DaBaby ignites the wrath of James Charles with JoJo Siwa lyric
DaBaby, JoJo Siwa and James Charles all walk into a bar… sounds like the start of a really bad joke, right?
Somehow these three celebrities have managed to find themselves at the centre of some Twitter drama, following the release of DaBaby‘s latest track.
The rapper released his ‘Beatbox ‘Freestyle” last Friday, which featured the line “You a b*tch, JoJo Siwa”.
For those of you that don’t know, JoJo Siwa is a 17 year old American performer and YouTube personality, best known for appearing on the TV series Dance Moms.
At first, some people were shocked and/or bemused, thinking that DaBaby was making a dig at the innocent teenager.
In reality however, DaBaby was simply using clever wordplay. “JoJo” refers to DaBaby himself, as his first name is actually Jonathan, and “Siwa” is an altered way of saying “see why”. So DaBaby was actually cleverly saying how he’s able to see through people who put on a facade.
He took to his Twitter multiple times to explain this.
I “Siwa” I’m not like the rest of you niggas .😂😂😂😂
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) February 21, 2021
😂 I don’t “Siwa” they so mad either bae. https://t.co/OhdJyNi9aK
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) February 21, 2021
In fact, he actually tweeted in support of the star.
@itsjojosiwa 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! 💝
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) February 21, 2021
Unfortunately, some people came particularly hard for DaBaby before he made this clarification, one of whom being YouTuber make up artist, James Charles.
can someone please explain why da baby is dissing jojo siwa when she’s 12 years younger, 10 times richer, and 2 inches taller than him
— James Charles (@jamescharles) February 21, 2021
One Twitter user joked that he should stay out of issues surrounding black music given he doesn’t understand it.
stay out black ppl business love we got this one
— nicolette ❣️ (@CorrinneBostick) February 21, 2021
Nobody coming for her you CLEARLY don’t understand OUR music, if you did you would see that
— SHAUNII💔👉🏽❤️💍 (@_xoSHAUNII) February 21, 2021
James responded quite defensively to these comments.
a grown ass man is dissing a teenage girl for literally no reason this has nothing to do with race
— James Charles (@jamescharles) February 21, 2021
The Twitter user has since tried to emphasise that they were in fact joking.
y’all I was joking don’t drag me I — pic.twitter.com/r1PKahkUnq
— nicolette ❣️ (@CorrinneBostick) February 21, 2021
What do you think about this whole situation? Should DaBaby have reached out to JoJo Siwa before using her name in his track? Was James Charles right to wade into the drama? Let us know @PieRadioUk
