epidemic,\" she added.
DaBaby's remarks, which included misinformation about HIV, were widely criticized as homophobic by civil rights groups and fellow artists, prompting the rapper to apologize to the LGBTQ community on Twitter and then in an Instagram post, which was later deleted.
\"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,\" he tweeted on July 27. \"But the LGBT community... I ain’t trippin on y’all, do you. y’all business is y’all business.\"
(1/5) We've been shocked to read about the HIV misinformation and homophobic statements made at a recent DaBaby show. This fuels stigma and discrimination and is the opposite of what our world needs to fight the AIDS epidemic.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 28, 2021
The facts are: pic.twitter.com/MqCv3vWiz2
The rapper, whose given name is Jonathan Kirk, was criticized by artists, including Elton John, for spreading misinformation about HIV and fueling the stigma around the virus.
\"HIV misinformation and homophobia have no place in the music industry,\" John said. \"We must break down the stigma around HIV and not spread it. As musicians, it's our job to bring people together.\"
Some artists removed his features from their songs, and several festivals, including Lollapalooza in Chicago and New York City's Governors Ball, canceled his appearances.
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But last week, he returned to the stage at Hot 97’s Summer Jam 2021 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where he addressed his comments, saying he “never, ever meant to offend anybody.”
According to the 2021 State of HIV Stigma Study released last week by GLAAD and Gilead Sciences, 48% of American adults feel knowledgeable about HIV and 87% believe there is still stigma around HIV.
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