Rapper and YouTuber DDG was shocked to discover, live on stream with Adin Ross, that singer Halle Bailey had filed a restraining order against him. The scene, which went down live, saw DDG left speechless as he stopped mid-sentence, going from casual to awestruck when he got the news. "That couldn't even be real," he muttered, eyes bulging, blindsided, carried away. I don't know where that came from, period.
The same day, a Los Angeles judge granted Bailey's petition for a temporary restraining order, stemming from disturbing allegations of "physical, verbal, emotional and financial abuse" at the hands of DDG, real name Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., during and after their relationship, which ended in 2024, according to Billy McKellar, her attorney.
According to court documents, the rocker is legally banned from being within one hundred yards of Bailey or their seventeen-month-old son, Halo. He is also barred from discussing either of them in public, so no social media posts, no mentions in videos, and no talk on live streams.
This new legal drama puts a sad twist on what was already an (IMHO) way-too-dramatic relationship that the public has been very tuned into. In a court declaration, Bailey described multiple incidents, including a particularly violent one in January 2025 that occurred at a custody handoff. She claims DDG pulled her hair and smashed her head on a steering wheel, chipping her tooth in the process, all while screaming, "Get out of my car b####," she says.
Another harrowing incident supposedly occurred in March, when Bailey says DDG forced his way into her home uninvited, destroyed her security cam, swiped her phone, and later threw it out of his car. She reported it to the police, who declined to take action and provided surveillance footage to support her story.
And, maybe most disturbing of all, Bailey alleges that DDG mobilized his fanbase and platform to have his fans harass her online, which led her to petition the court to ask that he not be able to speak about her or their child online, a request that was granted.
The judge also approved Bailey's taking Halo to Italy for two months to shoot a movie, accompanied by her family and a nanny, which indicates the seriousness with which the court is taking the matter.
DDG has yet to show his stunned face on camera. Whether he speaks out though the court order constrained the scope of what he said or opts to let silence speak remains to be seen. But in a swirl of influencers and celebrities for whom the subsequent controversy is only a tweet away, this moment of unexpected stillness DDG, frozen in the stream, may speak more than words ever could.
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