Prodigy: "There's A Lot Of Gay Stuff Gog On Right Now"

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• MOBB DEEP'S HAVOC CONFIRMS HE SENT 'GAY' PRODIGY TWEETS'MOBB DEEP IS ON HIAT, FELY ... UNTIL THGS GET HASHED OUT,' HAV TELLS EXPLOSIVE NEW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ROB MARKMANJULY 27, 2012/7:01 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ROB MARKMANJULY 27, 2012 / 7:01 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MOBB DEEP'S HAVOC CONFIRMS HE SENT 'GAY' PRODIGY TWEETS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-07-27T23:01:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-07-27T23:01:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ROB MARKMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S ABOUT TO BE HELL ON EARTH ALL OVER AGA, NOW THAT THE QUIET STORM THAT WAS [ARTICLE ID="1682717"]BREWG[/ARTICLE] BETWEEN MOBB DEEP'S HAVOC AND PRODIGY SEEMS TO BE THREATENG THE GROUP'S REIGN ON HIP-HOP. ON FRIDAY (JULY 27), AN TERVIEW WH , HAV TOOK FULL OWNERSHIP OF TWEETS ALLEGG THAT PEE WAS A HOMOSEXUAL, MONTHS AFTER CLAIMG HIS ACUNT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE TWEETS IS CRAZY," HE TOLD FRIDAY, BEFORE NFIRMG THAT HE SENT ALL OF THE ORIGAL MSAG ON APRIL 9. "AND I WAS SPEAKG OF A STANDPOT OF BEG MAD, BUT STILL BEG TTHFUL OF HOW I FELT -- BUT WAS JT THE WRONG THG TO DO AT THAT TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS BEGAN TO SOUR BETWEEN THE GROUPMAT APRIL WHEN HAVOC TOOK TO TWTER AND MA SER ALLEGATNS ABOUT PRODIGY'S SEXUALY, EVEN STRANGELY NGRATULATG PEE AND RIHANNA ON THEIR ENGAGEMENT, WHICH, OF URSE, NEVER HAPPENED. "CONGRATS TO P @PRODIGYMOBBEP AND @RIHANNA FOR GETTG MARRIED SOON!! @RIHANNA PLEASE NFIRM," HAVOC WROTE, SETTG OFF A BARRAGE OF EARLY-MORNG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PRODIGY ABCH AND I'M GONNA SHOW , FOLLOW!! GROUND BREAKG NEW," HAV WROTE SOON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EACH TWEET GOT PROGRSIVELY MORE FLAMMATORY. HAVOC THEN CHARGED THAT HIS CHILDHOOD IEND, WH WHOM HE HAS RERD SEVEN FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS, WAS VOLVED A HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP DURG HIS THREE-YEAR JAIL BID. "I GOT N---AS THE JAIL SYSTEM TO BACK UP THAT PRODIGY WAS F---G HOM JAIL," HE WROTE. "NOW I WILL SILENCE... AND LET THE JAILS TAKE RE OF THE RT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAV WENT ON TO WRE ABOUT A FIST -FIGHT THAT HE AND PRODIGY HAD, WRG THAT HE "HAD TO SMACK P."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FEW DAYS LATER, HAVOC RELEASED A STATEMENT CLAIMG THAT HIS PHONE WAS STOLEN AND NYG THAT HE HAD SENT ANY OF THE TWEETS, NOR THAT HE HAD ANY BEEF WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG A MAY TERVIEW ON MTV NEWS' [ARTICLE ID="1684398"]"RAPFIX LIVE,"[/ARTICLE] PEE ALSO BUNKED THE BREAK-UP MORS. "IF [HAVOC] HAD A PROBLEM, HE WOULD'VE TOLD ME THAT, HE WOULDN'T PUT ON TWTER," HE SAID, ADDG THAT THE DUO WOULD SOON BE RELEASG A NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, ON FRIDAY, HAVOC WAS SGG A DIFFERENT TUNE. "RIGHT NOW, MOBB DEEP IS ON HIAT, FELY ... UNTIL THGS GET HASHED OUT," HE TOLD THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN MOBB DEEP SURVIVE THIS LATT BEEF? SOUND-OFF THE MENTS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• PRODIGY: “THERE’S A LOT OF GAY STUFF GOG ON RIGHT NOW”
• EXCLUSIVE: RAPPERS WEIGH ON GAYS HIP-HOP
• MOBB DEEP’S HAVOC ADMS HE SENT ‘GAY’ PRODIGY TWEETS [VIDEO]
• NBA STARS PL PIERCE, VCE CARTER & RUDY GAY SHARE THEIR SONG OF THE SUMMER & PAY RPECT TO PRODIGY: EXCLIVE
• HAVOC SAYS THAT PRODIGY ISN'T GAY & SPEAKS ON NEW MOBB DEEP ALBUM
• EXCLUSIVE: N.O.R.E. CLARIFI REMARKS ABOUT PRODIGY BEG GAY

