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the gays

Gay Rappers: Don't Fear This Book

"Who's the gay rapper?" It's been a parlor game in hip hop for years. A short and incomplete list of some of the most common names tossed around: Kanye West, Puffy, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Common, and, of course, lisping, yoga-master rap mogul Russell Simmons. While there are plenty of rumors for each one, most of those guys are suspected, honestly, because of their fashion sense (except Lil Wayne, who kissed a guy). Or because somebody's homeboy's cousin knows this cat who Puffy tried to do a three-way with. Innuendo is king. But now a formerly closeted gay MTV music executive named Terrance Dean is about to release a book—which has been anticipated for more than a year—that he says will out the gay rappers once and for all. Don't be mad, y'all! This could be the chance of a lifetime for one lucky closeted homosexual. More »

11:27 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
8,259 views, 64 comments

Latest by spazandmojo: @icallthebigonebitey : a belated amen! more »

judgment

Common: I Used To Love Him

How come I can't get past the sneaky feeling that Common is a tool? The feel-good, conscious-style Chicago rapper makes truly fresh music, he reps causes like animal rights, and he's an Obama supporter. He's even speaking out with a message of love to defend Obama's controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright [BV Buzz]! I can get with that. So what's the problem? Oh! I know what it is. He rhymed in a fucking GAP ad. Then there was that fucking Lincoln Navigator ad. And the fucking Smirnoff ads. And now he's going to be a gunslinging tough guy in a fucking Keanu Reeves movie? Yes, I think I've put my finger on it. I never really liked his stupid outfits either, honestly. But then again, I'm a hater. Trailer for Street Kings—with Common blasting away like a tool—after the jump. More »

5:14 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,456 views, 40 comments

Latest by Dollfacekilla: Seriously--- he's gotta put his kids through school somehow. Don't hate so hard. more »

marketing

Hip Hop: Now Owned By Smirnoff

Last night at a club called Element, on Houston Street, a line formed in the rain. Everyone in line was on the list for a free Smirnoff-sponsored concert featuring Common, Q-Tip, and KRS-ONE. The fact that everyone was on the list made them that much more put off that the doors opened 45 minutes late. "I'm with Diageo," moaned one girl. "I don't do lines." More »

11:17 AM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,470 views, 20 comments

gossip roundup

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Fell Off The Wagon


  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers gets a little bit less hot every time he's arrested for being drunk in an airport, doesn't he. [TMZ]
  • Rapper Common "likes him some [tennis player] Serena [Williams]." [Page Six]
  • Kanye West got all in touch with his emotions while performing a song about his dead mom. [Us Weekly]

    • 9:11 AM on Mon Nov 19 2007
    By Emily Gould
    1,918 views, 31 comments