Gay Love Songs: Men Sgg About Men – Billboard

Contents:

• BLACK GAY UPLE VH1’S ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD’ BREAKS NEW GROUND
• 30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
• 'LOVE AND HIP HOP HOLLYWOOD' -- NEW CAST MEMBER ... RAPPERS WON'T SHOOT WH ME 'CSE I'M GAY
• HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
• 'LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD' SPECIAL GETS REAL ABOUT GAY RAPPERSVH1'S NEW SPECIAL 'LHH: OUT IN HIP HOP' EXPLOR BEG OUT AND GAY {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;}TVBY GIL KFMANOCTOBER 19, 2015/4:14 {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;}VH1OUT HIP HOPBY GIL KFMANOCTOBER 19, 2015 / 4:14 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD' SPECIAL GETS REAL ABOUT GAY RAPPERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-19T20:14:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-19T20:14:16.000+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":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}VH1'S "LOVE & HIP HOP" ANCHISE HAS SERVED UP PLENTY OF DRAMA OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, GIVG VIEWERS A PEEK AT THE OFF-STAGE LOVE LIV OF RAPPERS LIKE JIM JON, PETER GUNZ, JOE BUDN, SAIGON AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THEY SHARE THEIR CLOSETS WH. MAKE-UPS, BREAKUPS, MONEY, POWER, RPECT, DISRPECT, THE SERI HAS H ALL THE NOT -- EXCEPT {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;}THIS SEASON ON THE SEND EDN OF "LHH: HOLLYWOOD," WE WERE TRODUCED TO PRODUCER/RAPPER MILAN CHRISTOPHER AND HIS PARTNER, ASPIRG RAPPER MIL BROCK, WHO HAS SPENT MOST OF THE THE TIME SO FAR TRYG TO KEEP THEIR RELATNSHIP UNR WRAPS. WHY? BEE SPE ATTEMPTS BY KANYE WT AND "EMPIRE" TO BREAK DOWN ONE OF THE LAST BARRIERS OF ACCEPTANCE HIP-HOP, BEG OUT AND GAY RAP IS STILL A RISKY PROPOSN {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;}THAT MIGHT END WH TONIGHT'S (OCT. 19) EPISO, WHICH MILAN, 29 (WHO WAS ALREADY OUT BEFORE THE SEASON BEGAN, BUT NOT TO BROCK'S FAY) AND MIL, 27, AIM TO BREAK NEW GROUND WHEN THEY OFFICIALLY E OUT ON THE SHOW. THOUGH THE PAIR HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR TWO YEARS, BOTH ARE ANX ABOUT HOW THEIR FAI, AND THE DTRY, WILL REACT TO 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;}THE EP WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A ROUNDTABLE DISCSN, "LHH: OUT HIP HOP," ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP AND THE LACK OF ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALY THE BLACK CHURCH AND MASTREAM {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;}IN THIS SNEAK PEEK ABOVE OF THE SPECIAL, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT AT 11 P.M ET, HOST T.J. HOLM OF ABC NEWS LEADS A DISCSN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR CHURCH DON'T ACCEPT YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHY SOME THE BLACK CHURCH HAVE RISTED EMBRACG LGBT MEMBERS FOR SO {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;}"I THK WHAT THE BLACK CHURCH HAS GOTTEN WRONG IS THE IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A S," SAYS REV. DELMAN COAT OF MARYLAND'S MT. ENNON BAPTIST CHURCH. "THERE'S THIS IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS AN ABOMATN. THAT SAME-GENR LOVE AND SAME-GENR SEX IS A S AGAST GOD."{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;}TUNE TO FD OUT WHAT AN OPENLY GAY BLACK PASTOR THKS THE CHURCH NEEDS TO LEARN ABOUT WELG S LGBT FAY AND WHY ONE PASTOR IS REFG THE PH TO EMBRACE THE LGBT {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

BLACK GAY UPLE VH1’S ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD’ BREAKS NEW GROUND

Depictns of same-sex upl and gay culture are beg more and more mon to televisn, yet documentg a relatnship between two men the historilly homophobic world of hip hop may be a Christopher and Mil Brock hope their story will help affect change a muny that’s been largely ristant to UP for the ee Indie Foc movi newsletter >>“It’s hard bee there is no prototype to follow, ” said Christopher, 29, over drks Hollywood. ”On Monday, an anticipated episo which Brock out to his ex-girliend will be followed by a special roundtable discsn regardg homophobia hip hop. Christopher is openly gay but Brock’s fay didn’t know about his sexualy before the show premiered (some of his fay members are no longer speakg to him, he said).

30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN

Last year “Empire” broke ground by featurg a black gay character for s drama that tak place the world of hip hop.

Historilly, realy seri have relegated gay men to the sikick/bt-iend role; characters who orb around straight unterparts.

'LOVE AND HIP HOP HOLLYWOOD' -- NEW CAST MEMBER ... RAPPERS WON'T SHOOT WH ME 'CSE I'M GAY

Black gay men have been further siled, limed to stereotypil rol such as stylists or personal doceri, “Tha Life Atlanta, ” bucked the trend by showg myriad black gay men livg and lovg, but was only seen onle after multiple works passed on a show as groundbreakg as MTV’s “The Real World, ” rponsible for showg some of realy televisn’s earlit imag of queer life Ameri, experienced a shock a ago when a black man me out a season where had already st a gay roommate ( was the first time the show featured two gay men s st).