MOBB DEEP'S HAVOC CONFIRMS HE SENT 'GAY' PRODIGY TWEETS'MOBB DEEP IS ON HIAT, FELY ... UNTIL THGS GET HASHED OUT,' HAV TELLS EXPLOSIVE NEW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ROB MARKMANJULY 27, 2012/7:01 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ROB MARKMANJULY 27, 2012 / 7:01 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MOBB DEEP'S HAVOC CONFIRMS HE SENT 'GAY' PRODIGY TWEETS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-07-27T23:01:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-07-27T23:01:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ROB MARKMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S ABOUT TO BE HELL ON EARTH ALL OVER AGA, NOW THAT THE QUIET STORM THAT WAS [ARTICLE ID="1682717"]BREWG[/ARTICLE] BETWEEN MOBB DEEP'S HAVOC AND PRODIGY SEEMS TO BE THREATENG THE GROUP'S REIGN ON HIP-HOP. ON FRIDAY (JULY 27), AN TERVIEW WH , HAV TOOK FULL OWNERSHIP OF TWEETS ALLEGG THAT PEE WAS A HOMOSEXUAL, MONTHS AFTER CLAIMG HIS ACUNT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE TWEETS IS CRAZY," HE TOLD FRIDAY, BEFORE NFIRMG THAT HE SENT ALL OF THE ORIGAL MSAG ON APRIL 9. "AND I WAS SPEAKG OF A STANDPOT OF BEG MAD, BUT STILL BEG TTHFUL OF HOW I FELT -- BUT WAS JT THE WRONG THG TO DO AT THAT TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS BEGAN TO SOUR BETWEEN THE GROUPMAT APRIL WHEN HAVOC TOOK TO TWTER AND MA SER ALLEGATNS ABOUT PRODIGY'S SEXUALY, EVEN STRANGELY NGRATULATG PEE AND RIHANNA ON THEIR ENGAGEMENT, WHICH, OF URSE, NEVER HAPPENED. "CONGRATS TO P @PRODIGYMOBBEP AND @RIHANNA FOR GETTG MARRIED SOON!! @RIHANNA PLEASE NFIRM," HAVOC WROTE, SETTG OFF A BARRAGE OF EARLY-MORNG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PRODIGY ABCH AND I'M GONNA SHOW , FOLLOW!! GROUND BREAKG NEW," HAV WROTE SOON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EACH TWEET GOT PROGRSIVELY MORE FLAMMATORY. HAVOC THEN CHARGED THAT HIS CHILDHOOD IEND, WH WHOM HE HAS RERD SEVEN FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS, WAS VOLVED A HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP DURG HIS THREE-YEAR JAIL BID. "I GOT N---AS THE JAIL SYSTEM TO BACK UP THAT PRODIGY WAS F---G HOM JAIL," HE WROTE. "NOW I WILL SILENCE... AND LET THE JAILS TAKE RE OF THE RT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAV WENT ON TO WRE ABOUT A FIST -FIGHT THAT HE AND PRODIGY HAD, WRG THAT HE "HAD TO SMACK P."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FEW DAYS LATER, HAVOC RELEASED A STATEMENT CLAIMG THAT HIS PHONE WAS STOLEN AND NYG THAT HE HAD SENT ANY OF THE TWEETS, NOR THAT HE HAD ANY BEEF WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG A MAY TERVIEW ON MTV NEWS' [ARTICLE ID="1684398"]"RAPFIX LIVE,"[/ARTICLE] PEE ALSO BUNKED THE BREAK-UP MORS. "IF [HAVOC] HAD A PROBLEM, HE WOULD'VE TOLD ME THAT, HE WOULDN'T PUT ON TWTER," HE SAID, ADDG THAT THE DUO WOULD SOON BE RELEASG A NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, ON FRIDAY, HAVOC WAS SGG A DIFFERENT TUNE. "RIGHT NOW, MOBB DEEP IS ON HIAT, FELY ... UNTIL THGS GET HASHED OUT," HE TOLD THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN MOBB DEEP SURVIVE THIS LATT BEEF? SOUND-OFF THE MENTS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Bis makg claims Prodigy is gay, Brimm also mak allegatns Prodigy is a snch workg wh the hip-hop police. Ferg Brimm matas anytime you hear about somebody punkg Mobb Deep or some gay stuff surroundg the group, ’s always Prodigy.

