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- BLACK GAY UPLE VH1’S ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD’ BREAKS NEW GROUND
- 'LOVE AND HIP HOP HOLLYWOOD' -- NEW CAST MEMBER ... RAPPERS WON'T SHOOT WH ME 'CSE I'M GAY
- 30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
- ‘LOVE & HIP-HOP LA’ RAPPER IS REPORTEDLY BEG SHUNNED ON SHOW BEE HE’S GAY
BLACK GAY UPLE VH1’S ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD’ BREAKS NEW GROUND
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'LOVE AND HIP HOP HOLLYWOOD' -- NEW CAST MEMBER ... RAPPERS WON'T SHOOT WH ME 'CSE I'M GAY
* gay dude on love and hip hop *
Christopher and Brock’s prence on a high-profile platform such as VH1 uld help chip away at least some of the misogyny and homophobia herent rap culture.
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30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
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By the late ‘90s, the Beastie Boys had formally apologized for homophobic lyrics s semal 1986 but, “Licensed to Ill” (which was origally supposed to be tled “Don’t Be a Faggot”).
‘LOVE & HIP-HOP LA’ RAPPER IS REPORTEDLY BEG SHUNNED ON SHOW BEE HE’S GAY
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“Moments like this don’t happen often for black gay men, even scripted televisn, ” said Drew-Shane Daniels, founr and edor chief of Med magaze, a news and culture se for black gay men. “For so long black gay characters uld not stand on their own.
“It’s been abundantly clear that there’s a certa openns to the exprsn of displeasure of the gay muny.