Rapper T.I. has come to the defence of fellow musician DaBaby, who has been copping severe backlash for comments he made during a music festival.
Appearing at Rolling Loud last weekend, the 'Ball If I Want To' star made problematic comments about HIV, the LGBT community and women.
He asked members of the audience to put up the lights on their mobile phones if 'didn't show up today with HIV/AIDS or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that will make you die in two to three weeks'.
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It certainly hasn't gone down well and the rapper has since had his partnership with BooHooMan torn up and he's been slammed by collaborators, LGBT groups and individuals, and other musicians.
However, at least one rapper is backing him up.
T.I. took to Instagram to talk about the issue plaguing DaBaby and reckons the backlash he's copping amounts to bullying.
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He told his fans: "Everyone up in arms and upset about what DaBaby said. Now, I understand people saying that they feel it's insensitive.
"I think you guys have to understand that onstage is not the place that rappers go to be sensitive and soothe everybody's feelings.
"It's a place to go to have a good time. I thought we kind of let our hair down and disqualified the BS because if we 'posed to not trip if we see White people saying n***a singing along with the song, how is we held to such a high standard of morality?
"It seemed like it was a safe place and it's all done in fun. That's what I thought. If that is the case, why do words cause such a visceral reaction that will lead to someone trying to attack, villainise, demonise, crucify, condemn.
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"That s**t is...Now you bullying.
"We all stood up on behalf of gays and lesbians and people in the gay community because we thought it was some bulls**t for y'all to have to be bullied.
"But I don't think any of us did that to feel like you would now have the authority to come and bully us."
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DaBaby has since been removed from the headliner slot of the UK's Parklife music festival, however his team says this decision happened before the Rolling Loud incident.
He's also tried his hand at an apology for his comments on stage.
He said he meant no disrespect to the LGBT community or people with HIV/AIDS and revealed he had spent hours filming a music video with two hours of rest before the music festival performance.
DaBaby explained he has no issue with people's sexual preference and hit back against complaints that what he said was 'insensitive'.
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