Slate's Jonah Weiner on the rise of "no homo" and homophobia's changing face in hip-hop. The timing of Kanye's backtracking opening line on Jay's new shit serves to validate this strong piece's timeliness.
The rap game? Homophobic? In other news, rappers enjoy sporting shiny metals.
"Cam'ron and the Diplomats are, ironically, among the most homoerotic MCs in rap...They wear pink and purple furs and brag regularly about how good they look. In the video for "Pop Champagne," Jim Jones and Juelz Santana giddily douse each other with frothy white geysers of bubbly. On Cam'ron's "Hey Ma," he describes having sex with a female paramour with seven vague words--"She was up in the Range, man"--but when the girl leaves, he immediately calls Santana to narrate the act in detail and, in a sense, to enjoy and consummate it fully."
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it's no surprise that Dipset is the gayest of rap acts.