DaBaby is defending himself after a video of him assaulting a hotel worker hit the web this weekend. In the video, DaBaby can be seen at the Beverly Hills hotel on December 19 pushing a hotel worker into a wall which causes him to fall into a chair. DaBaby then appears to be threatening the worker before the video ends. 

In a lengthy Instagram post, DaBaby speaks out and shares his side of the story. “That hotel worker you see me ‘pushing’ came up to me outside the hotel & asked could he record a video of me while I was holding my 2year old daughter,” he wrote. “I calmly and respectfully said no and explained to him that him posting a video of me at the time would compromise the safety of me and my child by letting social media know where we were staying.” After the worker allegedly took a video of DaBaby and his child anyway, things got more direct.  “I told him to delete the video immediately and take his bitch ass back in the hotel and do his job since he wasn’t capable of being professional enough to abide by company policy while doing his job outside of the hotel,” continued DaBaby. Read his entire explanation below. 

DaBaby has been struggling to stay out of trouble. He’s been arrested for two separate incidents in the past month-span and now he may be caught in hot water again. On Saturday (Jan. 18), TMZ shared security camera footage that reportedly shows DaBaby roughing up a hotel worker. 

While the clip is pretty grainy, the Charlotte rapper can be seen following a male worker into the lobby of a Beverly Hills hotel on December 19. Once they enter, DaBaby grabs the worker and throws him into a wall to have him fall into a chair. He then looms over the victim, sticking his finger in his face while presumably giving him some sort of warning or teaching him some sort of lesson. According to TMZ, this footage captures the aftermath of the hotel worker following DaBaby out of the hotel in an attempt to get a photo with the buzzing artist. Sources say DaBaby turned down the guy’s request, which may have incited a rude comment that led DaBaby to retaliate. However, we’ll have to wait to hear more details about this incident. DaBaby and crew apparently left the hotel without further incident. Cops were not called at the time and there has been no report of pressed charges. 

In a statement released to TMZ, DaBaby’s attorney, Michael Heiskell, said: “Any actions taken by DaBaby were likely in self defense based upon his recall of the events and until the video is thoroughly reviewed we have no further comment at this time.”

DaBaby is currently being threatened with lawsuits by a party promoter he and his crew beat up in Miami earlier this month.