Hot 97 DJ Mister Cee opens up about transgenr prostutn sndal, says he's ‘absolutely not’ gay GQ terview

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• HOT 97 DJ MISTER CEE OPENS UP ABOUT TRANSGENR PROSTUTN SNDAL, SAYS HE'S ‘ABSOLUTELY NOT’ GAY GQ TERVIEW
• THEE MOST GAY MR. CEE PHOTOS OF ALL TIME
• HOT 97 DJ MISTER CEE TAK TO AIRWAV AFTER ARRT: 'I AM NOT GAY''IF I'M LYG AND I CHOSE NOT TO E OUT, THAT'S MY CHOICE,' DJ SAYS AFTER ALLEGEDLY SOLICG AN UNRVER P POSG AS A {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 MARKMANMAY 6, 2013/10:25 {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 MARKMANMAY 6, 2013 / 10:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOT 97 DJ MISTER CEE TAK TO AIRWAV AFTER ARRT: 'I AM NOT GAY'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-06T14:25:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-06T14:25:59.000+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 BEEN A ROUGH UPLE OF DAYS FOR HOT 97'S DJ MISTER CEE. ON FRIDAY, THE NEW YORK-BASED JOCK WAS ARRTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY AGREED TO HAVE SEX FOR MONEY WH AN UNRVER POLICE OFFICER POSG AS A PROSTUTE. WH SO MANY OUTLETS REPORTG THAT THE PROSTUTE WAS MALE, ON MONDAY MORNG (MAY 6), CEE TOOK TO THE AIRWAV TO DISPUTE REPORTS NCERNG 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;}"I AM NOT GAY," MISTER CEE TOLD HOT 97 PROGRAM DIRECTOR EBRO DARN WHEN HE APPEARED ON THE STATN'S MORNG SHOW BEFORE HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL GO ON A SELF-IMPOSED {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;}ACRDG TO CEE, WHO WAS BORN CALV LEBN, BEFORE THE ARRT HE WAS APPROACHED BY AN UNRVER FEMALE POLICE OFFICER AS HE PULLED HIS R OVER BROOKLYN TO MAKE A PHONE LL. THE FEMALE OFFERED UP SEX, WHICH CEE CLAIMED HE CLED. BUT THE RAD PERSONALY SAID HE WAS ACTUALLY THE VICTIM OF A "STG OPERATN." "THEY TRIED TO TURN AROUND AND SAY THE FEMALE OFFICER WAS A MALE OFFICER. IT WAS A STG OPERATN," HE MATAED, AGA REFUTG THE GAY {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 REPRENTATIVE FOR THE NYPD ULD NOT NFIRM THE GENR OF THE UNRVER OFFICER WH MTV NEWS, BUT DID TELL THE POPULAR DISC JOCK WAS CHARGED WH PATRONIZG A PROSTUTE THE THIRD GREE. STILL, MORS OF CEE'S HOMOSEXUALY HAVE NTUED TO N {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;}"LET'S SAY IF I'M LYG, THAT'S MY CHOICE," CEE PROPOSED, AFTER A HOT 97 DJ BEGAN TO PLAY ALY-US' "FOLLOW ME," A '90S DANCE RERD OFTEN ASSOCIATED WH THE GAY CLUB MUNY. "IF I'M LYG AND I CHOSE NOT TO E OUT, THAT'S MY CHOICE."{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 GETTG A LTLE HEATED WHEN DARN ST DOUBT AND SAID THAT CEE WAS G " TALK."{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 ISN'T THE FIRST TIME CEE, WHO WAS A PIVOTAL FIGURE THE REERS OF BOTH BIG DADDY KANE AND THE NOTOR B.I.G., WAS MORED TO BE GAY. BACK 2011, CEE PLEAD GUILTY TO LOERG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGG A PROSTUTN OFFENSE. THE PROSTUTE WAS LATER INTIFIED AS A 20-YEAR-OLD MALE LAWRENCE CAMPBELL, ALSO KNOWN AS {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;}CEE MATAS THAT HE IS NOT GAY AND HAS NEVER ENGAGED HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY. HE SAID HE HAS BEEN GOG TO UNSELG FOR HIS PROSTUTN ADDICTN EVER {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;}WH HIS LATT DRAMA, CEE ELECTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK OM RAD FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF TIME. "I'MA SPEND MYSELF, I'MA TAKE MYSELF OFF THE RAD," HE SAID. "I'MA TAKE SOME TIME OFF AND I'MA SPEND MYSELF."{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

HOT 97 DJ MISTER CEE OPENS UP ABOUT TRANSGENR PROSTUTN SNDAL, SAYS HE'S ‘ABSOLUTELY NOT’ GAY GQ TERVIEW

In this Hip-Hop muny of ours, is not ol to be gay. In talkg to rapper Mao on his blog, Mister Cee was asked if he was gay.

Then he was asked that sce he lik “tranni, ” a rogatory word short for transvte or transexual —terms ed to fe a person born male but eher drs as a woman or is transng to bee a woman, do he nsir himself gay.

”Graeme Reid, LGBT rights director at Human Rights Watch, went even eper, “In the past the Jamain police have taken some steps to addrs the surge of homophobic vlence, but clearly the steps are not enough. ” “The thori om the prime mister on down need to ll a halt to the vlence and discrimatn, prosecute anyone rponsible, and get homophobic laws off the books. I’m here, and I’m ready to go, you gay?

