Today, it’s about as common as other equally problematic phrases like “that’s so gay!” Never Miss a Beat The phrase “no homo” is particularly interesting because, like many words in Black vernacular, “no homo” has made its way into the mainstream. While the issue has arguably improved over the last decade – with queer artists like iLoveMakonnen, Kevin Abstract, Frank Ocean, Big Freedia, and Lil Nas X taking a seat at the hip-hop table while being authentic about their sexual orientation and gender identity – anti-gay sentiment is still rife in rap songs.įrom Eminem’s repeated use of the word “f*ggot” in his music to the ubiquity of the term “no homo” in the hip-hop scene in the early 2000s, gay people – or at least softness and effeminacy – have been the butt of the joke in hip-hop culture for far too long. When rapper DaBaby came under fire for a string of controversial comments about gay men and people living with HIV/AIDS last year, it reignited a long-standing conversation about the problem of homophobia in hip-hop.
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