Nigerian singer Ayra Starr’s recent interaction with her LGBTQ fans at the C6 Festival in São Paulo, Brazil, has ignited a heated debate online. During her performance on Friday, fans held placards with messages such as “We Are Your Sabigays” and “We [love] You Ayra,” referring to Ayra Starr’s nickname, “Sabi Girl.”
After the event, an LGBTQ fan with the X handle @miketrindade shared photos of their meeting with Ayra Starr, captioning the post, “Today I met my Starrrrrr [crying, praying, and love emoji] @ayrastarr.” The post quickly went viral, drawing a wide range of reactions, particularly from Nigerian fans.
Ayra Starr further amplified the moment by reposting the fan’s message on her Instagram story. This move has elicited both support and criticism across social media platforms.
Here are some of the varied reactions compiled by DAILY POST:
@GeorgeDanso97: “Truth to be told. A homophobic musician will never break out in America or anywhere in the Western world. Those gays carry streams, buy tickets, everything. They run the game. Unless you are homophobic secretly.”
@AGRF9: “The moment the gays start stanning you, it’s officially over: You are in for a long career. If you check very long and resistant female careers such as Madonna, Beyoncé, Mariah, Nicki etc., just to name a few, you will notice their careers were/are heavily supported by women and gays. These people will support you till the end of time.”
@DemoOFUK: “If Ayra can capitalize on their [LGBTQ] market and put some ‘rainbow’ lyrics in one of her songs, she will be a global menace with this community behind her. Bruh, all I am saying is the need for inclusion. Why y’all triggered? In all walks of life, there is the need for inclusion. Even in Netflix movies, we see it these days. Tf wrong with y’all? It’s Sabbath day, boy.”
@harrisonJNIOR: “She don’t need it [support of LGBTQ]. If she does, she’ll get them and lose Nigerians.”
@NGeeNius: “This is rubbish. She doesn’t need this unnatural set of people. She already is a rising star. So she doesn’t need to capitalize on Jack.”
