Daniel Caesar Says He Took ‘Accountability’ After Being ‘Canceled’

Daniel Caesar recently shared how he survived being canceled.

In an interview with Billboard, the Toronto born singer recalled the events the kept him on the margins.

“I was canceled for, you know, speaking my mind,” he says, before choosing his worlds more carefully: “I was canceled for being drunk and foolish in public. But that was something I was always allowed to do. No one gave a s–t [until I started to get famous].”

I’m literally my father’s son,” he continued. “My dad was the guy at sabbath lunch talking about how the government was going to put microchips in our arms. And I’m the same. If you get me riled up at a party, I’ll start talking about some crazy s–t. People roll their eyes, but that’s just the way we are.”

The incident in question was when Caesar came to the defense of YesJulz who faced several accusations of cultural appropriation and insulting Black women, namely Scottie Beam and Karen Civil.

Julz also caught heat on social media for tweeting out a t-shirt that read, “Ni**as lie a lot.

While intoxicated, Caesar supported Julz and criticized Black people for being, “so mean to white people.”

“Why is that we’re allowed to be disrespectful and rude to everybody else and when anyone returns any type of energy to us…That’s not equality,” Caesar explained. “I don’t want to be treated like I can’t take a joke.”

“People are allowed to say what the f**k they want. I’m allowed to feel what I want, but at the same time am I going to fight them or am I going to accept what they have to say and keep it f**king moving?” he continued.

Speaking at Apple Music’s Nadeska  in 2023, Caesar apologized for his words.

“I completely understand the response. And in time, after taking time to get over myself and to really honestly look at myself and everything that was happening, I was wrong,” he said. “ I was wrong, and I’m sorry about that. For a long time, I was like, ‘You can’t do anything, you can’t say anything without whatever.”