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The body shaming trend continues to grow in Hip Hop after critics lashed out at the likes of Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion, Coi Leray and others.

Yung Baby Tate found herself on the defensive after she performed at AfroPunk in Atlanta last month. After fans criticized her appearance and said she needed to lose 10 pounds, the Georgia born rapper and daughter of Dionne Farris jumped on Instagram to clap back at critics, earning a DM of encouragement from Rihannain the process. The Savage X Fenty founder told YBT a message which shes yet to publicly reveal but it only amplified her message to fans to highlight their own bodies and shake off beauty standards. Im really crying yall Rihanna just dmd me, Tate tweeted. In a follow-up tweet she added, Yall gon be so mad when I link with Savage X Fenty in this bomb ass body of mine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Onsite! (@its_onsite) Tate took her message of body positivity from Instagram to Twitter where she began a thread calling for natural body women to show off their favorite body pics To date, the tweet has been quote tweeted over 6,000 times with over 9,000 retweets and 1,300 replies. Read more