How hip-hop is finally losing its homophobic image

Artists such as Lil' B and Lil Wayne are tackling hip-hop's anti-gay sentiments, but it might have been Kanye West who set the ball rollingTo say that hip-hop has enjoyed an uneasy relationship with homosexuality would be an understatement. Since time immemorial, from Chuck D ("From what I know/the parts don't fit") through Brand Nubian ("Don't understand their ways/And I ain't down with gays") to Eminem ("Hate fags? The answer's yes!"), some otherwise venerable artists have ideologically foot-f...

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