The Spook Who Sat By Hip-Hop’s Door

(Deconstructing Lord Jamar)

By Khalil Amani

This old-head rapper, Lord Jamar Allah of the old school rap group Brand Nubians has been on a quest to be hip-hop’s anti-gay mouf-piece, yea, the poster-boy of archaic, antiquated and outdated…

Lord Jamar Has a God-Complex!

By Khalil Amani

As gay hip-hop's self-professed "straight advocate/ally" I would be remiss in my duties if I didn't take Lord Jamar Allah to task for his angst over gays in hip-hop, Mister Cee and the rest of that f#*kery he spewed on Vladtv.com. (Somebody ask Vlad to give Khalil Amani some face…

Mister Cee is Our Hip-Hop Brother!

By Khalil Amani

It's easy to kick a dog when he's down. The Mister Cee saga has so much fodder that's ready-made for bloggers looking to throw stones. As much as I love going in on the fuckery of hip-hop, this story saddens me and since I ain't your average sheepish blogger, I won't go down that path. I'm…

Gucci Mane: "Superhead Archetype" Gone Awry!

By Khalil Amani

Y’all remember Karrine “Superhead” Steffans—the chick who wrote the tell-all book on rappers and their sexual stuff—“Confessions of a Video Vixen”—where she lays it all out and spills the tea on some of your favorite rappers. Basically, she effed a lot of rappers. That’s…

Big Sean Knows Gay Vogue Dancer "Pony Zion," but Doesn’t Know Papoose?

By Khalil Amani

So I was watching a video of Big Sean being interviewed on New York City’s Power 105’s “The Breakfast Club” with Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy. At one point they asked Big Sean about the diss records to his “Control” song—specifically New York emcee Papoose—a lyrical assassin most…

A Gay Rapper is Comin'! Bet Dat!

By Khalil Amani

Fox TV's smash hit, "Empire" has put homosexuality within hip-hop on front-street. In the season's finale, one of Empire's signed rappers takes a stance against homosexuality by deserting the company, because it is now…