Terrence Dean's new book about gays the entertament dtry has been stirrg up the blogs partly bee he don't name nam
Contents:
- GUS WHO'S GAY HIP-HOP
- HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
GUS WHO'S GAY HIP-HOP
* who's gay in hip hop *
Terrance Dean, thor of the new memoir Hidg Hip Hop: On the Down Low the Entertament Indtry — om Mic to Hollywood has had celebry blogs a mi-enzy sce Simon and Schter announced last year that he would release a book dishg about closeted gays the entertament dtry. n-s — often timate — wh famo gay men hidg out the film, televisn and mic worlds. I wrote wh the tentn of hopg to provi a voice for not only myself but a lot of people who are the dtry or are stgglg wh their sexualy but also those people who are down-low men or gay men who are lookg to get to the bs and they n't.
There's down-low, there's down-low gay and there's gay. What I nsir to be the closet is someone who I would ll a down-low gay man.
He has relatnships wh both men and women but he would never intify his sexualy as that of a gay man bee he don't see the act of what he's dog as that of beg gay.
HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Check out the many hip-hop artists who are out and proud as gay, lbian or bisexual. * who's gay in hip hop *
So he don't see himself as beg gay.
If you ask him, he would never adm to beg gay. In the book you suggt that whe gays are more accepted than gays of lor the dtry, so what impact has that had on you?
I thk the bs has now bee more receptive bee there is an abundance of gay men the dtry, and jt seems to be a natural place for gays for a number of reasons: 's a very creative atmosphere, 's a very eeg atmosphere, 's a very open and liberal atmosphere. Even if [a person] is not gay, but bee a iend is, that person will stop associatg wh them bee they don't want people to thk that's what they do. You make lots of referenc to how you didn't really qutn your sexualy until after you were molted, so what would you say to those who thk that beg gay is a choice?
30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
Are you wonrg if there are famo gay rappers? If so, we have created a list of the top 30 bt gay rappers around the world. Check this out! * who's gay in hip hop *
I ed to thk like that until I started meetg more and more gay men and havg real, tense dialogue wh them and I realized that they were naturally born that way, they had no sire to be wh a woman, they always knew that they were attracted to men. It's no secret that there's been a longstandg stigma when to homosexualy hip-hop. Here's a look at hip-hop artists who embrace beg gay, lbian or bisexual.
He don't shy away om beg open his mic about his sexualy and sex life, which isn't unmon for straight artists to do hip hop mic, but not necsarily for a gay artist. He told Bra's iNews that homophobia isn't jt a thg hip hop. "Sure, every genre of mic has people who are homophobic ...