Is Hip-Hop Finally Being Held Accountable for its Homophobia?

It's time we use our voices to be heard on other issues as well by supporting gay friendly businesses solely.  We have incredible buying power and spending potential.   We have the ability to provoke change.  Here' one example:

By any objective measure--moral, legal, ethical, the eyes of his horrified mother--the hip-hopper Wale screwed up. Management for the gifted artist best known for his duet with Lady Gaga contracted him to perform at D.C. Black Pride, a 20-year-old festival--for 45 minutes and $18,000. At the last minute, his team backed out, claiming they did not realize Pride was a gay and lesbian event.  Whooops!


Furious Pride organizers put him on blast in the local media, vowed to explore their legal options, and quickly arranged for another artist, the tatted-out R&B crooner J. Holiday to take his place. In the middle of J. Holiday's Memorial Day Weekend performance, I watched Wale make an unpaid appearance to do a little damage control. He said once his mother informed him of the controversy which aired on local TV, he immediately came back from his trip to Miami to make things right.


Source: TheRoot.com
 
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Miami, Memorial Day Weekend...

It's no secret that it's an annual tradition for the "kids" to flock to Miami for Memorial Day weekend.  Once upon a time, D.C. was the place to go for Memorial Day weekend, then the grown and sexy started flocking to San Juan, Puerto Rico to escape the "teeny boppers".  In the weeks leading up to said weekend, the gyms and shopping malls are flooded with "the kids" who are gearing up to take over the city.  It never fails, those going assume everyone is going especially if you're caught in the gym days before the festivities: "Oh, you tryna pull it together for Miami?" or "What day you going down?"

There comes a time we all must let that go!  At 34, I'm just not interested anymore...Goodnight!

Enjoy and be good...if you can't be good be SAFE!

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