Jonathan Kirk: Last News

No charges will be filed in a shooting at the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby, police said Thursday. Troutman police said on social media that the investigation into the April 13 shooting has been completed, news outlets reported. According to the post, investigators consulted with the Iredell County District Attorney’s Office in determining no charges will be filed.

DaBaby has been charged with felony battery for an alleged attack on the owner of a rental property he was using to shoot a music video.Gary Pagar claims he was physically assaulted when he tried to stop the rapper’s entourage from shooting the video on his Los Angeles property in December last year.According to TMZ, the incident occurred when DaBaby (real name Jonathan Kirk) and his team were renting out a mansion managed by Pagar, who says he was told Kirk and his friends would only be using the property for vacation purposes.Pagar has claimed that the rapper’s management team agreed to a 12-guest limit as outlined in the property’s rental agreement, but at one point during their week-long stay, Pagar said he noticed more than a dozen people were inside the house.On December 2, Pagar said he stopped by the property and found in the region of 40 people on site, including a film crew who appeared to be shooting a music video for ‘Play U Lay’, a track by DaBaby’s artist Stunna4Vegas.Pagar then claims that after he approached Kirk to try and shut down the shoot, someone in the rapper’s crew attacked the property owner. Although Kirk allegedly ordered the crew member to stop, Pagar alleges that Kirk then punched him in the face, knocking out a tooth.Pagar filed a lawsuit against Kirk in February, which claims that he suffered serious injuries from the attack.

DaBaby (aka Jonathan Kirk) shot and killed 19-year-old Jaylin Craig, which the rapper has consistently claimed was in self-defence.The incident took place on November 5 2018 at a Walmart in Huntersville, North Carolina. On April 24, Rolling Stone published security footage that it says shows the lead-up to the shooting and its aftermath and appears to potentially contradict the rapper’s version of events.According to Kirk, two young men – Craig and his friend Henry Douglas – approached and allegedly threatened the rapper while he was at the store shopping with his then-partner and children.

In 2018 DaBaby shot and killed Jaylin Craig in the parking lot of a Walmart in Charlotte, NC. The rapper claimed that he acted in self-defense and charges against him were dismissed in 2019 after a key witness did not show up to court. However, new video footage obtained by Rolling Stone will leave the artist with questions to answer, with the publication suggesting it shows DaBaby charging at Craig and initiating the fight that led to the teenager's death.

DaBaby (aka Jonathan Kirk) has been involved in another violent altercation, this time between himself and Charlotte rapper Wisdom, a recent signee to Kirk’s Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment roster.The fight reportedly occurred backstage at one of Kirk’s recent shows; it’s unclear exactly where or when it happened, though as XXL pointed out, the rapper’s most recent performance was at the South Jam festival in Columbus last Friday (April 22).Footage from the alleged incident shows Kirk throw the first punch, with Wisdom retaliating immediately before the pair are broken up by a security guard.A post shared by ☀️Sun God ♍️ (@prince_mazani)Neither artist have released a statement on the incident, though the person that shared the video – Instagram user @prince_mazani, who claimed to have filmed the fight himself – alleged in a follow-up post that “somebody in the baby camp did something that could have costed him his show, money and a possibly a lawsuit”.He continued: “da baby didn’t like it and swong on them [sic]. Was it the best response? Probably not but he did have a legit reason for swinging.

A person was shot outside the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby.

A person was shot and wounded on a football field outside the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby, authorities said Thursday. Another person who called 911 told police that the victim was an intruder, according to reports. DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, was at the home at the time with at least one other person, Troutman Police Chief Josh Watson told The Associated Press.The chief would not clarify who was shot or who did the shooting, citing an ongoing investigation.

A person was shot and wounded outside the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby, authorities said Thursday, but it was unclear if he himself was involved or hurt. DaBaby and at least one other person were at the home when the shooting happened Wednesday evening, Troutman Police Chief Josh Watson told The Associated Press.  But he wouldn't say who was shot or who did the shooting, citing an ongoing investigation. He said the injuries of the unidentified wounded person were not life-threatening.

DaBaby has been sued by Brandon Bills, the brother of his child's mother DaniLeigh, over a fight at the Topanga, California bowling alley Corbin Bowl earlier this month.Bills, 29, said in legal docs reviewed by TMZ that the Suge artist, 30, attacked him at the bowling alley February 9, resulting in physical and psychological problems he's been dealing with in the aftermath.Bills said that he was walking by the rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, when he was attacked, and did not fight back in the exchange. The latest:DaBaby, 30, has been sued by Brandon Bills, 29, the brother of his child's mother DaniLeigh, 27, over a fight at the Topanga, California bowling alley Corbin Bowl earlier this month.

A day after DaBaby went viral over a video where he called the cops on DaniLeigh while she was feeding their three-month-old child, DaBaby (Jonathan Kirk, 29) went on Instagram Live again to try and explain himself. As he was talking, DaniLeigh (Danielle Leigh Curiel, 26) came in to confront him over the claims he was making. “I’m glad she walked up, so you can see that nobody was put out,” he said. “Me calling the police, that’s like, for my safety, because this is what I’m dealing with,” he said. “This is the real deal, ‘coocoo for cocoa.” DaniLeigh argued with him calling her “coocoo,” saying that he “wanted to get on Live to talk sh-t and put everybody in our business, trying to act like we haven’t been together.”

Rapper DaBaby, 29, apologized for the homophobic comments during a performance at the Rolling Loud music festival. The musician, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, shared his statement to Instagram on Monday August 2. He said that he regretted what he’d said and thanked fans and friends who had reached out to help educate him on why his comments were hurtful to the LGBTQ+ community.

Saying sorry. DaBaby issued a second apology after receiving backlash for homophobic comments made during the Rolling Loud Miami music festival.

Elton John, 74, revealed he was “shocked” by rapper DaBaby‘s “homophobic” comments at the Rolling Loud music festival on July 26. The “Tiny Dancer” hitmaker called out the 29-year-old for fueling “stigma and discrimination” after he told an audience at the Miami festival, “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases, that’ll make you die in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up… Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d*** in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up.”

Elton John has responded to comments made by DaBaby during his set at Rolling Loud Miami over the weekend.The North Carolina rapper (real name Jonathan Kirk) drew criticism for controversial comments he made surrounding homosexuality and HIV/AIDS onstage at the festival on Sunday (July 25).“If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light up.,” he could be heard saying in footage from his set.He added: “Ladies, if your pussy smell like water, put your cellphone light up.

DaBaby returns to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Songwriters chart (dated May 2) for a seventh total week on top, thanks to 14 entries, all of which he co-wrote, on the latest Billboard Hot 100. Twelve of the 14 songs appear on the rapper's new LP Blame It on Baby, which arrives at

DaBaby was set to celebrate following a concert in Florida on Saturday night (March 7), but a physical altercation that involved him hitting a woman in the face went down before his after-party began.

DaBaby collects his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Songs airplay chart -- and first with lead billing -- as “Rockstar” ascends from the runner-up rank on the list dated July 4. The single, which features Roddy Ricch, rises through a 3% boost in plays in the week ending June 28, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.