Kanye West: Make 'That's So Gay' a Compliment

[ccharles000]

Loudmouthed pop singer / fashion icon Kanye West says in a new interview with Details magazine that the phrase "that's so gay" should be made a compliment.

Says Kanye: "Titles are very important. I like to embody titles, y'know, or words that have negative connotations, and explain why that's good. Take the word gay—like, in hip-hop, that's a negative thing, right? But in the past two, three years, all the gay people I've encountered have been, like, really, really, extremely dope. Y'know, I haven't, like, gone to a gay bar, nor do I ever plan to. But where I would talk to a gay person—the conversation would be mostly around, like, art or design—it'd be really dope. From a design standpoint, kids'll say, 'Dude, those pants are gay.' But if it's, like, good, good, good fashion-level, design-level stuff, where it's on a higher level than the average commercial design stuff, it's, like, gay people that do that. I think that should be said as a compliment. Like, 'Dude, that's so good it's almost . . . gay.'"

Adds Details: "West's friends and professional adjuncts, who quietly pass in and out of his loft throughout the day, start cracking up, and he leaves his chair for a bit of stand-up: 'Dude, that's so good it's almost gay!' 'Dude, you pay real attention to detail—that's almost, like, gay!' 'You had a whole conversation with that girl without bringing up sex? That was, like, gay!'"

West also had something to say about his previous comments about being the voice of this generation:

"If not me, then who? Someone could be a better rapper, dance better. But culturally impacting? When you look back at these four and a half years, who's the icon at the end of the day? Who broke down color barriers? What other black guy would a white person use as a fashion reference?"

West may be a bit overly self loving, but he may be on to something about the 'That's So Gay' thing...

http://www.bgay.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=762

[msongs]

1. the gang music crowd will be nice to gays when pigs fly really nt

[Baikonour]

4. Kanye isn't "gang music."

His music doesn't appeal to the gangster rap crowd. Kanye is what is described as "backpack rap" (don't ask me the origin of the term). Gangster rap is a dying genre.

[BlooInBloo]

6. To people like him, black = gang.

[BlooInBloo]

5. (facepalm)

[Baikonour]

8. edit: misread your post.

Sorry, ignore this.

[anonymous171]

7. Kanye West? "Gang music"? lol

[Lilyeye]

12. Kanye West is now considered gang music? WTF.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. People like you always assume that all rappers are nothing but thugs who call women bitches and hoes. :eyes:

[readmoreoften]

2. That's pretty progressive for a rapper.

[Baikonour]

3. There's plenty of progressive rappers.

Common, Talib Kweli, Jurassic 5, Mos Def, The Roots, The Pharcyde, and the list goes on.

They all generally are pretty socially conscious and have a decent message. Hip hop is definitely evolving.

[Lilyeye]

13. Thank you. Sadly people like aka "thug music" are ignorant to this.

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. "George Bush doesn't like Black people"

and Michael Myers and the rest of the nation looked at him and thought.


that's true.....even if we don't want to believe it.

[Iggo]

10. Kanye West is a fuckin idiot.

While we're at it, lets make "What a ni**er" a compliment, too!

Whaddaya think about that, Kanye?

[BlooInBloo]

11. Um... black folks kinda have...

It's just that white folks don't use it that way, which is why we're not generally supposed to use it.

EDIT: While researching your idiotic statement, I came across this hugely informative gem:
http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/caricature/

[MikeE]

14. Personally, I like Kanye

...and he is correct about using the word gay in a positive context. The community has already reclaimed words like Dyke and Queer, which previously were seen as negative, and claimed them as positive.

As far as the "gang" comment: obviously made by someone who has no clue about hip hop, plus there is a huge homo-hop movement right now. Here's a link to a page with lots of links on LGBT hip hop, (homo hop Music): http://www.io.com/~larrybob/hiphop.html

Check it out! :hi:

[hiphopnation]

15. ugh

why is this news? every time this guy opens his mouth, I cringe.

spokesperson of a generation...:puke: