Hip hop artist Lil B declares next album titled ‘I’m Gay’
”You can be whatver you want. Don’t give a fuck — fuck what anybody else think. I’m a tell you like this: I’m a do the most controversial thing in hip-hop. Y’all heard it here first. And I’m a just show you that words don’t mean shit. I’m a make an album called ‘I’m Gay,’ right…. Now I’m a tell you why I’m the first person to do it in hip hop…. So many people, be wondering about what people mean, and like, different definition of words and shit. But it’s like, first, ‘gay’ means ‘happy.’…. I like women. I love women. But it just shows you, it’s like: No matter what you do, it doesn’t matter. Live life. We only got one life to live. Be happy. Fuck the hate. Fuck the hating.”
Lil B (a/k/a Brandon McCartney), a rapper and performer in his early 20s, grabbing the attention of many in the hip hop and gay communities this week at the Coachella festival. The uncensored declaration that his next album would be called ”I’m Gay,” seems to have confused many observers, but the creatively overflowing Lil B has been described before as being purposefully controversial, somewhat counterculture and “weird.” (via YouTube)
Lil B previously said in a couple of his many releases that he was God and also a ”faggot.” He insists he is so secure in his heterosexuality that he can make these statements that are seemingly counterintutive to the hypermacho marketing of the hip hop subculture.
An unnamed spokesperson for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation reportedly responded to Lil B with this (XXL mag):
”As a lyricist, Lil B knows that words matter. Slurs have the power to fuel intolerance. We hope that Lil B’s album title is not just a gimmick, and is really a sincere attempt to be an ally. He has the platform and the voice. We hope he uses it in a positive way.”
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