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Xspo releases new music, a track titled “Not Me “, Xspo goes in and speak on the reality of rising in the game. This track may, or may not be seen on his upcoming mixtape “Better With Time “. More music coming soon.
Hip Hop, in some instances, can be a sort of musical barometer on what is going on in society. One new trend that I am seeing is openly gay individuals that are creating hip hop music. It used to be that if you were gay you never let on about it, and you damn sure didn’t rap about it in your lyrics. Well, a lot has changed in society in the last 20 years, and staying “in the closet” has taken a 180.
Being in the entertainment industry there is no escaping dealing with gay individuals in various roles. But I want to focus on the gay ARTIST this go round. When it comes to hip hop, being gay is still NOT COOL or generally accepted if you are a MALE artist. Don’t get me wrong, there are openly gay males doing hip hop, but they mostly only perform at gay events like pride marches or gay clubs. On the other hand, openly gay FEMALES artists, hell I see one of them at damn near every open mic I go to.
It is a sign of the times I guess. See most of us in the hip hop world look at those “don’t say ‘THAT’s SO GAY’, it’s not cool” commercials and think, well, damn that commercial GAY AS HELL. People for the most part still haven’t accepted the openly gay MALE rap artist. But a female with braids, a ball cap, jeans and timberlands can get on stage and say “ I WILL TAKE YO BITCH, ALL I NEED IS THREE LICKS” and well, no one feels uncomfortable most times. They may even clap at that bar.
As a heterosexual male, I can’t imagine myself riding around listening to or buying music by a gay male artist while he brags about his gay lifestyle. And hip hop is all about bragging and your “swag” now. But I have music by gay FEMALE artist that I play on my show, and no one even questions it, including me. I don’t know where the state of hip hop is heading, but I can’t imagine a day when the number one hip hop male artist is an openly gay male. But the females are already here, I see them all over. What do you think, is “HOMO HOP” where we are headed? Can we just stop at the skinny jeans please…that’s about as much as I can take!
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