Homosexuality and Hip-Hop : The Gay Rapper Thread

+ your bits get inverted, really

there was some discussion on the kids in the hall thread about the distinction in the way KITH wore women's clothes and the way Monty Python did, but I don't know if that neatly divides along the transvestite/transgender axis

Aw man ilx ate my explanatory post.

i've seen the term "non-op transsexual"

anyway quite obviously you can identify as a transsexual before you actually go through the operation -- in fact my reading of the situation is that it's a completely MANDATORY part of the deal, seeing as no surgeon will do the operation without the person having lived as a transsexual for years prior

yeah transvestites are typically straight men who either get off or just think it's fun to dress up as ladies. Literally just wearing the vestments of the other.

Drag queens are a diff thing entirely, as are transgendered ppl

anyway quite obviously you can identify as a transsexual before you actually go through the operation -- in fact my reading of the situation is that it's a completely MANDATORY part of the deal, seeing as no surgeon will do the operation without the person having lived as a transsexual for years prior

As far as I know: yup.

ok sorry for not being a dictionary.

you're a pre-op dictionary

true dat.

So Wendy Williams is back at it again airing out the wrong folks. First, Method Man and his wifey. Now--DJ Mister Cee from Hot 97. The other day, Wendy talked about a certain DJ, who she tried to keep nameless but made hella obvious, who participates in some "tranny activities". No, Wendy wasn't talking about activities with herself, but with some actual trannies

http://blogs.sohh.com/ya_heard/2007/01/guess_whos_maki.html

― J0rdan S., Friday, April 8, 2011 3:28 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

whats this abt meth?

i think it's referring to this, from a few years ago:

In 2006 Method Man had a highly personal and highly publicized conflict with TV talk show host Wendy Williams on The Breakdown, an internet show on ONLOQ.com. Williams talked on air about Method Man's wife having cancer, which was something he had wanted to keep private and even her own family members had not yet known about. He said that people who lived next door to him didn't even know, but Williams had dug it up and made it public over the radio.[13]

Williams also reported rumors that Method Man had even been having an affair with his wife's doctor. Method Man first heard of this while in recording sessions in Los Angeles.
“ She said me and [the doctor] was fucking. What kind of shit is that, man? You don't do that to nobody. I was ready. I was so mad, I was crying right there and I'm like, "I'm gonna kill some fucking body" but my [Wu-Tang] friends kept me in L.A.[14]

woah method is ice cold in this....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1UViOs4Hk

Yo Majesty are both lesbians. I guess they don't have to deal with issues of masculinity but instead a host of other issues of sexism instead. They seem to have handled it pretty well, but have gone off the radar (hopefully working on more stuff).

Club song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfQT7etnKg

"Lesbian" song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbbvugSXUvc

holy shit "club action" is awesome. need a 6min edit in high bitrate mp3 asap please

yo majesty put on a great live show - this remix is my favourite thing they've done though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZaZwlB4i9M

When you find it, send it to me too. Club Action is so ridiculously catchy.
Just found out Yo Majesty split up (RIP) and Shunda released a solo album.

Anyways,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Homo_hop

just found the Club Action single and it has a remix by dude from arctic monkeys on it?

transvestite not transexual surely

I always thought transsexual was the umbrella term for all the sexual orientation trans- terms.

The word you are looking for is "transgender", which includes all sorts of people who identify themselves across gender/sex lines. "Transsexual" usually implies a person who feels s/he's living in a body of the "wrong" gender, and therefore needs to go through some kind of physiological change (hormone treatment and/or corrective surgery), even if s/he hasn't done so yet. So being transsexual is strongly connected to both the biological body and the psyche, whereas some other forms of transgenderism may not involve wanting to change your biological body. For example, you may be totally content to just adopt the clothes, styles and physical mannerisms of another gender without feeling the need to correct your physiology.

Just discovered these local girls who are a couple and have weirdly a lot of live footage on youtube but seemingly no recorded songs on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxdrlJJlnf4

re: deep dickollective
randomly saw a forgettable movie with timm'm once when he was teaching in dc

just found the Club Action single and it has a remix by dude from arctic monkeys on it?

not surprising, they were pretty regular in the pitchfork-y indie dance music circles

i was pretty partial to scattermish's timid fuckup edit in 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocp_OORAGKc

xpost, they're on sub pop now iirc

Doesn't really surprise me. I know they've done shows with Shabazz Palaces, who are also on Sub Pop.

