Khalil Amani in DJ Kayslay’s “Straight Stuntin Magazine!” …Again!

Yeah, that’s right! My new article, “The Video Vixen: Hip-Hop’s Mary Magdalene” is in DJ…

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B.O.I. Sha: Just a Woman at Heart!

By Khalil Amani

Oh man! Did you see lesbian rapper B.O.I.…

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King Jabbar: Fashion On Some Other…

Fashion and hip-hop go together like bacon and eggs. Where there’s fashion, there’s hip-hop. Where there’s hip-hop, there’s fashion. From hip-hop’s first brands Cross Colors…

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Bry’Nt: Proof That Not Only Us Old Guys Wear Depend!

By Khalil Amani

Yes! Gay blogger…

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When Youth was on my Side

By Khalil Amani

Hip-hop heads put a premium of youth. I’ve been called “old ass” so much that I think…

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Twitter: When Famous People Follow Not-So-Famous People (Like Me!)

I like Twitter! You can stay current with your favorite celebrity’s whereabouts, thoughts, likes, dislikes and feelings on events as they happen. Some of these celebs have as many as 3,000,000 followers (Oprah). What’s the…

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My 5-Star Chicks: My daughters.

Most fathers would have a problem with knowing that…

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Charlamagne Tha God! “How You Doin’?”

By Khalil Amani

I blogged about…

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Some Gay Rappers Don’t Like Me? You Don’t Say!

By Khalil Amani

I’m getting the eeriest feeling that some gay rappers don’t like me. Can you fuckin’ believe dat? The most vocal…

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Rev. Run: Hip-Hop’s Hallelujah Huckster!

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Khalil Amani

Reverend Run! Reverend Run! You all know Run of rappers Run DMC. They broke major hip-hop ground with their song, …

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Not Hiding In Hip-Hop: Gay & Lesbian Rappers…“Out” and “Proud!” By Khalil Amani



With all the hype and hoopla surrounding the release of Terrance Dean’s book, Hiding In Hip-Hop, I think it is most apropos to expose mainstream hip-hop audiences to some real, live, “out,” and openly Gay, Lesbian, Bi, and Transgender (LGBT) rappers. You talkin’ about “keepin’ it real?” Unlike those D/L brothas and…

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Gray is the New Black!

By Khalil Amani

Have you ever seen some old dude in the club, clearly in his mid to late fifties (or older) with jet-black hair—mustache and beard—trying…

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Prince Cat-Eyez! King of the Diss Record! By Khalil Amani

(Gay rapper Prince Cat-Eyez, the Inland Empire Assassin)



Before you say it—yes, I represent Prince Cat-Eyez. I’ve loved his Movement for a long time. My dude has been on his grind for a long minute now, taking on all comers when it comes to putting out diss records. Going back to his diss record (One Hit Blunder) at mainstream artist Khia (My neck, my back… Continue

Step Your Shoe Game Up! By Khalil Amani



So I was in Miami this past weekend (thus, the lack of blogs written) and was livin’ li vida loca. I ate some authentic Cuban food—black beans & rice, plantain chips, Red Snapper and some other good stuff. I also went to this fabulous club called “M-1”, which was crazy-stupid-hyped! Thanks to my best friend David, whose nephew is an international model, who models for the club owner’s company, we got in free and sat in V.I.P.… Continue

In Case You Didn’t Know! By Khalil Amani



In case some of y’all thought I was a one-article feature in DJ Kayslay’s “Straight Stuntin Magazine”—I’m officially one of his staff writers, representing my gay peeps, my sistas and spiritual matters of a hip-hop nature.

I am honored to have a voice in this hip-hop landscape (being a half-century old and all!) I look forward to pushing the hip-hop genre beyond the… Continue