On February 19, DaBaby dropped a replacement music video called “Beatbox Freestyle,” during which the Charlotte rapper remixes the viral 2020 track “Beat Box” by SpotEmGottem. This probably wouldn’t have made any major waves — it’s no Megan Thee Stallion collab, or anything — if it weren’t for a line halfway through the song, when DaBaby holds up an image of Jojo Siwa on his iPhone and raps, “you a bitch, JoJo Siwa, bitch.” this is often a baffling diss if that’s even what DaBaby intended it to be. DaBaby may be a full-grown 29-year-old man, who just last month was arrested for carrying a loaded firearm. Jojo Siwa may be a 17-year-old Nickelodeon star who records songs for youngsters and sells sequined bows at Target.
Recently, Siwa publicly came out and opened about her girlfriend, therefore the internet was feeling especially protective of her when “Beatbox Freestyle” dropped. Twitter users expressed confusion at why DaBaby would come for a children’s entertainer; Genius user veduta suggested that “Siwa” just could be a wordplay on the words “see why.” or even it’s the very fact that DaBaby features a young daughter, and he might just be annoyed with Siwa’s music the way parents get annoyed with Baby Shark. Either way, the memes dunking on DaBaby — especially those emphasizing how Siwa is presumably both richer and taller than him — are bountiful and hilarious.
Update: during a tweet Sunday, DaBaby clarified that he has no problem with JoJo Siwa. “All love on my end shawty,” he tweeted. and people fans that thought his lyrics were intended as an insult towards the singer? He can “Siwa” they didn’t get what he was going for. “Don’t let me trick you into thinking id ever have a drag with you,” he writes. “My wordplay just went over their heads.”
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