DaBaby show canceled in New Orleans after fewer than 500 tickets sold

Controversial rapper DaBaby will no longer perform at the Smoothie King Arena in New Orleans on Friday, presumably due to low ticket sales.

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[{"selector":"#anim-226fc573-8b94-442f-88ad-3e80b0f702af [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, -0.0000020253543921947137%) scale(1.4672897196261683)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Before it was taken down, Nola.com reported that ticket sales were scarce — with fewer than 500 purchased for an arena that can hold 14,000 concertgoers — for as low as $35 a pop

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DaBaby has an extensive background of problematic behavior, including making homophobic and misogynistic comments at the 2021 Rolling Loud Miami festival

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[{"selector":"#anim-b6288ed1-a82c-463f-bd4a-0eed37b9bfd9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(2.9507688501841254%, -0.7414087033711085%) scale(1.4716981132075473)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d–k in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up,” he said. That statement didn’t do well for him, either, and DaBaby later apologized on Twitter