DaBaby smiling with grill teeth under text reading 'The LGBTQ+ community has forgiven DaBaby'

The LGBTQ+ Community Has Forgiven DaBaby

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Published November 15, 2026

In November 2021, Instagram page RapTV posted a clickbait-styled news graphic declaring that the LGBTQ+ community had forgiven rapper DaBaby following his homophobic remarks at Rolling Loud Miami. Twitter users mocked the sweeping claim within hours, and by May 2022 the layout returned as a phrasal template applied to Kendrick Lamar, Hector Salamanca and other figures.

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Overview

The macro is formatted like a breaking-news graphic from celebrity rap page RapTV, with a headshot of DaBaby and a caption announcing that "the LGBTQ+ community" had collectively forgiven him for his homophobic Rolling Loud Miami remarks1. The gag Twitter users keyed in on was the absurd authority claim, since no person or body can speak for an entire community, and that mismatch between the clinical news styling and the ridiculous premise drove the earliest round of jokes in November 20212.

By May 2022, remixers kept the RapTV layout intact and swapped DaBaby for other names, turning it into a phrasal template. Targets range from rappers accused of using slurs, such as Kendrick Lamar after "Auntie Diaries," to fictional villains like Hector Salamanca from Breaking Bad, where the joke is simply the surreal pairing of a solemn-sounding pardon with an unrelated or unforgivable figure34.

Origin & Background

Platform
Instagram / Twitter (RapTV post, Nov 2021); Instagram (meme format, May 2022)
Creator
RapTV; Unknown
Date
2021

Catalyst event: On July 25th, 2021, DaBaby made homophobic and misogynistic comments during his Rolling Loud Miami set, telling the crowd to raise lighters only if they did not have HIV or AIDS5. Months of backlash followed, and on November 2nd, 2021, TMZ published an article citing Relationship Unleashed CEO Gwendolyn D. Clemons, who said her LGBTQ+ nonprofit was okay with DaBaby performing because he had "learned a lot"1.

Earliest known macro: Later the same day, Instagram and Twitter page RapTV reshaped the TMZ report into a news-style graphic captioned "the LGBTQ+ community has forgiven DaBaby," extrapolating one nonprofit CEO's statement into a verdict from an entire community6. The original RapTV post was later removed from Instagram, but reposts kept it circulating.

How It Spread

Within hours of RapTV's post on November 2nd, 2021, reaction tweets zeroed in on the premise that a single organization could speak for every queer person. Twitter user @FallForMy posted a response that gained over 22,600 retweets and 200,000 likes in the months that followed, and user @LordBalvin posted another that reached over 14,900 retweets and 93,700 likes in a similar timeframe6.

The image did not become a reusable template until May 13th, 2022, when Instagram page __antiart__ published a parody macro declaring the LGBTQ+ community had forgiven Kendrick Lamar, a nod to his then-recent song "Auntie Diaries" and its use of a homophobic slur3. The post picked up over 1,000 likes in four days and was reshared on Twitter by accounts like @CATS33GHOSTS7.

On May 14th, 2022, Twitter user @SmileyUnlimited extended the format to fiction with a macro forgiving Hector Salamanca from Breaking Bad, which reached over 6,100 retweets and 112,400 likes in three days4. More template entries followed through mid-May 20226.

Timeline

2021-07-25

DaBaby makes homophobic and misogynistic remarks during his Rolling Loud Miami set, triggering months of backlash.

2021-11-02

TMZ publishes an article quoting LGBTQ+ nonprofit CEO Gwendolyn D. Clemons saying she is okay with DaBaby performing.

2021-11-02

RapTV posts the "LGBTQ+ community has forgiven DaBaby" news-style graphic to Instagram and Twitter; @FallForMy and @LordBalvin post viral mocking responses the same day.

2022-05-13

Instagram page __antiart__ posts the first phrasal-template parody, applying the macro to Kendrick Lamar after "Auntie Diaries."

2022-05-14

@SmileyUnlimited posts a Hector Salamanca version that reaches over 112,400 likes in three days, pushing the format past real-life targets into fiction.

How to Use This Meme

Posts typically keep the RapTV-style news-graphic frame and the exact caption structure, swapping DaBaby's name and photo for another figure accused of wrongdoing or an obviously ridiculous choice such as a cartoon villain. The common convention is to pick a subject whose "forgiveness" would be nonsensical, either because the offense is too serious or because the character is fictional4.

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