Brimm also says the group origally broke up bee Havoc found out Prodigy was sendg love letters to gay men prison. Sendg gay love letters is the absolute oppose of what Mobb Deep is supposed to the about.

PRODIGY: “THERE’S A LOT OF GAY STUFF GOG ON RIGHT NOW”

On Friday (July 27), an terview wh, Hav took full ownership of tweets allegg that Pee was a homosexual, months after claimg his acunt was hacked.

EXCLUSIVE: RAPPERS WEIGH ON GAYS HIP-HOP

Havoc then charged that his childhood iend, wh whom he has rerd seven full-length albums, was volved a homosexual relatnship durg his three-year jail bid.

MOBB DEEP’S HAVOC ADMS HE SENT ‘GAY’ PRODIGY TWEETS [VIDEO]

A ago would be unthkable for a hip-hop artist to be tolerant of gays, let alone e out as beg gay themselv. Frank Ocean opened the door for many homosexuals the hip-hop muny, as he revealed that his first love was a man, a first hip-hop history. Although this is only one hurdle for the LGBT muny, judgg om our past terviews many rappers and hip-hop fluencers believe that there's a place hip-hop for gays.

Check out our pilatn of rappers talkg about gays hip-hop:. In a s down terview wh, Havoc pped to sendg the now famo tweets accg Prodigy of beg gay. “Okay, ” he said, “first I wanna say ‘thank you’ to the Gay Agenda.

NBA STARS PL PIERCE, VCE CARTER & RUDY GAY SHARE THEIR SONG OF THE SUMMER & PAY RPECT TO PRODIGY: EXCLIVE

Let’s go, Gay Agendaaaaa! “I uldn’t have imaged 20 years ago, that an openly gay Black male uld be a number one artist Ameri, ” says Kev Powell, a longtime mic journalist and activist who is workg on a documentary about Black manhood. “He’s empowerg a lot of visible lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr folks jt by the fact that he’s beg who he is.

HAVOC SAYS THAT PRODIGY ISN'T GAY & SPEAKS ON NEW MOBB DEEP ALBUM

”Meanwhile, elsewhere the rap world, another star, DaBaby, was the procs of apologizg for homophobic ments he’d ma durg a performance July. Two s ago, at Summer Jam 2001, Jay-Z lnched one of the rap world’s most endurg fds wh his song “Takeover, ” by mockg another rapper, Prodigy, llg him a “ballera” and flashg a photo on a giant screen of the rapper drsed a dance the full versn of the song, released later that year, Jay-Z lled the rapper Nas a homophobic slur. Nas rpond wh “Ether, ” a track which he dubbed his nemis “Gay-Z” and ridiculed him for llg his rerd label Roc-A-Fella, rappg: “Rockefeller died of AIDS, that was the end of his chapter / And that’s the guy you chose to name your pany after?

EXCLUSIVE: N.O.R.E. CLARIFI REMARKS ABOUT PRODIGY BEG GAY

”The songs beme legendary among rap fans — “Ether” was so btal that beme s own verb the Black lexin (to “ether” someone is to roast them whout py) — but Jay-Z’s relatnship to homophobia changed. Add that he don’t want his children viewg Lil Nas’ performanc, and that while he “rpects gays, ” he wonrs whether gay people have more rights than heterosexual and large, though, “rappers are startg to read the room, ” says Chuck Creekmur, who ns the webse rells attendg a Raekwon ncert this year and noticg the Wu-Tang Clan rapper ed a lyric that origally ntaed a homophobic slur. )“Hip-hop is a te mirror of society, ” says Creekmur, and society has changed sce Jay-Z and Nas were tradg “ur gay” jok 2001.