Do Jay-Z's gay marriage endorsement matter the black muny? - TheGr

Contents:

• JAY-Z'S MUM: ‘I WAS NOT EE’ UNTIL I TOLD SON I WAS GAY
• JAY-Z SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
• DO JAY-Z'S GAY MARRIAGE ENDORSEMENT MATTER THE BLACK MUNY?
• JAY-Z BACKS OBAMA’S ENDORSEMENT OF GAY MARRIAGE
• JAY-Z -- I SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
• JAY-Z’S MOM EXPLAED HOW SHE CAME OUT TO HIM AS GAY
• JAY-Z SUPPORTS PRINT OBAMA ON GAY MARRIAGE
• CHNTE WAYANS TALKS WAYANS COMEDY DYNASTY, GAY MARRIAGE, JAY Z, FAMO FUNERALS
• THUG LE: JAY Z MIGHT BE RIGHT ON, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE RAP'S GONE GAY
• JAY Z REVEALS HE 'CRIED' AFTER HIS MOTHER ME OUT AS GAY
• JAY-Z ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: DISCRIMATG AGAST GAYS 'NO DIFFERENT THAN DISCRIMATG AGAST BLACKS'

JAY-Z'S MUM: ‘I WAS NOT EE’ UNTIL I TOLD SON I WAS GAY

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JAY-Z SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

Jay-Z revealed that he is a proponent of gay marriage durg an terview wh CNN yterday.

DO JAY-Z'S GAY MARRIAGE ENDORSEMENT MATTER THE BLACK MUNY?

"Early his reer, Jay-Z wrote tracks ntag homophobic lyrics but he's stopped rerdg songs wh gay slurs source, Getty ImagThe lyrics feature on a track lled Se, which also featur a meo om Jay-Z's mum, Gloria Carter, readg a her appearance on the track, seems likely that she knew about her son's plans to talk about her sexualy. WATCH MICHAEL ERIC DYSON’S DIATRIBE AGAINST ANTI-GAY AFRICAN-AMERICANS:.

JAY-Z BACKS OBAMA’S ENDORSEMENT OF GAY MARRIAGE

Bee of Obama’s abily to turn out a rerd number of black voters, and bee those black voters overwhelmgly voted favor of Prop 8 (70 percent), was held that part of the reason for s passage was sentially black homophobia.

Jay-Z om the world of hip-hop, and if there is a place that tch more flak for s homophobic rhetoric than the black church, hip-hop is . In his own rhym, Jay-Z has been known to e the volatile and offensive “f-word, ” the one that rhym wh maggot, and suggt that other rappers were gay and therefore weak and ferr to himself. He also played a gay character one of his first film rol, 1993’s Six Degre of Separatn.

As for Jay-Z, he has long reprented the sort of hyper-mascule ia of black manhood that lends self toward homophobia, even if only sually.

JAY-Z -- I SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

He om a world that has been openly hostile toward homosexualy. But what happens when a person like Jay-Z do speak up is helps dispel the myth that black people are uniquely homophobic, and shows those among who are still wrtlg wh an ternal nflict regardg same-sex marriage that a te evolutn and another world are possible.

JAY-Z’S MOM EXPLAED HOW SHE CAME OUT TO HIM AS GAY

Although Jay-Z arrived at his prs nference Philalphia to discs the tails of a two-day mic ftival he’s anizg, was his thoughts on gay marriage that proved most signifint. In an terview wh CNN immediately followg the prs nference, the rapper went on the rerd to support Print Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage. For a genre that’s vastly silent (at bt) on the subject of homosexualy, the rapper’s claratn of support is, as Washgton Post‘s Clton Yat puts , a “cultural step forward.

Jay’s own early talog has s share of homophobic diss, so to hear his new stance is fely a turng pot for him as an artist — and maybe even for hip hop self. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, age 42, on Obama and gay marriage.

JAY-Z SUPPORTS PRINT OBAMA ON GAY MARRIAGE

Perhaps my feelgs on this are skewed bee of the 25-year Black People Immersn Program that is my life, but I’ve long nsired blacks to be a noticeably tolerant group wh regard to homosexualy. Regardls of the reason, I’ve long thought about what optns were out there, outsi of simple generatnal shifts, that uld expede the procs of many blacks toleratg, or even acceptg, gays.

CHNTE WAYANS TALKS WAYANS COMEDY DYNASTY, GAY MARRIAGE, JAY Z, FAMO FUNERALS

Expandg the spe for a send, when to the public’s perceptn of gay people, my theory has long been if a certa type of celebry me out, uld potentially make a believer out many long-time discrimators agast gays.

THUG LE: JAY Z MIGHT BE RIGHT ON, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE RAP'S GONE GAY

And up until recently, the way this nversatn ually end was the same: If Peyton Manng were gay, Ameri would explo wh equaly.

But Peyton isn’t gay, so that hasn’t happened yet.

JAY Z REVEALS HE 'CRIED' AFTER HIS MOTHER ME OUT AS GAY

If Denzel Washgton announc tomorrow that he’s gay, everythg is different. It would have ma people do plete 180s, wh dividuals sayg to themselv, “Well, if ________ is gay, n’t be that bad. Sce I’ve been llege, I’ve intified myself as an “ally, ” a term monly ed for straight people who openly support progrsg gay rights.

One thg that I’ve noticed by puttg myself this posn — which is a reason so many people probably aren’t — is that the send you e out favor of gay rights, pecially as a man, and pecially as a black man, a mon assumptn is that you’re probably gay.

That’s the very reason why I never assumed was even the rds for a straight rapper to do somethg like exprs his or her support of gay marriage.

JAY-Z ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: DISCRIMATG AGAST GAYS 'NO DIFFERENT THAN DISCRIMATG AGAST BLACKS'

He’s not the first rapper to e out and support gay marriage (acrdg to the always-to-be-tsted-on-the-sort-of-facts creative llective Ego Trip, there have been three others: El-P, Chuck D, and, of urse, Fat Joe), but at this very ccial moment the disurse, if anyone was “allowed” to tly exprs themselv on an issue that their le of work has long not supported, was Shawn. And nversely, if anyone were ls ncerned wh the potential fallout that will evably e om supportg gay marriage (jt take a look at the vio’s ment sectn for a brief taste), ’s Shawn. While ’s not as shockg as a proment rapper/mogul g out, ’s groundbreakg s own way bee shows you don’t have to be gay to support gays.

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