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Dua Lipa SKIPS on nominating Levitating for the Grammys following DaBaby's homophobic rant
Dua Lipa recently declined to nominate her track Levitating for the Grammys in the wake of her collaborator DaBaby's homophobic rant. Scroll down for more on this.
Dua Lipa‘s song Levitating may have been the most popular song of the past year but it won’t get any recognition at the Grammys. According to Variety, the 26-year-old New Rules singer did not submit the song for Grammy's eligibility. The magazine further reported that the song should be eligible for nomination at the upcoming ceremony because “the single had its major impact this year, and because it was a new remix, with DaBaby as an added featured artist.”
While Dua’s negligence to her majorly hot song is unlikely, reports suggest that the singer didn’t want to submit it for any awards following DaBaby‘s rant that caused major industry backlash. Variety also noted, “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.”
If you didn’t know, back in July, DaBaby encouraged the audience to put their cellphone flashlights in the air if they "didn't show up today with HIV/AIDS or any of those deadly sexually transmitted diseases that will kill you in two to three weeks.” The singer also made several other derogatory remarks about HIV/AIDS and LGBTQI+ people. The singer was soon called out by the likes of Elton John, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, and Dua Lipa herself.
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