Taylor Stewart says she was nearg the end of a double shift as a wars at I-Hop on Monday night when she went to clean up after a man and three kids. Not only did she fd empty plat but also the msage gay is wrong wrten on the $36 tab where the tip should have been.
Contents:
- CAN HIP-HOP HANDLE 'I'M GAY?'
- GAY CHIGO
- AM I GAY?
- ENID WARS AT IHOP RECEIV ANTI-GAY MSAGE STEAD OF TIP
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
CAN HIP-HOP HANDLE 'I'M GAY?'
The cisn of the avowedly heterosexual rapper Lil B to name his new album I'm Gay has thkg about the history of the tersectn between gay culture and hip-hop. * i hop gay *
Lil B, the prolific, Inter-obssed Bay Area rapper, announced at Coachella that he would ll his next album I'm Gay – a provotn that extends past the fort zon of many rap fans.
GAY CHIGO
The bt gay bars, dance clubs, gay-rated hotels, gay snas and gay cise clubs Chigo. * i hop gay *
GLAAD qutned his motiv – was this a prank, or a stealth macho move ak to other rappers' e of the phrase "no homo?
AM I GAY?
Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you. * i hop gay *
" Lil B's rponse – surprisgly ser and empathetic – was to exprs "major love for the gay and lbian muny, " spe apparent ath threats. This isn't the first time gay culture and hip-hop have e to ntact, but sce Lil B is a rapper right on the ge of the mastream, and he's puttg himself the middle of the genre's long-term nflict over homosexualy, Ann Powers wrote to Tavia Nyong'o, profsor of performance studi at NYU and blogger at Hear is Queer to talk about where his cisn might take the bate.
ENID WARS AT IHOP RECEIV ANTI-GAY MSAGE STEAD OF TIP
This would all strike me as an isolated stunt – claimg that you're g "gay" as "happy, " as Lil B did, sounds kd of like somethg my gra-schooler would do. Big Freedia, queen of the New Orleans "sissy bounce" scene, released her first EP and is brgg her "go homo" anthems natnwi on a succsful tour. And the Pacific Northwt llective Rabow Noise ed a Youtube stir wh s jamm' cut, "Imma Homo.
" Hip-hop, long assumed by most to be a stronghold of homophobia, sudnly seems a lot more fluid. In mash-up culture, straight kids appropriatg gay culture isn't weird: what's weird is the ia that we n keep them separate the first place.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
Myself, I'm not too bothered by Lil B's eeloadg on gay visibily.
Unrground artists like Hanifah Walidah, Deadlee, Deep Dickollective, God-D, Cazwell, and basilly all the artists featured the excellent 2006 film Pick up the Mic: The Evolutn of Homohop.