community after the debut of a transgender battler, the
culture already has many popular, openly gay female
battlers - both of the “lipstick” and “butch” varities. Why
does there seem to be greater acceptance for gay females
than gay males in the battle rap culture?
In regular life gay women are more accepted than
gay men any! Two women have with each both men
and women find that sexy! But two men....yikes
SARA KANA
President, Barz and Brastraps, Battle Rap Legend
Hip-hop lyric s and culture can be homophobic at times.
No Shame’s recent appearance on AHAT was met with
mixed reviews, ranging from rejection to acceptance to
indifference. Do you feel that No Shame’s appearance
hurts the culture, helps the culture or otherwise, and
why?
Neither, anything we do in life will be met with
mixed feelings, the elephant in the room is always
the word and life style of Homosexuality ... In
battle rap, lesbians are accepted more then any
gay man, funny part is No shame lives up to his
name (show no shame in who u are,) and from
my understanding has a wife and kids . But some
minds are to programmed to to judge first ..
While there was some backlash from the battle rap
community after the debut of a transgender battler, the
culture already has many popular, openly gay female
battlers - both of the “lipstick” and “butch” varities. Why
does there seem to be greater acceptance for gay females
than gay males in the battle rap culture?
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Because men love women. straight men will not
accept the fact that yes there is gay men who
love men... There is a gay man in every hood in
america today, but if that gay man said i have
bars!! Everyone would deny him, BARS OVER
EVERYTHING! Even sexuality ? Will everyone
over look his sexuality and just see a battle rapper
or emcee ? NO all they see or hear is he is GAY.
The sad part is if ppl can get over that one factor
that actually does not effect their lives in any way
, nor will that gay man be touching you or yours
they may be impressed or un effected .. BUT sad
but true fact is noone is ready to accepted it until
THEY THEMSELVES are ready to. No one will
be gay for battling a gay man thats a dumb way to
look at things ... Being gay is not a game its who
we are . If i give u a pound or a gay man gives you
a pound are you gay now? NO , but thats how
some closed minds are n see things , dumb yes!!
But true .. No shame again is not gay but your
so programed into believing in what others say
to imagine a straight man who has a wife n kids
dressed like a chick just could not be right... Its
wrong.. But to whom actually? Who are we to tell
others how to live there life when its hard enough
to live our own.
DAYLYT
Battle Rapper
In a VladTV interview, you voiced your feelings of
opposition to homosexuality, however in a recent blog
you stated that you’d battle No Shame. Do you feel being
gay or transgender should disqualify No Shame from the