Timm'm had some interesting stuff in this book:

http://viz.cwrl.utexas.edu/files/SweetTea.jpg

prodigy

One of the biggest stories since you have been out is the whole Mister Cee situation. How do you feel about that?
I mean, I really don’t know exactly what happened. I ain’t look into it, or try to investigate all the facts. I’m just hearing what people saying, and radio, so I really don’t have that much of an opinion about it. But to each his own man, if it’s really like that.

It sounds crazy to me, like Cee is my nigga. We fuck with Mister Cee. That nigga loves Mobb Deep and always shows us love, and plays our music all the time on the radio. He’s one of the only ones that does that. It’s few of them, and he’s one of the main ones. So regardless of what, that nigga shows us love, and we’re going to show him love back.

He’s always going to get new music from us. That nigga call, we always going to pick up like “What’s up? You good?” If he wants to do a party, whatever. Whatever Mister Cee wants to do, we fuck with Mister Cee. That’s what it is.

lmao.

lol but also fucking good for him

the best— and i mean fucking BEST— Yo Majesty track is the UMYO remix of Kryptonite Pussy. it is un-fucking-stoppable at a dance party. http://www.mediafire.com/?jjeymwdnoyo

crossposting this from lil b thread cause relevant: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/lil_b_on_im_gay_sartorial_regr.html

good interview, based god. kudos

I’m an ally to the people, and yes, I am an ally. I am a man that loves women, but I am an ally.

lil' mcbeal

people may not like me making fun of Lil B, but the important thing is that I'm so brave and people will remember me in 100 years.

makes this flaming faggot want to say thank you based god

he should point out that he's straight a few more times in the interview

then he wouldn't have space to talk about how important and brave he is

this is the most elaborate "if I act sensitive, girls will sleep with me" plot I've ever seen

hoes on my dick cause i look like marc loi

lmao

i had no idea this was the Vans guy

DJP I don't think the based god is exactly hurting for dates these days

I'm honestly a little weirded out by this whole thing

I think I understand it... but I'm still weirded out

remember this is a dude who once dropped the lyric:

like Waka Flocka... WE ON THE WAY!
all my bitches... ACT GAY!

(not that I think Lil B is on some crass cynicism or anything... but he is definitely a hustler, and he knows how to work an angle, even when he didn't pick the angle. if that makes sense?)

((which, again, is not at all to hate on what is unquestionably a gutsy and positive move))

i dunno i mean it's sort of a surprising development but it's totally in character.

is it really gutsy?

xp I think what people are (not incorrectly) taking issue with is the fact that a casual (or non-)fan could easily be misled into thinking that Lil B is, y'know, an openly gay rapper

fauxmarc: I say yes; even if in this case "I am gay" is really code for "I am against homophobia and identify with gay people rather than their oppressors", that is an unusually strong and explicit position for a rapper to take

XP

i think he knows that and doesnt give a fuck

dude has a song called "i'm miley cyrus"

I say yes; even if in this case "I am gay" is really code for "I am against homophobia and identify with gay people rather than their oppressors", that is an unusually strong and explicit position for a rapper to take

i know zero about this guy other than "commercially sustainable young independent rapper in 2011", correct me if i'm wrong - if that is the case i don't really see his speaking against homophobia as any sort of career-breaking move vs generating press like it is. also while he's cool with the gays under the broader scope of being anti-violence i don't really feel that's exactly the same as indentifying with them, especially when he goes out of his way to point out his status as our hetero hetero i like women hetero messiah or what the fuck ever that is all about. would like to see if there really is anything explicit in the lyrics.

I think what people are (not incorrectly) taking issue with is the fact that a casual (or non-)fan could easily be misled into thinking that Lil B is, y'know, an openly gay rapper

wasn't under the impression anyone was thinking any of this, like the the second i saw a thread about it it screams "jokey press campaign about words" if anything, which hey he sort of made it out to be anyway.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/921/capture81.jpg