Lady Gaga Wants People to Shout Down Homophobic Rappers

In an interview with Fuse, Lady Gaga strikes out at homophobia in the music industry.

Says Gaga: "I feel even just in the music industry that there's very public misogynistic and homophobic behavior. When I hear one of the most famous rappers in the world say something homophobic on the radio, I want people to yell at him. I don't have to say who because they know who they are. It's not just hip-hop, it's everywhere. It's wrong. I'm not trying to create and generate more hatred in the world...I just want to generate awareness. It's always wrong to hate but it's never wrong to love."

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

Defusing Gay Situations with the Phrase 'No Homo'

Infomania's Bryan Safi takes a look at how str8 dudes online and rappers get out of gay situations with the phrase "no homo", AFTER THE JUMP...

Rapper Warren G: I'm Fine with Gays as Long as They Stay Hidden

Vanity Fair interviews West Coast rapper and hip-hop producer Warren G, who launches into a tirade about how kids are being led down the wrong path by rap artists who focus on wealth, and, well, gay people.

Says Warren G:

"I ain’t against gay people. I’m just against it being promoted to kids...I know people that’s gay. My wife’s got friends that are gay. I got family that’s gay. Cousins and shit. He cool as fuck. He cool as a motherfucker. He’s my homie. I just mean that on some of these TV shows, they got dudes kissing. And kids are watching that shit. We can’t have kids growing up with that...I know it happens, but let’s keep it behind the scenes. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with it if that’s what two dudes wanna do. Cool. But that’s not bring that out into the world, where the kids can see that. We don’t want all the kids doing that. ‘Cause that ain’t how we was originally put here to do. Like I said, I ain’t got no problem with the gays."

No problem until he sees them in public.

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #487

STRAIGHTLACED: A new documentary about the pressure to conform to gender roles in American high schools will have its premiere on Tuesday, May 26 at Hunter College in NYC. This is the trailer.

PICK UP THE MIC: The trailer for a new documentary about gay Hip-Hop artists.

PINK DOT: More coverage of the recent first-ever public gay rights rally in Singapore.

MELROSE PLACE 2.0: The first footage from the series remake.

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Jake Gyllenhaal, Opie Join Jamie Foxx Posse in New Video

Not only is Jake Gyllenhaal branching out to the world of Broadyway musical adaptations, he's now flexing his acting chops in hip-hop videos, specifically the new Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain track "Blame It".

Other cameos are made by Forest Whitaker and Samuel L. Jackson. But the weirdest by far has to be Ron Howard. Who knew Opie would one day end up in the back seat of this car?

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Kanye West to Fans: Don't Use the Word 'Fag'

A YouTube clip of the final minutes of a Madison Square Garden performance of Kanye West's Glow in the Dark tour on August 5th shows the rapper speaking out against homophobia and anti-gay slurs.

Apologies in advance for my rough transcription.

"Open your fucking minds. Open your minds. Be accepting of different people and let people be who they are. You know how many people came to me calling me gay cause I wear my jeans the fresh way? Or because I said hey, dude, how you gonna say 'fag' right in front of a gay dude's face and act like that's ok. That shit is disrespectful. Coming from Chicago, where if you saw somebody that was gay you were supppoed to stay ten feet away. It should be time to break out of the intuitions that I was sayin', the steretypes, or the fear, the backlash that I would get if you don't believe in what I believe in, acceptin' people for who they are...they're very talented and if they do something special in the world and they're discriminated. I've flown across the world y'all, and I've come back here to tell you — open your minds and live a happier life..."

It begins about 1:45 in on the clip, AFTER THE JUMP...

Previously
Kanye West: Still Not Gay [tr]
Kanye West and Ne-Yo: We're Not Gay! [tr]