Homosexuality in Hip-Hop

DISCLAIMER: I have no problem with gays, or homosexuality. I have a problem with fakeness and followers. So this blog is in no way intended to bash gays, but to bash the people who are truly gay (or gay acting), yet pretend they are the exact opposite and try to separate themselves, and hate on, the gays who are open about it.
For years, hip-hop has always been an aggressively testosterone driven industry. From the gangsta rap era of the 90s to now, rappers have always felt the need to show how "manly" they are. They are angry and fearless. They will kill cops, you, or failing that, your mother and kids. They've had numerous sexual conquests, and should they catch you with your guard down, your woman could ... strike that, WILL be their next conquest.
So how did they progress from "COP KILLER! FUCK THE POLICE!!" to "I swag it out, uh, felt my swag/ The shoes match the hat, the hat match my bag"? When did the focus shift from attempting to achieve Chamerberlain-esque numbers of sex partners, to making sure your rag was made by Louis Vutton? Have any of you noticed that rappers now promote the same brands as the women on Sex In The City? All of this under the guise of (I'm assuming) attempting to prove how much money they have. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Now, since hip-hop has such a strong influence on black culture, we've got young black men dressing like...well, bitches. It all started with Cam'ron. Before him, a black man would have never been caught wearing pink. Seriously, PINK. Think about that fellas. Imagine how you would have reacted if you saw a guy in the mall wearing a pink t-shirt in 1997. If it was gay then, why wasn't it gay when Cam'ron did it? He's a rapper, that's why. And, unfortunately for us, young black men worship anything these stupid fucks do. All of a sudden, you find guys justifying the wearing of pink. "It works for some guys."
"If you wear a pink button up with a blah blah blah... it can look nice."
"Light skinned guys can pull it off."
To this day, I can mention the increase in pink purchases as a sign of the gay turn that hip-hop has taken and I have friends who will defend it. Let me make this perfectly clear: IF YOU STARTED WEARING PINK AFTER THE RAPPERS DID IT, YOU ARE A BITCH. YOU ARE A WORTHLESS FOLLOWER WITH NO INDEPENDENCE OR YOUR OWN SENSE OF STYLE. IF YOU NEED A RAPPER TO TELL YOU WHAT'S COOL TO WEAR, KILL YOURSELF.
Let's move up to 2007, when gay fashion really got it's moist and clammy hands around the throat of hip-hop. Playaz Circle came out with a song called "Duffle Bag Boy" (many people for some reason mistake this song for being made by Lil Wayne, eventhough he doesn't rap on it. Usually rappers rap on their own songs.). There was nothing wrong with this song, per say. It's mostly about keeping drugs and money hidden in a duffle bag. Nothing gay about that. Unfortunately, all the closet rappers took this as an opportunity to admit that, they too, have "bags." And not only do they have "bags," but their bags match their outfit!
This poses several "problems." First, isn't "bag" what women call their purses? (For that matter, what is the difference between a bag and a purse? Is it the cost? If it's Louis Vutton it's a bag, if it's from JCPenney it's a purse? lol) Secondly, how convenient that rappers dropped the vital "duffle" part of the word, and nobody bats an eyelash? We're supposed to ASSUME that they're still talking about dufflebags? So now they've been given a pass to freely talk about carrying "bags," no longer specifying whether or not we're talking about a dufflebag, a fanny pack, or a purse. Finally, once they were allowed to talk about carrying bags, now they talk about their bags matching their outfit. Matching your accessories with your outfit? What's next? Pearls? Now, T.I. has an entire song devoted to his ownership of designer rags. But is that gay? Of course not! Why? Because it's T.I.
So, let's look at the progression. We've gone from rappers who, in the late 90's, could usually be found in all black Dickie outfits, with a fitted hat reppin' their hometown, to rappers who are potentially wearing pink shirts, with designer head gear and "the bag to match."
In closing, let me point out the effect this has had on our youth, in all of it's gay irony. A forum that I frequent has an entire section dedicated to fashion. Guys will go in this forum and talk about the newest stuff in "hip hop" fashion. I have to clarify it's hip hop fashion, lest these guys appear to be gay. lol They will talk about the jeans Young Jeezy was wearing in his latest video, or the t-shirt that Kanye West was seeing wearing at the VMA's.
From the main page of this forum, there are various links that take you to separate sections. Usually they are the 5 most recent threads in about 8-10 different section. I saw a thread about Nas' haircut, and clicked on it. It took me to the fashion section, or as they call it, the "dress code" section. In this thread, the threadstarter made a post basically saying that he thinks Nas has the nicest fades of anybody in the rap game. Immediately following, there is a great number of posts in which people are saying this guy is gay for complimenting another guy's haircut. I decide to browse the section, and I find numerous threads in which the threadstarter is called gay. They typically revolve around a rappers haircut, line up, or how he shaves his beard. I started a thread in that section in response to all the gay accusations that are thrown around so much. Here it is, unedited, in its entirety:
I saw a thread on the main page from this section talking about Nas fades. For some reason, I check out the thread, and mad niggas in the thread is callin the thread starter gay and sayin the topic is homo. I see another thread talkin about chinstraps, with the same result. Puttin whether or not the topic is gay to the side, yall don't see the irony in all this shit? A bunch of niggas who devote an entire section of the forum to talkin about fashion and go there to discuss it daily, wanna be quick to call someone else gay?!?!?!? I got no beef with this section. I'm sure it's plenty of cool cats who come in here to ask questions or to get some advice. But it doesn't seem suspicious to yall the most "gay" threads take place in this section? You don't see people in the sportscenter section getting accused of gayness all the time. I'm just sayin. Personally, I think a lot of yall are such followers, that yall just wear and do whatever a rapper tells yall to do. Yall don't think whether or not the shit the rapper is saying might be gay. Rewind 10 yrs. Would niggas be wearing pink? Hell naw. But a rapper says it's OK, so now they do. Sounds kinda gay to me. Now you got rappers talkin about matching shit to their "bag." I don't care what the fuck is in the "bag," matching hats and rags with your bag? Isn't "bag" what bitches call their purses? And niggas are lettin rappers get away with all this gay shit just cuz they rappers. This nigga T.I. got a song about designer rags. lol But it's OK cuz it's T.I.



I've received no responses. lol Case closed.