Lil Baby was scheduled to headline Vancouver’s Breakout Festival on Sunday, September 18th along with other rappers like Polo G, Quavo, Takeoff, Coi Leray, Trippie Redd and more. However, the “Drip Too Hard” rapper was nowhere to be found.
Lil Baby cancels Vancouver Breakout Festival set.
According to TMZ, fans became furious with the absence of Lil Baby. Many fans began destroying sections of the PNE Amphitheater following the announcement that Baby had canceled his set last minute.
Fans breakout in rage after Lil Baby cancels set.
Breakout Festival turned into a war zone!
The angry mob of fans started lighting tents on fire while others trampled food stands and garbage dumpsters. At one point, they even entered a tent, destroying the TV monitor leaving shattered glass everywhere.
Lil Baby apologizes via IG for cancelling his set!
On Monday, September 19th, Baby posted an apology to his Instagram story to say his body gave out after taking no breaks. He said, “I would like to start off by saying I truly apologize Vancouver Canada, The Breakout Festival And To Everyone Who was in attendance! I have been going so hard these past few months without any breaks that it finally caught up with me. And My Body Completely Shut Down I owe you guys big time and will for sure make up for it soon.”
Lil Baby apologizes via IG after canceling Breakout Festival set.
Twitter reacts to the angry festival-goers.
The festival tended to be extremely violent as many fans protested with rage. Fans took to Twitter with mixed reactions as videos of the mob surfaced on the internet. One fan laughed at the situation, tweeting, “Bruh, Vancouver kids stupid as sh!t imagine causing a riot because Lil Baby no showed Breakout Fest.” Check out some of the videos below!
Bruhh, Vancouver kids stupid as shit 😂 imagine causing a riot all because Lil Baby no showed Breakout Fest pic.twitter.com/wmQlSHweiL
Views from Breakout Fest in Vancouver last night… A riot broke out after Lil Baby, Polo G and Lil Uzi Vert cancelled their sets. pic.twitter.com/SXiFkpgCRm
Lil Baby caught partying with Travis Scott and others!
The source also reported that Lil baby was seen in a Vegas nightclub the night before the Vancouver show. Baby was reported to be at Zouk Nightclub along with Travis Scott, Canelo Alvarez, DJ Drama, and others leading many to believe this may have been the reason the artist didn’t show up.
Lil Baby was seen partying a night before his Vancouver performance.