Doja Cat-Paraguay Beef Escalates Rapidly On Twitter, Leading Doja Cat To Announce She's Quitting Music

A Twitter beef between Paraguayan fans and pop musician Doja Cat escalated rapidly earlier today, leading Doja Cat to declare she was quitting music and change her Twitter handle to “i quit.” The dispute originated over a canceled concert in Paraguay a few days ago, which couldn’t go forward as planned because of a massive storm.

This shit ain’t for me so I’m out. Y’all take care.

— i quit (@DojaCat) March 25, 2022

Bless your heart… your show in Paraguay didn’t get cancelled, you were. pic.twitter.com/nXNdQoTeYw

— Marce modo ahorro (@chelo_villalba) March 25, 2022

Doja Cat continued her South American tour with a date in Brazil and tweeted affectionately about her Brazilian fans — leading many Paraguayan fans to feel left out. A story about disappointed fans who waited outside Doja Cat’s hotel during the storm for a meet-and-greet that never happened circulated widely, with many viewing Doja Cat’s behavior as disrespectful.

everyone outside during a storm waiting for Doja Cat to come out of her hotel: pic.twitter.com/UBaDUju1E3

— 😈 (@bbypynx) March 25, 2022

you RISKED YOUR LIFE standing outside doja cat’s hotel waiting for her to wave at you during a HURRICANE https://t.co/sZ2IwtfAvV

— Ashley Katchadourian (@varcmus) March 25, 2022

Defenders of Doja Cat then criticized what they viewed as the entitlement of fans who expected Doja Cat’s attention, sparking a viral debate.

I think the biggest take away from Doja Cat’s situation is

1. fans think that bc they threw some money towards an artist that they’re entitled to all their time and attention
2. nonblack ppl will always find a reason to demonize any Black person that sets hard boundaries

— EZRIEL (@hotepslayer) March 25, 2022

The beef expanded rapidly from there, with accusations of racism and imperialism flying from both sides. Taking the side of Paraguayan fans, many Latin American Twitter users pointed out what they saw as disrespect towards their countries and cultures from predominantly North American fans of Doja Cat.

americans acting indifferent about doja cat with paraguay situation even saying that it’s not a big deal just shows that y’all gringos don’t give a fuck about latinoamerica and only give us “attention” when it means to steal our culture and origin

— angel sin tilde (@gqmbits) March 25, 2022

As a Paraguayan I feel like I have to comment on the Doja cat thing, she was a real asshole but the worst part is her gringo fanbase insulting my country, I fucking hate all these ignorant takes pic.twitter.com/7bOjJxdAct

— Sol.R (@SolRaccoon) March 25, 2022

In turn, certain defenders of Doja Cat accused the Latin American posters of anti-Black racism and of using slurs to refer to Doja Cat, who is mixed-race.

purposefully wording this tweet to make it sound like doja cat did something henious and evil comes off as a little antiblack to me idk https://t.co/hczT41k5KH

— MARNIE JAIL ARC (@arezumai) March 25, 2022

If this Doja cat situation has proven anything to me it’s how quickly non black stans will go from admiration to racial degradation in the blink of an eye pic.twitter.com/xCheC37bGZ

— ooof🥶 (@newkend12) March 25, 2022

The contentious argument seemed to upset Doja Cat, who expressed frustration not just with the Twitter dispute but with the nature of the music industry and celebrity in general.

it’s gone and i don’t give a fuck anymore i fuckin quit i can’t wait to fucking disappear and i don’t need you to believe in me anymore. Everything is dead to me, music is dead, and i’m a fucking fool for ever thinking i was made for this this is a fucking nightmare unfollow me

— i quit (@DojaCat) March 25, 2022

Many users reacted with confusion and bemusement to the massive beef, particularly its bilingual aspects. The “translate tweet” feature was widely used on all sides because Doja Cat defenders tended to tweet in English and Paraguayan fans tended to tweet in Spanish. In turn, memes ensued.

me clicking translate tweet 236 times to try and figure out this Doja Cat situation pic.twitter.com/Azmv0pXFFp

— LETICIA (@lawandhorderves) March 25, 2022

this entire doja cat situation basically. pic.twitter.com/ThPQhseSVh

— ًً (@filmkch) March 25, 2022

A number of memes also circulated about the solidarity of Latin American Twitter with Paraguay, in the face of a beef that quickly became a clash between countries.

Twitter en estos momentos con lo de Doja Cat #dojacatisoverparty pic.twitter.com/FReH4T2uHG

— Agustinita 🍮 (@agussssss__a) March 25, 2022

LATAM unida protegiendo a Paraguay de Doja Cat pic.twitter.com/L1jVabvxfG

— mwah 🇨🇴🐝🥑 (@sugaboo_89) March 25, 2022

The rancor and intensity of this Twitter beef shows, yet again, how perfectly made the platform is for arguing.