Christopher and Brock’s prence on a high-profile platform such as VH1 uld help chip away at least some of the misogyny and homophobia herent rap culture. Still, the ia of a gay male breakg mastream rap seems unheard of. “I want to do hardre rap, ” Christopher said, “but I’ve had iends say you shouldn’t bee you’re gay.

A and Public Enemy ma no qualms about their disda for gay men their lyrics. By the late ‘90s, the Beastie Boys had formally apologized for homophobic lyrics s semal 1986 but, “Licensed to Ill” (which was origally supposed to be tled “Don’t Be a Faggot”).

HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

Tyler, the Creator has repeatedly argued his age of gay slurs. 50 Cent once publicly nounced gay men “but women who like women, ” he said, “that’s ol. And years after famoly aligng wh Elton John at the Grammys, Emem, long cricized for his e of gay slurs, snagged a rap album Grammy for a rerd that had multiple slurs on past stallments of “Love & Hip Hop, ” viewers watched female mols Eri Mena and Cyn Santana fall and out of love, and a handful of female st members intify as lbian and bisexual.

'LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD' SPECIAL GETS REAL ABOUT GAY RAPPERSVH1'S NEW SPECIAL 'LHH: OUT IN HIP HOP' EXPLOR BEG OUT AND GAY {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;}TVBY GIL KFMANOCTOBER 19, 2015/4:14 {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;}VH1OUT HIP HOPBY GIL KFMANOCTOBER 19, 2015 / 4:14 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD' SPECIAL GETS REAL ABOUT GAY RAPPERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-19T20:14:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-19T20:14:16.000+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":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}VH1'S "LOVE & HIP HOP" ANCHISE HAS SERVED UP PLENTY OF DRAMA OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, GIVG VIEWERS A PEEK AT THE OFF-STAGE LOVE LIV OF RAPPERS LIKE JIM JON, PETER GUNZ, JOE BUDN, SAIGON AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THEY SHARE THEIR CLOSETS WH. MAKE-UPS, BREAKUPS, MONEY, POWER, RPECT, DISRPECT, THE SERI HAS H ALL THE NOT -- EXCEPT {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;}THIS SEASON ON THE SEND EDN OF "LHH: HOLLYWOOD," WE WERE TRODUCED TO PRODUCER/RAPPER MILAN CHRISTOPHER AND HIS PARTNER, ASPIRG RAPPER MIL BROCK, WHO HAS SPENT MOST OF THE THE TIME SO FAR TRYG TO KEEP THEIR RELATNSHIP UNR WRAPS. WHY? BEE SPE ATTEMPTS BY KANYE WT AND "EMPIRE" TO BREAK DOWN ONE OF THE LAST BARRIERS OF ACCEPTANCE HIP-HOP, BEG OUT AND GAY RAP IS STILL A RISKY PROPOSN {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;}THAT MIGHT END WH TONIGHT'S (OCT. 19) EPISO, WHICH MILAN, 29 (WHO WAS ALREADY OUT BEFORE THE SEASON BEGAN, BUT NOT TO BROCK'S FAY) AND MIL, 27, AIM TO BREAK NEW GROUND WHEN THEY OFFICIALLY E OUT ON THE SHOW. THOUGH THE PAIR HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR TWO YEARS, BOTH ARE ANX ABOUT HOW THEIR FAI, AND THE DTRY, WILL REACT TO 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;}THE EP WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A ROUNDTABLE DISCSN, "LHH: OUT HIP HOP," ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP AND THE LACK OF ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALY THE BLACK CHURCH AND MASTREAM {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;}IN THIS SNEAK PEEK ABOVE OF THE SPECIAL, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT AT 11 P.M ET, HOST T.J. HOLM OF ABC NEWS LEADS A DISCSN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR CHURCH DON'T ACCEPT YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHY SOME THE BLACK CHURCH HAVE RISTED EMBRACG LGBT MEMBERS FOR SO {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;}"I THK WHAT THE BLACK CHURCH HAS GOTTEN WRONG IS THE IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A S," SAYS REV. DELMAN COAT OF MARYLAND'S MT. ENNON BAPTIST CHURCH. "THERE'S THIS IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS AN ABOMATN. 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“Moments like this don’t happen often for black gay men, even scripted televisn, ” said Drew-Shane Daniels, founr and edor chief of Med magaze, a news and culture se for black gay men. “For so long black gay characters uld not stand on their own.

“It’s been abundantly clear that there’s a certa openns to the exprsn of displeasure of the gay muny.

Monday------------MORE:In their own words, on beg black and (openly) gay HollywoodHollywood appears still wary of gay black men’s marketabilyPHOTOS: Gay celebri: Who is out? Well bee hip hop is known as beg herently homophobic (i do not believe that but 's a stereotype), and although there has been and still is homophobia the hip hop muny, queer rappers and hip hop heads are out here.