Lady Gaga hits out at homophobia in Hip-hop

Handsome Bob

Juggernaut songstress Lady Gaga's not afraid to speak her mind, especially when it comes to her gays, and in a taped recording with On the Record with Fuse, which airs Nov. 23, Gaga tackled homophobia and misogyny in hip hop.

"I feel even just in the music industry that there's very public misogynistic and homophobic behavior," the "Bad Romance" singer told the show earlier this month.

Gaga, who has admitted to dalliances with women and says her break-out song "Poker Face" is about bisexuality, went on to say, "When I hear one of the most famous rappers in the world say something homophobic on the radio, I want people to yell at him."

The young star, famous for her avant garde fashion sense, refused to name the rapper citing that the person knows who they are. She also added that hip-hop is not the only culprit when it comes to anti-gay sentiment in the music industry.

"I'm not trying to create and generate more hatred in the world," she said.
"I just want to generate awareness," said Gaga, who spoke at the National Equality March in Washington DC in October. "It's always wrong to hate but it's never wrong to love."

http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=23977

Very interesting, I think the obvious candidate would be Eminem, but there is a fair chance that she's referring to 50 Cent;

50 Cent has issued an apology for making a homophobic comment against Kanye West in a recent radio interview.

The New York rapper referred to West and Lady GaGa's now-scrapped jaunt as "the gay tour", Angry Ape reports.

The star said: "During an interview with Angie Martinez yesterday, certain comments I made were taken entirely out of context.

"When I referred to the Lady GaGa tour as 'the gay tour', I was basically repeating what I thought she had referred to the tour in the past. It was not my intention to offend anyone.

"I don't have a problem with anyone's lifestyle and have no issue with Lady GaGa. She makes great music."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a180250/50-cent-apologises-for-anti-gay-slur.html

It would certainly make sense as what he said was directly related to something Gaga was involved in. I don't think 50 Cent came across as a raging homophobe to be honest though, it was just a tongue in cheek joke that fell flat.

MagicMarker

On a separate note, anyone see the new video with her and Beyonce?

She looks as bad as I would if I were standing next to Brad Pitt.