MC Shan Blasts Aika Bambaataa, Gay Men, KRS-One and Reveals His Own History of Abe

Contents:

• PLA GAY: AIKA BAMBAATAA, KRS-ONE, & HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP
• MC SHAN BLASTS AIKA BAMBAATAA, GAY MEN, KRS-ONE AND REVEALS HIS OWN HISTORY OF ABE
• HIP-HOP’S MOST ANTI-GAY LYRICS

PLA GAY: AIKA BAMBAATAA, KRS-ONE, & HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP

Pla Gay: Aika Bambaataa, KRS-One, & Homophobia Hip-HopSeptember 26, 2016. TW: Sexual abe, Sexist/Homophobic Language. Rape culture and homophobia has long been a prevalent staple Hip-Hop lyricism.

MC SHAN BLASTS AIKA BAMBAATAA, GAY MEN, KRS-ONE AND REVEALS HIS OWN HISTORY OF ABE

Sh, even Common; all have stuck their hand the metaphoril homophobic and/or sexist jar. Our silence on matters of rape culture, on homophobia, on patriarchy, mak jt as implic as those who rry out vlence and e language that vilifi victims, as opposed to supportg them. The Sanctuary, Stud 54, 12 Wt, The 10th Floor - the clubs that hoed Gay culture New York Cy, and the sounds that would form the foundatns of Hip-Hop which are reggae, R&B, rock, and ao-beat; have -existed wh arms reach of each other sce the days of dis.

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HIP-HOP’S MOST ANTI-GAY LYRICS

Whether is the rhetoric of rpected elrs like Lord Jamar or any of the ments unr a Frank Ocean YouTube vio, old prejudic and ias surroundg homosexualy still exist, and so do victim-shamg. From the androgyno rap stylgs of Young Thug to the recent succs of the openly gay, Young M. “Given the domant belief that HIV/AIDS was a gay disease, public attentn quickly shifted om Kane’s health to his sexualy: Did hip-hop have s first gay MC?

Was he gay or bisexual? Like so many rappers, Kane wallowed standard-issue homophobia and misogyny on tracks like “Pimp’ A’t Easy, ” but seems clear that Kane reprented somethg that was threateng terms of Black manhood, sex and sexualy. "I a’t ashamed to say , I had a motherf---er touch me when I was young, so I hate motherf---ers like Bambaataa, " he then plaed about beg cricized for beg "so agast f----ts" and a "homo hater.