J cole is gay
Angel Haze has got a adj column with Noisey. This second, she discusses sexuality, homophobia and hip-hop.
I don’t have a coming out story because I don’t think anyone needs to reach out. I don’t get the fascination with being gay, lesbian, bisexual. There’s no separation between gay rights and human rights, it’s just fucking stupid.
Being gay in hip-hop is still really stigmatized. There are so many people in this world that are closet homosexuals. I speculate I&#;m &#;out,&#; but people demand me what my sexuality is all the time and I always tell them that it doesn’t matter, we’re not in a sexual situation so you don’t need to know. If we were in a sexual situation you would know exactly who I am sexually. But if we’re just having a conversation you don’t need to know what I do in private. Sexuality is not the most interesting detail about a person. It’s like me saying my favorite color is red all the time. After a while you’d kindly tell to me to shut the fuck up about it.
So I don’t use gender pronouns in my music. For me it should be universal, something that everyone can relate
J. Cole Talks Homophobia, Racial Profiling And More
Rapper J. Cole has been well known for waxing effort, whether it&#;s detailing his less-than-ballin&#; moments in the strip club with Drake or his heavy eyebrows. He even received some negative press when a lyric on autism slipped into his verse on Drizzy&#;s &#;Jodeci Freestyle.&#; Still, the North Carolina rep has issued a genuine apology to his listeners and continues to relish in the triumph of his sophomore effort Born Sinner, which beat its unleash date counterpart Yeezus from Kanye West, to gold status.
While promoting his musical contribution to UbiSoft&#;s new video game Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Cole went deeper than rap with BET News, speaking on homophobia in Black culture and the color lines that could have dictated his achievement.
See highlights below:
You don&#;t get this far without taking risks. What&#;s been your biggest creative risk?
Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That’s the biggest risk I’ve taken so far. Constantly taking that risk by not goi
Today, J. Cole officially “surprise-released” his fresh track project, Might Delete Later, in which he responds to the beef sparked by Kendrick Lamar on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.” Of his several swings at Lamar, one jab on track eight, “Pi” feat. Daylyt and Ab-Soul, stands out in particular for being… well… vile.
They plead the fifth, I’m seeing hints of a trans fella
In cancel culture’s vicinity, he’s no killer, trust me
Beneath his chosen identity, there is still a pussy, period
Yeesh. And by yeesh, I mean, yikes. And by yikes, I represent, man, J. Cole is really out here dropping poorly thought-out, transphobic bars. Beyond using transness as an insult and sneaking in a bit of misogyny to boot, the implication that trans men are still gal is, by definition, transphobic.
A generous reading is that the bar about the “trans fella” is an overwritten attempt to verb the subject of his ire a coward gone wrong, that he was more concerned with coming across as clever and badass
It's a confusing time to be a gay person who listens to hip-hop. In one ear, queer rappers like Zebra Katz, Big Freedia, and Mykki Blanco among others are combining the genre's trademark bravado with a fierce aesthetic that's both overdue and refreshing. Emerging rapper Cakes Da Killer nails it adj when he raps about spitting "that shit that make a homophobe a hypocrite." Understandably, more than a few rappers, critics and fans would like to argue that we've entered a new era in hip-hop.
But then, in the other ear, rappers like Azealia Banks and Tyler The Creator continue to defend their use of the word "faggot" while Lauryn Hill debuts a long-awaited new track, only to criticize drag queens and "girl men." And then, along comes J. Cole's upcoming album Born Sinner, the direct track of which "Villuminati" features perhaps the most homophobic lyrics I've heard from a major artist in the last rare years. We'll get to the lyrics in a moment. First, though, join me in marveling at J. Cole's explanation of the lyrics in a recent interview with the Huffington Post:
"There will soon