In the glittering whirlwind of celebrity relationships, few pairings captured the public’s imagination quite like that of rapper DDG and The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey. From their 2022 debut as Hollywood’s fresh-faced power couple—red carpets ablaze with her ethereal glow and his street-smart swagger—to the joyful announcement of their son Halo’s birth in July 2024, they seemed like a modern fairy tale scripted for TikTok virality. DDG, the Pontiac-bred YouTube sensation turned chart-climber with hits like “Moonwalking in Calabasas,” and Bailey, the Atlanta-raised ingenue whose Ariel reimagined Disney’s depths, blended hip-hop hustle with high-art allure. Fans shipped them hard, flooding comments with heart-eyes emojis and “couple goals” memes. But beneath the curated couple pics and co-parenting updates lurked a storm of secrets, one that’s now erupted in a torrent of leaked group chats that paint DDG not as devoted dad, but as a duplicitous player who weaponized his fanbase to vent venom about the woman carrying his child.
The dam broke on October 28, 2025, when a Twitter sleuth account known as @AntisocialBack unleashed a cache of screenshots from a private Discord-style group chat—DDG’s inner sanctum with a rotating roster of superfans, insiders, and yes-men. What started as casual “bro talk” spirals into a scathing exposé: DDG, real name Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., allegedly bragging about being “single” throughout Bailey’s entire pregnancy, detailing hookups with influencers like Rubi Rose and Bia, and unleashing a barrage of body-shaming barbs at the woman he’d publicly hailed as his “queen.” “I got so many girls hitting me up now,” one message reads, timestamped mid-2024. “Knew that stinky line would make the girls like me again.” The “stinky line”? A not-so-subtle dig at Bailey, whom he reportedly mocked for her pregnancy-induced scent changes, all while she navigated the physical toll of growing their family under paparazzi glare.
The chats, spanning from early 2023 to late 2024, read like a rapper’s raw diary of discontent—a far cry from the polished posts of family hikes and Halo cuddles. DDG confesses an “obsession” with Koi Leray (formerly Koi Ra), claiming their studio flirtations went far beyond beats. “Koi was one of my best eaters,” he allegedly typed, a crude boast that fans later tied to viral clips of their “playful” recording sessions. When Leray reportedly ghosted him—fed up with his “weird” vibes and opting for Trippie Redd instead—DDG didn’t pine quietly. “Koi should have stayed friends with me… she would have sold more,” he vented, bizarrely blaming her sophomore album’s flop on ditching his “support.” The audacity peaks when he laments her absence during Bailey’s bump: “I kind of wish I wasn’t effing everything in the past cuz now I can’t work with certain people without worrying about her tripping.” Translation: Pregnancy paranoia clipped his wings, turning dream collabs into distant desires.
Enter Ice Spice, the Bronx-bred bombshell whose “Munch” made her a Gen-Z goddess. DDG’s chats drip with thirst: “Not going to lie, Ice Spice like that… she’s in her mood. Ice Spice really the goat.” But alas, the feeling wasn’t mutual—or so he whined. “Ice isn’t giving me a chance because of what I have going on with Halle,” he griped, as if Bailey’s existence were an inconvenient footnote. One particularly pathetic post-event ping: “My baby Koi was there too. Hopefully I run into her so I can tell her how amazing she is.” It’s a portrait of a man chasing clout through conquests, viewing relationships as rungs on a ladder to relevance. Bailey, with her ethereal voice and boundary-breaking Ariel, becomes collateral: “Ever since we became a thing, it’s been hard for me to get with any of the women I like. They all see me as baby daddy now.”
The timeline ties torment to tabloids. As Bailey filmed The Little Mermaid in 2023, DDG’s jealousy over her on-screen smooch with Jonah Hill boiled over into a diss track, “Hardest Thing,” where he raps: “Filming a new movie, you kissing dudes? You know I love you a lot… I don’t want to see this s***, no promo.” Fans lapped it up as “real talk,” but the chats reveal revenge: “Caught Halle cheating. I’m going to get so reckless with these girls.” Paranoid projections, it seems—his infidelity ramped up amid promo paranoia, hookups with Rubi Rose (confirmed by her own shady subtweets) and Bia (studio “sloppy” sessions that had insiders side-eyeing their “collab” clips). “Bia wanted to f*** with DDG at the time,” the leaker claims, screenshots showing DDG gloating about rekindling pre-Bailey flames. And the kicker? Throughout her “whole pregnancy,” he fed fans the “single” line, hiding Halo’s glow-up while she shielded her bump from scrutiny.
Why now? Timing’s no coincidence. DDG’s recent Twitch tirade—ranting about Bailey blocking his Halo access, claiming she’s “unfit” amid the boy’s illness—backfired spectacularly. “She’s acting like it’s not a problem,” he fumed, ignoring her pleas for privacy during sickness. Fans flipped: “You drag her online, then cry foul?” @AntisocialBack, the leaker’s handle, timed the drop like poetic justice—exposing the man who’d “embarrassed” Bailey for clicks. “People don’t even know the real… I’m just out here taking the fall for none,” DDG messaged mid-mess, a line now meme’d as his unwitting epitaph. Ruby Rose, ever the instigator, amplified with a cryptic “Karma’s a b****” post; Bia’s silence speaks volumes, her unfollow a quiet gut-punch.
The fallout fractures fans and feeds alike. X erupts in equal parts empathy and eye-rolls: “DDG’s a loser—talking ish about your baby mama in a fan GC? Trash,” one viral thread blasts, racking 45K likes. Another: “Halle deserved better than this clout-chasing clown. Pregnant and paranoid? He projected his poison.” Bailey, true to form, stays serene—her IG a sanctuary of Halo giggles and self-love scrolls, no direct shade but a subtle “Grateful for growth” that lands like lore. DDG? Doubling down with delete-fests and deflection: “Fake news from haters,” a since-scrubbed Story sneers. But the chats? Ironclad timestamps, fan corroboration—@SuperFanDarryl, a chat vet, confirmed: “He bragged weekly. Wild.”
This isn’t isolated infidelity; it’s indictment of an industry where clout curdles into cruelty. DDG, from YouTube prankster to “Moonwalking” maven, rode Bailey’s wave—her Mermaid magic minted him “Hollywood’s it-boy,” collabs cascading. But regret reeks: “The one semi-hit I have is thanks to TikTok,” he admits in chats, a self-own that stings sweeter than any diss. Bailey, 25 and ascending, emerges unscathed—her The Color Purple buzz builds, Halo her halo. For DDG, 27 and adrift, it’s a wake-up: Cheating’s cheap thrill, but karma cashes checks.
The human hook? Bailey’s grace amid the grime. Pregnant in public eye, she shielded Halo from scrutiny, emerging ethereal even as exhaustion etched lines. “Hardest thing I did was fall in love with the famous b****,” DDG rapped—projection’s poison pill. Fans rally: #HalleDeservesBetter trends with 1.2M posts, edits of her Ariel glow set to empowerment anthems. Leray laughs last: “Flopped without you? Honey, charted without the chaos.” Spice stays spicy, silent spice.
In love’s ledger, betrayal’s balance tilts toward truth. DDG’s chats? A confessional crutch, crumbling under candor. Bailey’s path? Forward, fierce—mermaid no more, but queen unchained. As November’s chill settles, one leak lingers: Secrets surface, but strength swims deeper. For Halle, it’s not end; it’s emergence. And for the fans who shipped the shipwreck? A lesson: Clout’s crown corrodes—love, real as it gets, endures.
