DaBaby is going viral on Twitter again, but it’s not for new music or quirky memes this time. The Charlotte rapper, who was captured in a video over the weekend reprimanding a pair of candy-selling kids for overcharging while in New York for the ESPY Awards, has come under scrutiny for the video. While some are defending his actions, others think he took it too far, embarrassing the kids online and playing the miser, considering how much money he flaunts in his music.
Sharing the video to his Instagram Story Sunday, DaBaby apparently intended to teach the kids a lesson in fair business ethics after they tried to charge him $200 for a box of Gushers. The boys told the rapper that their rate was $2 for each individual bag of candy but DaBaby noted that the boxes only contained 34 bags, prompting a quick math tutorial. “What’s 34 multiplied by two, my boy?” he presses them. “It ain’t $200! It’s not even $100. It’s $68.”
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However, it’s his next statement that has some fans up in arms against him. “You gotta use your head, you tried to play me,” he says after giving each kid just $2 in exchange for three bags of candy — $1 each for two bags of Gushers and $2 for one bag of Skittles. “I was gonna bless you anyway. You would have gotten the $200 but now you got $2. Y’all be good.”
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Some fans on Twitter expressed their disappointment in DaBaby for putting the two youths on blast the way he did, admonishing him or being cheap. Others, meanwhile, frowned on the kids for trying to finesse the rapper because they thought he made more money (to be fair, that’s what like 99 percent of fashion designers and jewelers do when it comes to rappers but that’s their business). Check out the responses below.
Da Baby filmed a flight attendant to criticize her appearance so I hardly believe he’s ‘above’ other lowly antics
— K-Ci’s (ooh yeah) (@frodeci) July 13, 2021
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https://twitter.com/RossiSongo/status/1414744597826244608
This is how Da Baby looks right now https://t.co/vVCnPkps84
— YERRboi Shredda (@ShreddaSosa) July 13, 2021
Da Baby was tryna buy some candy and bless the youngins, once they saw who he was they tried to finesse and charge him $200 for a box of candy that probably doesn’t retail for $30 and even at $2 a piece doesn’t resell for over $100. He declined. Ain’t no story there.
— DC Breeze (@FromThaDistrict) July 12, 2021
1 . Should the kids have tried to finesse da baby ? No
2. Should da baby have gone back and handed them $200 or more after teaching them a lesson ? Yes but he doesn’t owe them anything
Both things can be true at the same time https://t.co/kkhZzfsV3H
— jw (@jwmedia12) July 13, 2021
Im a trick for children so I woulda been like “cmon on yall! We out for the day! Adventures with da baby!” Coulda changed their whole life in a few hours
— Parlay Princess (@LenValyrian) July 13, 2021
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https://twitter.com/_NotLaja/status/1414717865991737351
https://twitter.com/Cheamane/status/1414943544398204933
Y’all defending Da Baby like that was y’all money too? Typing from a phone when you stressing about how you gon pay the bill on it when it comes 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/hsm72AnxFX
— 🍉 (@OuttaPcktnLuv) July 13, 2021
