J. Cole fends his e of anti-gay slurs

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• J. COLE FENDS HIS E OF ANTI-GAY SLURS
• INTERVIEW WH (COMMENTS ON RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA)J. COLEIN AN AUG. 22, 2013 TERVIEW WH , RAPPER J. COLE FIELD QUTNS ABOUT… READ MORE 1 VIEWER11 CONTRIBUTORSINTERVIEW WH (COMMENTS ON RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA) YOU GOT SOME BACKLASH FOR ANTI-GAY LYRICS AND YOU GAVE A STATEMENT TO THE HUFFGTON POST. DO YOU REGRET G THE WORD “F*****”?J. COLE: NO, NOT AT ALL. IT’S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE TISM THG, WASN’T NSC; THAT WAS A SLIP-UP, BEG OFFENSIVE WHOUT TENT. THE LE WAS TO ENGAGE THE NVERSATN OF HOMOPHOBIA BLACK CULTURE AND HIP HOP. I THOUGHT WAS GOG TO BE A WAY MORE TERTG NVERSATN THAT ME OM . OF URSE I MA THE STATEMENT, BUT I THOUGHT OM THAT WOULD SPAWN BETTER NVERSATNS LIKE, “WHY ARE WE SO HOMOPHOBIC?” MUCH MORE THAN I THK ANY OTHER CULTURE, I DON’T WANT TO JT PARE TO WHE PEOPLE, BUT TERMS OF JOK THAT YOU MAKE — EVERYTHG’S GOT TO BE “PSE” OR “NO HOMO.” YOU N'T EVEN PLAY BASKETBALL WHOUT SOMEONE SAYG, “PSE.” I’M NOT NOCENT OF . I AM PART OF THAT SAME CULTURE – BUT WHY? THAT LE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OFFENSIVE AND NFG, BUT I WAS HOPG TO HAVE MORE NVERSATNS ABOUT THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF NVERSATN ABOUT THE TRAYVON MART TRAGEDY AND WHAT YOUNG BLACK MEN EXPERIENCE. DO YOU EXPERIENCE RACISM?J. COLE: FOR SURE, ABSOLUTELY, I JT GOT PULLED OVER ON 42ND STREET TIM SQUARE FOR WHAT I BELIEVE WAS NOTHG. THEY SAID WAS FOR TTS ON MY ONT WDOW, WHICH IS BARELY TTED. I REALLY BELIEVE WAS BEE I HAD MY HAT LOW. I WAS DRIVG THROUGH TIM SQUARE AND I JT DIDN’T WANT TO BE SEEN. SO I HAD MY HAT LOW AND I THK I WAS LOOKG “SPIC” JT AS A BLACK MAN WH MY BRIM LOW, WHEN I WAS REALLY JT TRYG TO VER MY FACE. THEY ME TO MY WDOW, PULLED ME OVER. I FEEL LIKE IF I WAS A WHE MAN DRIVG, THEY WOULDN’T QUTN ME ABOUT MY TTS. THEY TOLD ME TO ROLL DOWN MY BACK WDOW; THEY LOOK MY R AS IF THEY’RE LOOKG FOR SOMETHG. I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE REAL THG, THEY WERE TRYG TO TCH SOMEBODY SLIPPG. THAT JT HAPPENED THREE DAYS AGO. I ALMOST DIDN’T EVEN NAME THAT BEE I AM SO ED TO THAT. THAT’S SOMETHG THAT I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY MY AGE THAT’S WHE DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH, PECIALLY NEW YORK CY. ON THE OTHER HAND, EVERY TIME I’M ON THE PLANE FIRST CLASS — THIS IS A LSER EVIL BUT STILL REPRENTS THEIR MD STATE — I PROMISE YOU, 60 PERCENT OF THE TIME SOMEBODY ASKS ME WHAT BASKETBALL TEAM DO I PLAY FOR OR DO I RAP. [LGHS] I AM A RAPPER, I WISH I ULD TELL THEM SOMETHG BETTER — THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND I HATE . I HATE THAT WE’RE STEREOTYPED AND I HATE THAT I’M FTG TO THE SAME YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT CLUDG DARK-SKNED WOMEN YOUR MIC VIOS VERS ALL LIGHT-SKNED WOMEN. THE LIGHT-SKNED, DARK-SKNED ISSUE CERTALY AFFECTS WOMEN HIP HOP; DO AFFECT MEN HIP HOP?J. COLE: I N’T SAY FOR SURE BUT I JT THK WE’RE STILL AMERI. WE’RE STILL BLACK AMERINS. THOSE MENTAL CHAS ARE STILL . THAT BRAWASHG THAT TELLS THAT LIGHT SK IS BETTER, ’S SUBNSCLY , WHETHER WE KNOW OR NOT… STILL PURSUG LIGHT SK WOMEN. THERE ARE SOME WOMEN OUT THERE THAT ARE LIKE, “I DON’T EVEN LIKE LIGHT SK MEN” AND THAT’S FE. BUT BARACK OBAMA WOULD NOT BE PRINT IF HE WERE DARK SK. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT’S JT THE TTH. I MIGHT NOT BE AS SUCCSFUL AS I AM NOW IF I WAS DARK SK. I’M NOT SAYG THAT FOR SURE, I’M STILL AS TALENTED AS I AM AND OBAMA IS STILL AS SMART AS HE IS, BUT ’S JT A SAD TTH… I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS GOG TO TRANSLATE WELL TO TEXT AND PEOPLE NOT HEARG WHAT I’M SAYG, BUT ’S A SAD REALY. SO I N ONLY NATURALLY ASSUME ’S PROBABLY EASIER FOR A LIGHT SK MALE RAPPER THAN MIGHT BE FOR A DARK SK MALE RAPPER. IT’S ALL SUBNSC S***, NOBODY’S AWARE — I THK THAT S*** STILL SUBNSCLY AFFECTS .5EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• IS J. COLE GAY?

