@ghost of beiser made the ludicrous claim that homophobia is not prevalent in hip hop culture. He called me racist for criticizing the very real homophobia I have witnessed in hip hop as a matter of empirical fact. Beiser loves making personal comments about me. Well here's a fact about my personal life: I grew up in Brooklyn around hip hop culture. I have personally experienced more hip hop than probably any single one of you, but especially beiser. I am an authentic contributor to hip hop culture. Seriously, no one here can prove they're a bigger hip hop fan than me. But by all means, please try.
Beiser thinks that homophobia in hip hop ended when less than five artists came out as queer. There's so few queer hip hop artists that it's not even funny. But there's also been a long history of homophobia in hip hop, and I have personally witnessed it in my everyday life.
Here's a pop quiz: what was the first major hip hop song to make derogatory, homophobic comments about gays? This is a really easy question to me.
Beiser suggested we make a topic about this, so I'm taking him up on the his suggestion. Is hip hop homophobic or not? I say yes, despite recent progress in a pro-gay direction, the dominant culture in hip hop remains a homophobic, phallic one.
Suppose you don't believe that I'm a real hip hop head and you doubt that I've lived in the culural mileau of hip hop. I can still give numerous examples of homophobia throughout hip hop's history.
So let's play a game. I'll post an instance of homophobia in hip hop. Then you all will post one instance of pro-gay representation in hip hop. You can't use the same artist twice.
Here's my first instance of homophobia in hip hop, a classic in the history of hip hop homophobia:
If you want examples of phallic culture in hip hop, that's even easier for me to give. But let's not overcomplicate things just yet.
Beiser thinks that homophobia in hip hop ended when less than five artists came out as queer. There's so few queer hip hop artists that it's not even funny. But there's also been a long history of homophobia in hip hop, and I have personally witnessed it in my everyday life.
Here's a pop quiz: what was the first major hip hop song to make derogatory, homophobic comments about gays? This is a really easy question to me.
Beiser suggested we make a topic about this, so I'm taking him up on the his suggestion. Is hip hop homophobic or not? I say yes, despite recent progress in a pro-gay direction, the dominant culture in hip hop remains a homophobic, phallic one.
Suppose you don't believe that I'm a real hip hop head and you doubt that I've lived in the culural mileau of hip hop. I can still give numerous examples of homophobia throughout hip hop's history.
So let's play a game. I'll post an instance of homophobia in hip hop. Then you all will post one instance of pro-gay representation in hip hop. You can't use the same artist twice.
Here's my first instance of homophobia in hip hop, a classic in the history of hip hop homophobia:
If you want examples of phallic culture in hip hop, that's even easier for me to give. But let's not overcomplicate things just yet.
