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What Now? with Trevor Noah

DaBaby Gets Real About Hip Hop Culture [VIDEO]

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Spotify Studios

News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.72.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Trevor sits down with Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby, who just a few years ago was the face of hip-hop with multiple hit singles to his name. Then a controversial moment at the Rolling Loud festival in 2021 changed everything. Trevor and DaBaby face that moment head-on, as well as DaBaby’s challenging upbringing in North Carolina, how he understands his own role as a father, and whether he has any regrets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everybody. So today I'm having a conversation with the hip-hop artist,

0:04.4

De Baby. There was a point when De Baby was literally the face of hip-hop,

0:09.2

one of the biggest artists in the world. He conquered all of the hip-hop stages and all the way to the

0:14.3

Grammys. He was killing it. Until one day he made statements at the

0:18.7

Rolling Loud Festival which many people deemed extremely homophobic and

0:22.3

everything in his career changed.

0:24.8

The baby is one of the hottest rappers in the game, but after making some wild comments,

0:28.6

during his Rolling Loud performance, major celebrities like Elton John and Quest Love have called him out, saying his actions are ignorant and homophobic.

0:35.4

The baby is doubling down on his seemingly homophobic and disturbing remarks made on stage at Rolling Loud in Miami.

0:41.1

Now, since then, the baby has still been a performer, he's still been an artist, and many

0:46.2

have asked the question, has he learned, has he changed, and what has he learned or changed from

0:49.9

that experience? Well today, we're chatting to him about all of it.

0:54.0

This is what now with Trevor Noah? with Trevanoa. What's going on?

1:05.0

What's going on?

1:10.0

Happy podcast day everybody.

1:11.0

How you doing?

1:12.0

Good, how are you you I'm fantastic me and mandems

1:15.2

having a great time blood can I tell you something I think I'm going to move to

1:20.8

London yeah I'm having to move to London. Yeah.

1:23.0

I'm having the time of my life.

1:25.0

I just love it.

1:27.0

What part are you staying in?

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