J. COLE FENDS HIS E OF ANTI-GAY SLURS

But spe the shiftg mdset, many wh the hip-hop muny still al wh ep-seed homophobia, and that clus risg rap giant J. Cole who recently fend his e of anti-gay slurs his songs. Like several other artists before him, Cole saw his (amazg) sophomore album, Born Sner, leak onle last week.

And though the album is full of masterfully layered lyrics that exame race, money, and love and sex, Cole’s examatn of the anti-gay slur “fa**ot” has stirred up ntroversy for the rapper. / Don’t be so sensive / If you want to get f**k*d the a*s / That’s between you and whoever else’s d**k is / Pse, maybe that le was too far / Jt a ltle joke to show how homophobic you are / And who n blame ya?

INTERVIEW WH (COMMENTS ON RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA)J. COLEIN AN AUG. 22, 2013 TERVIEW WH , RAPPER J. COLE FIELD QUTNS ABOUT… READ MORE 1 VIEWER11 CONTRIBUTORSINTERVIEW WH (COMMENTS ON RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA) YOU GOT SOME BACKLASH FOR ANTI-GAY LYRICS AND YOU GAVE A STATEMENT TO THE HUFFGTON POST. DO YOU REGRET G THE WORD “F*****”?J. COLE: NO, NOT AT ALL. IT’S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE TISM THG, WASN’T NSC; THAT WAS A SLIP-UP, BEG OFFENSIVE WHOUT TENT. THE LE WAS TO ENGAGE THE NVERSATN OF HOMOPHOBIA BLACK CULTURE AND HIP HOP. I THOUGHT WAS GOG TO BE A WAY MORE TERTG NVERSATN THAT ME OM . OF URSE I MA THE STATEMENT, BUT I THOUGHT OM THAT WOULD SPAWN BETTER NVERSATNS LIKE, “WHY ARE WE SO HOMOPHOBIC?” MUCH MORE THAN I THK ANY OTHER CULTURE, I DON’T WANT TO JT PARE TO WHE PEOPLE, BUT TERMS OF JOK THAT YOU MAKE — EVERYTHG’S GOT TO BE “PSE” OR “NO HOMO.” YOU N'T EVEN PLAY BASKETBALL WHOUT SOMEONE SAYG, “PSE.” I’M NOT NOCENT OF . I AM PART OF THAT SAME CULTURE – BUT WHY? THAT LE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OFFENSIVE AND NFG, BUT I WAS HOPG TO HAVE MORE NVERSATNS ABOUT THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF NVERSATN ABOUT THE TRAYVON MART TRAGEDY AND WHAT YOUNG BLACK MEN EXPERIENCE. DO YOU EXPERIENCE RACISM?J. COLE: FOR SURE, ABSOLUTELY, I JT GOT PULLED OVER ON 42ND STREET TIM SQUARE FOR WHAT I BELIEVE WAS NOTHG. THEY SAID WAS FOR TTS ON MY ONT WDOW, WHICH IS BARELY TTED. I REALLY BELIEVE WAS BEE I HAD MY HAT LOW. I WAS DRIVG THROUGH TIM SQUARE AND I JT DIDN’T WANT TO BE SEEN. SO I HAD MY HAT LOW AND I THK I WAS LOOKG “SPIC” JT AS A BLACK MAN WH MY BRIM LOW, WHEN I WAS REALLY JT TRYG TO VER MY FACE. THEY ME TO MY WDOW, PULLED ME OVER. I FEEL LIKE IF I WAS A WHE MAN