For as long as there has been rap, there has been rumors of gay rappers. While speculation regarding the sexuality of some of hip hop most famous artists are always under question, rapper The Game recently did an interview with VladTV where he stated that he doesn’t have a problem with gay people; his issue, however, lies with closeted gays.
“I think there are several rappers that are in the closet and gay, and see those are the type of gay people that, the only type of gay people that I have a problem with. I don’t have a problem with gay people. Like, Beyonce should’ve said, ‘Who run the world? Gays,’ because they’re everywhere.”
“Be gay, you can do that. Game don’t have a problem with gay people. Game has a problem with people that are pretending not to be gay and are gay because the number one issue with that is that you could be fooling somebody and you could give them AIDS and they can die and so that in the closet s— is real scary.”
“So, we’ve got to get into the real seriousness of it and it’s just not fair to other people. It’s not cool to be rapper so If you gay, just say you gay. Be gay and be proud.”
The Game caught some heat earlier this year after he tweeted:
“Never ONCE said i had a problem wit gay people. Yall straight, well maybe not STRAIGHT but u know what the f— I mean ha ha. Be as GAY as you wanna be, just stay on yo side of the street…. but I’M a “P—Y” man FO LIIIIIFE (Mak-10 voice).”
Back in 2009, rapper N.O.R.E. did an interview with VladTV where he confirmed that there are indeed mainstream, highly successful gay rappers out there that he’s worked with, but you won’t catch him naming names:
“I have recorded, not with people who are openly gay, but people who are closet gays. I’ve got songs, you know, Google it. I’m positive I have worked with a gay rapper. There is [a successful gay rapper out now] and he won’t get me to say the name. Once he’s a success story to the point where he can’t be stopped, then yeah, he’s gonna come out the closet… It’s not a big secret, everybody is gonna be like, ‘Oh yeah, I knew that.’”
Felicia Pearson, an openly gay actress who starred in the hit series ‘The Wire,’ also said that there are more gay people in the industry than people think:
“I can’t give nobody’s names out man, I might f–k their career up man. It’s the whole f–king industry for real — I wouldn’t ever do that to them like, ‘Yo, he gay and all that,’ even if I’m mad at you. I’m not no hater. When you ready, you ready. Me, I’m living my life baby. [It shocks me,] I be like ‘Wow.’ I be like ‘I knew it, but just yeah,’ and they be like ‘Yeah, come on.’”
This is definitely not surprising but the Hip Hop community is still very much homophobic. Even though we’ve come a long way when it comes to accepting the LGBT community over the last few years, it would still be very hard for a successful rapper to come out of the closet.
Check out Game’s interview and what he had to say about ‘man fans’ in Hip Hop as well as Hot 97′s ‘Mr. Cee’ below:
Read more: [Video] The Game Wants Gay Rappers To Come Out Of The Closet | Necole Bitchie.com
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