N*ggas Is Gay
Fat Joe’s synopsis of homosexuality in our culture is as concise as it is astute: “Niggas is gay.” I don’t want to bother with a debate over whether or not Fat Joe should be able to use that word. I sort of consider him to be black, bilingual, and able to swim. Yes, that’s politically incorrect. Now can we go back to the part about niggas being gay? Okay then.
Some might be put off a bit on his emphasis on the word preference, but I don’t think it matters much given his overall point is that he’s not donating a damn about whether or not you’re gay because it should be irrelevant. Or as he so eloquently puts it: “Girls too… I’m a fan of ‘Yo, I’m gay. The fuck.’ Like, 2011 you gotta hide that you’re gay? Like, you know what I’m saying, like, be real, like ‘Yo I’m gay, what the fuck.’ If you gay you gay. Like that’s your preference, you know? Fuck it if the people don’t like it.”
Can we get this quote to a beat? Something as catchy as: “My niggas don’t dance, we just pull up our pants and do the rock-a-way. Now lean back, lean back, lean back.” Just with a gay twist — which includes slashing that unfortunate (to me) portion. Not everyone could get into “Born This Way.” Include me among that bunch.
Just last night I was talking to friends about people we know that are gayer than bathroom sex at a Rihanna concert who still lie to themselves that they’re going to magically fall into a vagina and not turn into Gumby. If Fat Joe the big heterosexual can get it, why can’t even some of these homos and the breeders who spook them? That includes some of you idiots who call me “faggie,” “fag” or pretend to be Biblical scholars on the comments section of my site. Yes, I read every comment here. Thank you for reading, but you can suck my dick and let the salt intake give you a stroke all the same.
Now on to more important matters: The gay mafia. Everybody knows (please say the way my play Auntie Phaedra Parks phrases it please) that I’m not the biggest fan of conspiracy theories, but Joe Who Doesn’t Care Where Your Privates Blow makes a good point about there being a lot of gay people behind the scenes yielding a lot of power. To that I say: Isn’t it about time that I be brought into the fold? Then again, it was only the other day that someone I greatly broke it down to me about the virtues of patience. I suppose my day of being included among the league of gay people outsiders complain about soiling their world with our good taste will come. Don’t feel like you can’t contribute to those efforts, though. So as I wait for a couple hundred of you to contribute to the tip jar over at gay Illuminati headquarters, feel free to email this post to your friends.
Fat Joe is showing folks the way to the truth…with their gay asses.
Noladarling
November 10, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Oooh la la… you on one, ain’tcha Mikey? Tell me how you really feel about their gay asses! BTW, I didn’t know it was salty. I always imagined it kinda sweet…
Interplanetjanet
November 13, 2011 at 10:47 pm
But Sweetheart,
you dont have to be a bible scholar to understand that homosexuality is an abomination to the only true and living GOD. Anyone with the ability to read can read that ,not everyone can live it though. God bless you Hon,continued success with your writing. you are a talented and entertaining man.
Derrick
November 14, 2011 at 5:42 pm
I mean…okay. Fat Joe has wholeheartedly bought into the “progressive narrative.” As in, at one point in time we were at this place & now we are here. The Civil Rights Movement being the paragon of all progressive narratives. In other words, the Civil Rights Movement happened so what the hell is wrong with you? We have come so far from that time.
When thinking about GLBT people, yes, It is 2011 & gay and lesbian people are still in the closet because heterosexism and homophobia are beasts–period. Now I do agree with the gist of what Fat Joe is getting at.
While I’m not feeling the “Gay Mafia” bit (because I remember the Right using this very moniker to describe the so-called ‘Gay Agenda’), there are a lot of gay and lesbian people in positions of power when thinking about the distribution of hip-hop. This has always been the most puzzling factor about hip-hop. We’re “faggots” every other verse yet we are apart of the distribution?
You can help promote hip-hop (be executives, be A & R, be creative directors, etc….), but you can’t SPEAK.
Of course I’m talking about mainstream hip-hop here.
Good post.
Procrastination_Xtravaganza
November 16, 2011 at 2:18 am
Oh, sh*t. Dude you are boss. I regret that I haven’t found this blog sooner! I found it 5 min ago and I’ve already shared it with a couple friends. As soon as I get $3 I’m totally giving you one.
Love Fat Joe’s attitude. As NORE said (responding to the same question from the same interviewer), confident straight men are not troubled by/with gay men.
Derrick has brought up an important point though, the disconnect between the gays in powerful positions in the music industry and the messages perpetuated throughout it. Like, Obama ended dont ask dont tell, Get rid of that crap in your field too! Which isn’t to say everyone needs to come out, but use your influence to advocate for equality, tolerance, or at least against homophobia.