DRIVG, THEY WOULDN’T QUTN ME ABOUT MY TTS. THEY TOLD ME TO ROLL DOWN MY BACK WDOW; THEY LOOK MY R AS IF THEY’RE LOOKG FOR SOMETHG. I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE REAL THG, THEY WERE TRYG TO TCH SOMEBODY SLIPPG. THAT JT HAPPENED THREE DAYS AGO. I ALMOST DIDN’T EVEN NAME THAT BEE I AM SO ED TO THAT. THAT’S SOMETHG THAT I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY MY AGE THAT’S WHE DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH, PECIALLY NEW YORK CY. ON THE OTHER HAND, EVERY TIME I’M ON THE PLANE FIRST CLASS — THIS IS A LSER EVIL BUT STILL REPRENTS THEIR MD STATE — I PROMISE YOU, 60 PERCENT OF THE TIME SOMEBODY ASKS ME WHAT BASKETBALL TEAM DO I PLAY FOR OR DO I RAP. [LGHS] I AM A RAPPER, I WISH I ULD TELL THEM SOMETHG BETTER — THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND I HATE . I HATE THAT WE’RE STEREOTYPED AND I HATE THAT I’M FTG TO THE SAME YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT CLUDG DARK-SKNED WOMEN YOUR MIC VIOS VERS ALL LIGHT-SKNED WOMEN. THE LIGHT-SKNED, DARK-SKNED ISSUE CERTALY AFFECTS WOMEN HIP HOP; DO AFFECT MEN HIP HOP?J. COLE: I N’T SAY FOR SURE BUT I JT THK WE’RE STILL AMERI. WE’RE STILL BLACK AMERINS. THOSE MENTAL CHAS ARE STILL . THAT BRAWASHG THAT TELLS THAT LIGHT SK IS BETTER, ’S SUBNSCLY , WHETHER WE KNOW OR NOT… STILL PURSUG LIGHT SK WOMEN. THERE ARE SOME WOMEN OUT THERE THAT ARE LIKE, “I DON’T EVEN LIKE LIGHT SK MEN” AND THAT’S FE. BUT BARACK OBAMA WOULD NOT BE PRINT IF HE WERE DARK SK. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT’S JT THE TTH. I MIGHT NOT BE AS SUCCSFUL AS I AM NOW IF I WAS DARK SK. I’M NOT SAYG THAT FOR SURE, I’M STILL AS TALENTED AS I AM AND OBAMA IS STILL AS SMART AS HE IS, BUT ’S JT A SAD TTH… I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS GOG TO TRANSLATE WELL TO TEXT AND PEOPLE NOT HEARG WHAT I’M SAYG, BUT ’S A SAD REALY. SO I N ONLY NATURALLY ASSUME ’S PROBABLY EASIER FOR A LIGHT SK MALE RAPPER THAN MIGHT BE FOR A DARK SK MALE RAPPER. IT’S ALL SUBNSC S***, NOBODY’S AWARE — I THK THAT S*** STILL SUBNSCLY AFFECTS .5EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

At a time when public acceptance of gay rights is soarg (rightfully), hip-hop culture and general are still battlg wh homophobia (excludg myself).

IS J. COLE GAY?

However, ’s mendable that Cole is takg ownership of his own homophobia and g his art to stir up some much-need dialogue about anti-gay slurs and endg homophobia hip-hop. Check out some other reformed homophobic rappers below. Is J Cole Gay?