![]() ![]() It is stars like this who have the Snoops of the world confused and resorting to homophobic abuse rather than innovating. One of the two,” he told the Guardian last month. “Older hip-hop people, they don’t understand evolution, or just don’t want it. The much-derided but excellent Lil Yachty meanwhile, like Young Thug, employs a mellifluous voice that’s very different to Snoop’s relative monotone, wears day-glo colours, doesn’t seem to particularly care about lyricism, and has put a deliberately diverse cross-section of people on his album cover. Young MA, one of the few gay rappers to break into the mainstream. Lesbian rapper Young M.A had one of the biggest hits of last year in OOOUUU, with lyrics about cunnilingus (though arguably she was accepted for dovetailing with the butchness hip-hop values). It used to be that Kanye West would only have to wear a pink polo shirt to have gay slurs thrown at him now, everyone from A$AP Rocky to Travis Scott embrace flamboyant threads. ![]() The openly gay likes of Cakes da Killa and Mykki Blanco remain marginalised.īut on the other hand, Young Thug’s popularity goes to show how pluralistic and accepting hip-hop culture has become. ![]() The word “faggot” litters tracks across the spectrum – some, like J Cole, have attempted to interrogate its use, but most of the time it’s a thoughtless kneejerk. The biggest rap group in the world at the moment, Migos, expressed dismay at rapper ILoveMakonnen coming out, later trying to reframe their reaction as dismay at him having to hide his sexuality – not really what was suggested by them saying “the world is fucked up” for fans supporting his decision. On the one hand, Snoop is the blunt end of a culture that is struggling to keep up with widening acceptance of homosexuality. ![]()
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