Lil Baby and his team recently responded to a bizarre incident involving his "booking" for a performance at a Pride event in late May in the District of Columbia. Moreover, the whole situation seems to have resulted from a scammer pretending to be the Atlanta rapper's booking agent. Furthermore, they apparently booked him for a May 28 event at a local D.C. nightclub, but his team told The Neighborhood Talk that they not only hadn't been notified of the booking, but that they never even heard of the event in the first place. Unfortunately, the initial confusion meant that many thought Baby was backtracking on the LBGTQIA+ community.
"He never even knew of this event and none of his team or agents were ever in contact with Pride In the District [the event in question]," his representative stated. "A scammer must have posed as a rep of his. Lil Baby never pulled out of anything with this as he was never booked or contacted in the first place." In addition to this clarification, the organizers responded to the situation in an Instagram post on Wednesday (April 12).
Lil Baby Never Heard About Booking To Perform At D.C. Pride Event, His Team Says
"We have finally reached someone from [Lil Baby's] camp and his agency WME were not aware of the PITD booking and have come to the conclusion that we were in fact scammed by someone posing to be a booking agent," the statement read. "We would appreciate it if the individuals calling Lil Baby homophobic would stop immediately because that is simply a personal opinion and simply put, tasteless. Hopefully, one day we will be able to secure Lil Baby the correct way when his schedule permits. Furthermore, we would like to apologize to Lil Baby, his team, our customers, and anyone else for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Meanwhile, at least fans in D.C. will get to see the "California Breeze" MC on tour in the summer. Recently, he announced that he'll hit the road on his "It's Only Us" tour alongside GloRilla, The Kid LAROI, Rylo Rodriguez, Gloss Up, and Hunxho. With that in mind, hopefully this situation doesn't blow back too hard on Baby, as it's really the scammer who's to blame in the first place. Regardless, come back to HNHH for the latest news and updates on Lil Baby.
