DaBaby Sparks Outrage With Controversial “Save Me” Video
Written by b87fm on 09/21/2025
DaBaby is back in the headlines — and not for the music alone. The Charlotte rapper dropped a video Tuesday (Sept. 16) for his new track “Save Me”, and it’s already blowing up for all the wrong reasons.
The visual replays a real-life tragedy on Charlotte’s light rail system — the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska. Security footage from the incident showed Zarutska quietly riding the train before being attacked out of nowhere.
In DaBaby’s version, he rewrites the story: he’s on the train, grabbing the attacker’s hand before the knife makes contact, then calmly walking the man off into the hands of police.
While some might call it a message about stepping up for your community, most viewers aren’t buying it. To many, it feels like DaBaby turned someone’s real-life death into shock value art. The video crossed 400,000 YouTube views within 24 hours — but the backlash is even louder.
One TikToker, 404Breezy, summed up what a lot of people were thinking:
“What in the world made him think it was OK to post that? He made a mockery of her death. This n**ga was acting like he was Jesus or something… playing out the same scene, same scenario, like he’s God or something, and he can stop it.”
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As of now, DaBaby hasn’t said a word in response.
