Online outrage has been generated by Nigerian artist Ayra Starr's treatment of her LGBTQ fans during a recent show in Brazil.

Friday, May 17,1 during the C6 Festival in São Paulo, LGBTQ supporters were seen with signs that said things like "We [love emoji] You Ayra" and "We Are Your Sabigays.”

The LGBTQ fans paid homage to Ayra Starr's nickname, Sabi Girl, by referring to themselves as "Sabigays."

Following the event, a gay fan using the X handle @miketrindade posted pictures of his encounter with Ayra Starr along with the message, "Today I met my Starrrrrr [crying, praying and love emoji] @ayrastarr."

Soon after, the post went viral, with fans particularly those in Nigeria expressing conflicting opinions.

Many advised Ayra Starr to capitalize on the love the gay community have for her and infuse their rainbow colours into it so that she will become more popular across the world.

Others, however, stated that Ayra Starr was already an icon and didn’t need the gay community to back her.

Read some comments here

GeorgeDanso97: “Truth to be told. A homophobic musician will never break out in America or anywhere in the Western world. Those gays carry streams, buy tickets, everything. They run the game. Unless you are homophobic secretly.

AGRF9: “The moment the gays start stanning you, it’s officially over: You are in for a long career.

“If you check very long and resistant female careers such as Madonna, Beyoncé, Mariah, Nicki etc., just to name a few, you will notice their careers were/are heavily supported by women and gays. These people will support you till the end of time.”

DemoOFUK: “If Ayra can capitalize on their [LGBTQ] market and put some ‘rainbow’ lyrics in one of her songs, she will be a global menace with this community behind her.

“Bruh, all I am saying is the need for inclusion. Why y’all triggered? In all walks of life, there is the need for inclusion. Even in Netflix movies, we see it these days. Tf wrong with y’all? It’s Sabbath day, boy.”

harrisonJNIOR: “She don’t need it [support of LGBTQ]. If she does, she’ll get them and lose Nigerians.”

NGeeNius: “This is rubbish. She doesn’t need this unnatural set of people. She already is a rising star. So she doesn’t need to capitalize on Jack.”

GA