Yo, Stop It
By Montag | Related entries in NewsKanye West is calling upon hip-hop to stop bashing homosexuals:
West says he changed his ways, though, when he learned one of his cousins was gay.
“It was kind of like a turning point when I was like, `Yo, this is my cousin. I love him and I’ve been discriminating against gays.’”
West says hip-hop was always about “speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people.” He adds that in slang, gay is “the opposite, the exact opposite word of hip-hop.”
Kanye’s message: “Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates. And I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, ‘Yo, stop it.’”
Newsday.com: Kanye West Calls for End to Gay Bashing
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August 19th, 2005 at 10:40 am
How articulate.
August 19th, 2005 at 7:03 pm
Those in the hip hop “gangsta” lifestyle have always been flirting with the culture of death.
Embracing sodomy is just another nail in the coffin.
August 19th, 2005 at 11:41 pm
That’s a good start – but is hip hop ever going to shed itself of its strong undercurrent of misogyny?
Embracing sodomy is just another nail in the coffin.
Ugh.
August 20th, 2005 at 2:30 am
Conservabastard, you seem to be too caustic to be true. You spooked Totten’s site, and now you use your vitriol to spread poison here.
Go back to where you came from and leave us alone.
August 6th, 2006 at 7:28 am
Good job.