A$AP Rocky recently opened up about homophobia in the hip-hop culture, a very touchy topic to many, but very relevant in today’s hip-hop world:
“I was dating this chick from Czechoslovakia– is that how you pronounce it? Her dad used to be around the house like, [sings] ‘Everything is purple.’ Mind you, this is a rich-a** n*gga with a Bentley, all that sh*t,” Rocky says. “I’ve had f*cking corporate white n*ggas come up to me and say, “What’s up? I love that sh*t.” I live for that, because the black motherf*ckers from Harlem and the Bronx didn’t accept us. They thought we were gay.”
Rocky went on to reveal that he himself was at a time homophobic towards the easily visible hip-hop subculture throughout NYC (assuming that he’s referring to his own usage of the still-present, negative associations attributed to male “softness”, vulnerability, any implied form of acting “non-masculine” and the like, such as “no homo”, “pause”, and numerous others).
“I’m going to be honest with you– I used to be homophobic, but that’s f*cked up,” he revealed. “I had to look in the mirror and say, “All the designers I’m wearing are gay.” I hear stories about all these industry motherf*ckers who are gay, and I don’t know if it’s true or not, but that sh*t don’t matter. It’s so immature.”
Here’s a link to Complex’s article on A$AP Rocky where he discusses his NYC upbringing, getting money and where he likes to chill. Be sure to get that highly anticipated Live.Love.A$AP mixtape. Everything Purple!
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‘tight shirts, tight pant they all homo-sapians’ Jada. Not sure y I quoted that but homie is right, one can’t be homophobic in this day and age and try to make it in the arts n entertainment industry. Especiallllly commercialized rap. Only person getting away with that is em. Listen to old Jay n Nas and see how often they said f*g, compared to now. 2011 homie, gotta get with the wave even if it’s rainbow colored. Ya diggggs
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