Is Hip Hop Homophobic???
Is Hip Hop Homophobic, that is the bug question tonight on OutInHipHop on Vh1 as Miles and Milan sitdown with Big Freedia, Ex-BET Exec Darren ‘Buttah Man’ Brin, Ray J, Fizz and DMC.
Tonight on LHH Out in Hip Hop that is the topic of discussion, asking the question, “is hip hop ready for a gay rapper?”
Hip Hop already has many gay rappers on the radio, CelebNMusic247.com agrees with Ray J, so we’re NOT a liberty to reveal who they are.
On this season of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” explores one of the most complex relationships in franchise history. Miles, a West Coast rapper, struggles with coming out after falling in love with Milan, an openly gay man.
T.J. Holmes raises all the questions on in a round table discussion, Is Hip Hop Homophobic???
First Host, T.J Holmes, addresses the topic of gays in hip hop revealing their identity.
DMC breaks it down in one simple sentence “hip hop is full of whack @ss hypocrite — look how hip hop disrespected their women so what do you expect they’re going to do when they know you’re a gay rapper?”
Freesia says that she feels that there will always be discrimination while Darren ‘Buttah Man’ Brin says he was afraid to tell people he was gay because the industry is one big boys club.
Milan brings up Frank Ocean never admitting that he was gay, but the media labeled him after a letter was revealed online a day before his album dropped. Ocean has since struggled to drop his second album since he was labeled gay.
When it comes to the lyrics of hip hop the next question asked is, Are hip hop lyrics homophobic?
BET Entertainment Clay Clinton explains how the lyrics do affect him and that he takes it as an attack on his character
Freedia weighs in about an incident when she had to hype the crowd because the rapper was late to his own show. When he got there he was PISSED at Freedia because she stole his limelight. Too bad the gay guy stole his light, it must have been right!
Fly Young Red is an openly gay rapper says that he makes music for the gay community.
He said that after he loaded his video online the backlash was insane where he was faced with death threats if he was to perform in certain cities in the US.
What has the black church gotten wrong about being gay?
The church has been responsible for hurting many people who are gay that need to embraced by the church. Pastor Taylor is saying that gay people are knit picking the Black church, but why isn’t the church throwing out the pedophile, the adulterer, the murderer, the abuser, the rapist and the list goes on?
Freedia weighs in explains that she didn’t turn a switch on one day saying “hey I think I’m gonna be gay now.”
Watch as Big Freedia talks about God creating her this way and Coates gives us his take on people being born gay and his religious views surrounding the discussion:
Karamo Brown jumps in saying that you have the power to step into any church and prove to all pastors that if you’re gay you are welcome to step in a go to church and get the love from God and the church they need.
Karamo slams Pastor Jamal Bryant, but he claps back saying he is there for his gay church goers. But Bryant shows how hypocritical he is because he feels that he can council a gay individual to be cured of their sickness.
Gay is NOT a sickness!
Watch Karamo, as he speaks his mind about reminding your church of your self worth. Host, T.J. Holmes, gives pastor Bryant a chance to respond to Karamo:
Milan says that is all he heard his whole life and he was sick of hearing that he was sick because he was gay. Miles adds that he is still going to church, but it was his Christian upbringing that made it so hard for him to come out.
Clay Caine speaks on the documentary “Holler if You Hear Me” about putting the narrative of the LBGT community being made outcasts in their churches.
You have to understand that if you are gay, it doesn’t matter if it is NOT in the church you grew up with. It starts with your family and if they’re NOT accepting of who you are, sometimes your family are the friends who support you. Family is sometimes the people who love you the most, who has your back and who supports you. Always know one thing – and that is to stand strong in who you are, don’t let anyone talk you down or make you feel less than who you are because you are gay. Gay is NOT a sickness, it’s just the way you were born.
You don’t have to run down the street screaming your gay or where the rainbow, or advertise that you are gay like some people in the gay community. Gay is a sexual preference so if you’re a man who loves a man or a woman who loves a woman, so what, so be it.
Just remember that all you have to do is be you, what you do in your home, in your bed is your business. Just know that some people in the world will not be accepting, but that is just part of life, you can’t control them.
Gender Fluid Fashion?
Vibe magazine editor speaks on rappers like Kanye West, Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan and more rappers are Gender fluid with their fashions.
Which raises the question why can’t a rapper like
Nneka Onuorah weighs in on the difference of a woman coming out as bi versus a man, it’s easier for the woman to go back with a man and claim straight. A gay man can’t do that.
Miles agrees with Nneka because he feels like he is forced into a label of “gay” because he slept with a man and has been dating Milan for two years.
D. Smith talks about transgendered in the hip hop community and how it has affected her career since she has become a transgender woman. We previously premiered D. Smith’s video “I’m That Bitch.”
Watch Miles and D. Smith talk about their experiences with being bisexual and transgender:
Whats at stake to live your truth? Does gay make it an excuse to blame everyone for not having a home, catching HIV?
No, there is no excuse. Being gay is one thing and one thing only – a sexual preference. If you are thrown out by your family because your gay there are places to find help. Please do not trick on the street or do unsafe things that can jepordize you health. Your body is your temple, protect yourself. Make sure everyone you sleep with is up front about their status, and always treat everyone like they have HIV – that way you play safe. Wear condoms, don’t do unsafe things sexually and MOST of all don’t exchange bodily fluids.
Ray J says he has learned that saying things like No Homo was not cool and that he will eliminated words like No Homo, Fag and and derogatory comments about gay people from his vocabulary because its not right.
Guests Include Big Freedia, Buttahman, Cakes da Killa, Chuck Creekmur, Clay Cane, D. Smith, DMC, Emil Wilbekin, Fizz, Felicia Pearson, Fly Young Red, Pastor Jamal Bryant, Karamo Brown, Pastor Kevin Taylor, Michael Arceneaux, Nneka Onuorah, Ray J, Pastor Delman Coates, Sharon Lettman-Hicks of the National Black Justice Coalition and SIYA
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