Dua Lipa skipped to submit her song Levitating for this year’s Grammy nomination, reportedly due to DaBaby‘s homophobic rant and the backlash he faced.
The 26-year-old singer’s hit song won’t get any recognition at the prestigious show as Variety reported, “Lipa presumably could only have submitted the DaBaby, and that would have been a lot to ask of voters, to pretend that the persona-non-grata rapper really wasn’t on it.”
“Most likely Lipa was saving voters having to agonize over choosing between their love for her and their dread of giving the thumbs-up to a guy still considered toxic by much of the industry for his homophobic comments,” quoted the magazine.
For those unversed, back in July, the 29-year-old rapper made derogatory remarks, asking the audience to turn on their cell phones light if ‘they didn't show up that day with HIV/AIDS or any of those deadly sexually transmitted diseases that will kill them in two to three weeks.'