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DaBaby has apologised after making homophobic comments at a music festival, admitting his words were 'insensitive' but that he had 'no intentions on offending anybody'. 

The 29-year-old rapper had been appearing at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami when he addressed the crowd during his set.

He encouraged them to raise their mobile phones in the air - unless they were HIV-positive or gay men who had had sex with another man in a car park.

Speaking to the crowd, Slot Online DaBaby then said: 'If you didn't show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that'll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light in the air.  

'Ladies, if your p***y smell like water, put your cellphone light in the air. Fellas, if you ain't suck a n****'s d**k in the parking lot, put your cellphone lights in the air.

Keep it f*****g real.' 

In a tweet apologizing he wrote: '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 - But the LGBT community… I ain't trippin on y'all, do you.

y'all business is y'all business.' 

On Wednesday he was dropped by boohooMan as the company released a statement: 'boohooMAN condemn the use of homophobic language and confirm we will no longer be working with DaBaby. 

'Diversity and inclusion are part of the boohoo Groups DNA and we pride ourselves on representing the diverse customers we serve across the globe.

We stand by and support the LGBTQ+ community, and do not tolerate any hate speech or discrimination in any form.'

It comes just after  spoke out against the homophobic comments made by the musician. Taking to her Instagram story on Tuesday evening, Dua, 25, condemned the comments made by DaBaby.

She wrote: 'I'm surprised and horrified at DaBaby's comments.

I really don't recognize this as the person I worked with. 

'I know my fans know where my heart lies and that I stand 100% with the LGBTQ community.

We need to come together to fight the stigma and ignorance around HIV/AIDS.'

Dua Lipa and DaBaby previously worked together for a remix of her song Levitating, for her album Future Nostalgia.

Among his comments, DaBaby falsely claimed that HIV and AIDS 'make you die in two or three weeks', but medication to help those with HIV live long and happy lives has been available for many years.

MailOnline has approached representatives for DaBaby for comment. 

It comes after rapper T.I.

defended DaBaby's comments last week.

In an Instagram live the 40-year-old said that DaBaby has a right to express his opinion, comparing his rant to Lil Nas X's explicit new Industry Baby video.

'If you gonna have the Lil Nas X video and him living his truth, you gonna damn sure have people like DaBaby who gonna speak their truth,' he said. 

'Ain't nothing wrong with none of it, it ain't got to be no hate — it's all honesty.

Everybody living in their truth.' 

Earlier this year, DaBaby sparked a strong reaction from social media users after he seemingly referred to JoJo Siwa as a 'b***h' in one of his new songs.

The rapper left fans confused when he released a track called Beatbox Freestyle which appeared to diss the 17-year-old singer.

However, DaBaby has since insisted he was not trying to slam JoJo and the internet has misunderstood the meaning behind the lyrics.

In the song, he raps: 'N****, you a b***h/ JoJo Siwa, b***h/ She let the wrong n**** get rich,' while holding up a photo of JoJo to the camera.

Fans quickly took to social media to poke fun at DaBaby for apparently hitting out at the teen star.

One user wrote: 'DaBaby got no reason to call out JoJo Siwa like that,' while anothe rsaid: 'Of all the people for DaBaby to be beefing with and he picks JoJo Siwa????'

Another added: 'DaBaby is going to need to explain that JoJo Siwa bar because I am confusion'.

Several others shared hilarious memes poking fun at the rap before DaBaby took to Twitter to clarify the meaning behind his rap.

The rapper insisted the track was not a diss to JoJo but was a play on words as his real name is Jonathan ('JoJo') and he used Siwa as a twist on 'see why'.

Taking to social media, he wrote: 'I love Twitter bruh,' before he messaged JoJo directly and insisted he is a big fan and his daughter also loves her.

DaBaby wrote: '@JoJoSiwa my 3 year old princess is your number 1 fan. I bought her every product you have out.

She think she you.

'Don't let em trick you into thinking id ever have a problem with you. My word play just went over their heads. All love on my end shawty, Keep shinning!'