Baby Tate says she’s ready to file a lawsuit against an Atlanta cocktail bar after allegedly being assaulted by a male security guard there over the weekend.
A night out for the “Hey, Mickey!” artist on Sunday night (September 1) turned sour when, according to Tate, she and her party were harassed for no reason by the guard who eventually became violent.
“Just went to El Malo and was harassed and targeted by one of their security guards so crazy,” she wrote on X later that night. “Like, SO crazy. This GROWN ASS MAN just THREW me on the fucking ground after I literally didn’t do a thing to him.
“He was pressing my party all night and harassing them then PUSHED ME TO THE FUCKING CONCRETE when I did nothing to him but ask why he was talking to me crazy. It’s actually giving LAW SUIT. no funny shit.”
When a fan suggested to call the police, Tate elaborated: “They told me there’s nothing they could do because I left the place that it happened, which I left bc I literally was not only assaulted but the person who did it came over to where we were, off of the property, and continued to harass us & I needed to leave to feel safe.”
On the music side of things, Baby Tate recently addressed the critics who have accused her of copying the likes of Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim.
In her April freestyle with On The Radar, Tate clarified that she has been inspired by the two legendary rappers, among others.
“Hold on, bitch I’m blown/ I just got up on the internet, they said I’m a clone/ Now I was born in 1996/ So of course it’s some shit I done picked up on/ They say I blink like Nicki, dress like Kimmy/ Get real freaky on the track like Missy/ Cocky like RiRi, rough like E-V-E/ But I don’t understand why n-ggas won’t let me be me!”
Later on the track, she pays homage to many other women who came before her, including her mom, Dionne Farris of the group Arrested Development. She also calls attention to the fact she’s only being compared to other Black women in rap and not other artists like white women or Black men.
“It’s none of my concern anymore/ ’Cause I waited patiently for my turn at the door/ So I’ma keep it open for the ones that come after/ While I give thanks to the ones from before/ Once again that’s Nicki, Kim, Missy, RiRi, Eve, Dionne, Lauryn, Left Eye, Kelis/ Unfortunately ‘cause I’m Black that’s all they see!
“But if I wasn’t, what would comparisons be?/ Huh, Madonna, Gaga, Gwen Stefani/ And since I’m a woman they don’t see Kendrick in me/ They don’t hear the Ye and they don’t see the P/ Like if you finna do it, do it equally!”
