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Neil McCauley
09-05-2011, 18:58
"Tyler, the Creator and Lil B are the latest rappers to turn the spotlight on homophobia in hip-hop, but the attention their lyrics attracts suggests attitudes are slowly changing"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/may/09/hip-hop-homophobia
WAD62
10-05-2011, 13:13
"Tyler, the Creator and Lil B are the latest rappers to turn the spotlight on homophobia in hip-hop, but the attention their lyrics attracts suggests attitudes are slowly changing"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/may/09/hip-hop-homophobia

Poor old Guardian, trying to have it's finger on the 'street pulse', but unfortunately is unable to differentiate between 'hip hop' & 'gangster rap'.

'Gangster Rap' is the manufactured WWF of music (and that W means Wrestling not Wildlife), why would one expect it to have any valid social conscience, it's just macho manufactured toss for pre pubescent US teens IMHO of course ;)

Hip Hop is a much wider term... :)

I suppose 'Gangster Rap Homophobia' wouldn't give them their all essential headline alliteration...fecking journalists ;)