THEE MOST GAY MR. CEE PHOTOS OF ALL TIME

Searchg for a way to hold back tears, or to ceive, or to fortall then searchg for a way to let the tears e whout shame or embarrassment, to tell the tth about who he is, even if ’s not entirely clear—even to Mister Cee himself, even now, to this day—what exactly that tth 6, 2013, HOT 97, LIVE ON AIR:I’m gonna tell you why I’m mad: Everybody’s like, Yo, [Ebro, ] is Cee gay or he’s not?

One, Mister Cee, if you are gay or that’s your preference, you don’t need to hi. You said you’re not gay. Then I said, But do you like homosexual activy?

But at the same time, he adds, I’ve met people and have known people my life that did not tegorize themselv as gay, right? And he’d e up a rap era that grew ls tolerant, om s first steps downtown clubs the late ’70s and early ’80s—where hip-hop fans and gay men and women ed to stand si by si—to the ’90s, when Eazy-E died of AIDS, then thought by many to be a gay disease, and so got wrten out of the vanguard of rap history.

HOT 97 DJ MISTER CEE TAK TO AIRWAV AFTER ARRT: 'I AM NOT GAY''IF I'M LYG AND I CHOSE NOT TO E OUT, THAT'S MY CHOICE,' DJ SAYS AFTER ALLEGEDLY SOLICG AN UNRVER P POSG AS A {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 MARKMANMAY 6, 2013/10:25 {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 MARKMANMAY 6, 2013 / 10:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOT 97 DJ MISTER CEE TAK TO AIRWAV AFTER ARRT: 'I AM NOT GAY'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-06T14:25:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-06T14:25:59.000+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 BEEN A ROUGH UPLE OF DAYS FOR HOT 97'S DJ MISTER CEE. ON FRIDAY, THE NEW YORK-BASED JOCK WAS ARRTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY AGREED TO HAVE SEX FOR MONEY WH AN UNRVER POLICE OFFICER POSG AS A PROSTUTE. WH SO MANY OUTLETS REPORTG THAT THE PROSTUTE WAS MALE, ON MONDAY MORNG (MAY 6), CEE TOOK TO THE AIRWAV TO DISPUTE REPORTS NCERNG 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;}"I AM NOT GAY," MISTER CEE TOLD HOT 97 PROGRAM DIRECTOR EBRO DARN WHEN HE APPEARED ON THE STATN'S MORNG SHOW BEFORE HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL GO ON A SELF-IMPOSED {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;}ACRDG TO CEE, WHO WAS BORN CALV LEBN, BEFORE THE ARRT HE WAS APPROACHED BY AN UNRVER FEMALE POLICE OFFICER AS HE PULLED HIS R OVER BROOKLYN TO MAKE A PHONE LL. THE FEMALE OFFERED UP SEX, WHICH CEE CLAIMED HE CLED. BUT THE RAD PERSONALY SAID HE WAS ACTUALLY THE VICTIM OF A "STG OPERATN." "THEY TRIED TO TURN AROUND AND SAY THE FEMALE OFFICER WAS A MALE OFFICER. IT WAS A STG OPERATN," HE MATAED, AGA REFUTG THE GAY {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 REPRENTATIVE FOR THE NYPD ULD NOT NFIRM THE GENR OF THE UNRVER OFFICER WH MTV NEWS, BUT DID TELL THE POPULAR DISC JOCK WAS CHARGED WH PATRONIZG A PROSTUTE THE THIRD GREE. STILL, MORS OF CEE'S HOMOSEXUALY HAVE NTUED TO N {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;}"LET'S SAY IF I'M LYG, THAT'S MY CHOICE," CEE PROPOSED, AFTER A HOT 97 DJ BEGAN TO PLAY ALY-US' "FOLLOW ME," A '90S DANCE RERD OFTEN ASSOCIATED WH THE GAY CLUB MUNY. "IF I'M LYG AND I CHOSE NOT TO E OUT, THAT'S MY CHOICE."{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 GETTG A LTLE HEATED WHEN DARN ST DOUBT AND SAID THAT CEE WAS G " TALK."{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 ISN'T THE FIRST TIME CEE, WHO WAS A PIVOTAL FIGURE THE REERS OF BOTH BIG DADDY KANE AND THE NOTOR B.I.G., WAS MORED TO BE GAY. BACK 2011, CEE PLEAD GUILTY TO LOERG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGG A PROSTUTN OFFENSE. THE PROSTUTE WAS LATER INTIFIED AS A 20-YEAR-OLD MALE LAWRENCE CAMPBELL, ALSO KNOWN AS {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;}CEE MATAS THAT HE IS NOT GAY AND HAS NEVER ENGAGED HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY. HE SAID HE HAS BEEN GOG TO UNSELG FOR HIS PROSTUTN ADDICTN EVER {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;}WH HIS LATT DRAMA, CEE ELECTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK OM RAD FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF TIME. "I'MA SPEND MYSELF, I'MA TAKE MYSELF OFF THE RAD," HE SAID. "I'MA TAKE SOME TIME OFF AND I'MA SPEND MYSELF."{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

So—and then I’m stg here sayg, But I’m not gay, bee I haven’t perated another first thg he did was make amends. When I ask pot-blank if he’s gay, he says, Absolutely not.

One recent Friday eveng he played Buju Banton’s Boom Bye Bye on air—a song about murrg gay men.

) He remas one of the foremost boosters of a genre that n still sometim sound as nfed about s attus toward gay men and women as Cee is then there are the moments that have been surreal an entirely different way.