Posted by DaniLeigh is trending all over social media right now for her latest musical output – but it’s probably not the feedback she expected.
The Dominican-bred songstress woke up on Thursday (January 21) and chose chaos, posting a snippet of her new song “Yellow Bone” where she brags about her man wanting a light-skinned woman. Not only was this seen as a direct shot at the skin tone of DaBaby’s daughter’s mother MeMe, but her liberal use of “yellow bone” – a phrase that describes a light-skinned Black woman – did not bode well with, well, anyone. (Except for DaBaby, who commented with yellow emojis.)
Within seconds, comments started pouring in, letting Dani know that the song was NOT the move. Before deleting her video, she attempted to defend her stance and argued that she was simply making an anthem for light-skinned women to love.
“Why I can’t make a song for my light skin baddies??” she questioned in an Instagram comment. “Why y’all think I’m hating on other colors when there are millions of songs speaking on all types.. why y’all so sensitive & take it personal .. gahhhh damn.”
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The backlash continued, however, and after removing the post from her TikTok, her Instagram and her Twitter, she doubled down on her “haters” in a series of tweets.
“Congratulations y’all gotta another thing to say about me when u hate,” she wrote with a thumbs up emoji. “it’s all good .. only God can ‘cancel’ me… that shit don’t mean shit to me bc the people around me are the ones that know my heart and intention and real life … I’m sorry if I offended u .”
Congratulations y’all gotta another thing to say about me when u hate … ?? it’s all good .. only God can “cancel”me… that shit don’t mean shit to me bc the people around me are the ones that know my heart and intention and real life … I’m sorry if I offended u .
— Danileigh (@DaniLeigh) January 21, 2021
The good ol’ “sorry if I offended you” as an apology shockingly didn’t do much to quell the criticism, causing Dani to go even harder.
“YALL DON’T KNOW ME,” she wrote. “Ima keep letting God bless me .. while y’all sit back and judge me && sit behind y’all lil phones and type shit about another woman .. y’all all HATERS. Done talking .. bout to post how fine I looked yesterday.”
YALL DON’T KNOW ME
— Danileigh (@DaniLeigh) January 21, 2021
Ima keep letting God bless me .. while y’all sit back and judge me && sit behind y’all lil phones and type shit about another woman .. y’all all HATERS
— Danileigh (@DaniLeigh) January 21, 2021
Done talking .. bout to post how fine I looked yesterday
— Danileigh (@DaniLeigh) January 21, 2021
She was in fact not done talking, however.
“Y’all NOT FOR ME,” she continued. “And I said is what he want !!!! Not what the world want … I’m talking bout myself … stop playing w me .”
Y’all NOT FOR ME
— Danileigh (@DaniLeigh) January 21, 2021
And I said is what he want !!!! Not what the world want … I’m talking bout myself … stop playing w me .
— Danileigh (@DaniLeigh) January 21, 2021
She then ended her series of tweets by sharing a link to her sophomore album MOVIE.
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In the meantime, MeMe seemed be enjoying every moment of the mess. After sharing a gif of Woodstock (a little yellow bird from Charlie Brown) on her Instagram Story, she added, “Lmfaooooo I’m gone. I ain’t gon dooooo it.”
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Dani has since re-uploaded the video on her Instagram.