Lil B explains the logic behind his next album I'm Gay.

[The_Ripper]

"I'm very gay, but I love women. I'm not attracted to men in any way. I've never been attracted to a man in my life. But yes I am gay, I'm so happy...I'm a gay, heterosexual male."

In his steady rise to rap notoriety, Lil B has relied heavily on his viral fanbase. His multiple MySpace pages, Facebook "likes" and army of Twitter followers have helped propel his music and message. But ever since Lil B announced at Coachella last week that the title of his next album will be I'm Gay, some fans have turned on the Based God. A few have even sent digital death threats.

"People been hitting me up like, 'I'm gonna bash your head in,' 'you f----t,' 'I'm gonna kill you,' " Lil B told MTV News on Thursday (April 21), as he drove to a show at the Mezzanine in San Francisco.

With upcoming shows lined up in Chicago, Detroit and at the Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey in the next few weeks, Lil B showed no signs of fear and said he'd proceed with his scheduled dates.

"I'm not gonna stop and I'm not scared of anybody on earth," he said of the Twitter backlash. "That's why I [titled the album I'm Gay] and nobody gonna stop me."

B insisted he's not a homosexual, but that he is gay, i.e., extremely happy, flipping the word and focusing on its other definition. "I'm very gay, but I love women. I'm not attracted to men in any way. I've never been attracted to a man in my life. But yes I am gay, I'm so happy," he said. "I'm a gay, heterosexual male."

A spokesman for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) told XXLMag.com that they hope Lil B's album title is "not a gimmick, and is really a sincere attempt to be an ally."

B stressed to MTV News that he is in fact a supporter. "I got major love for the gay and lesbian community, and I just want to push less separation and that's why I'm doing it," the Based God said. "I hope GLAAD sees that I'm taking initial steps to break barriers."

When we asked about the makeup of his fanbase, B said he hadn't noticed whether there was any significant portion of his following that identifies as gay, but that some have already had a negative reaction to his title selection.

"A lot of my supporters have turned on me. It's been a few supporters that's saying, 'I'm not gonna rock with you anymore,' " the controversial MC revealed. "That's fine, because you know what? They didn't love me for real anyway."

Although the rapper has yet to begin recording the album, he expects to have it ready and available on iTunes in the next month or two. Lil B also believes that even though he's facing resistance now, in the future he'll be hailed as a hero. "One-hundred years later, people gonna thank me, because people are going to be free. And that's the main thing. Even if it's 1 percent of the people that listen to me and are gonna be free, that's better than none," he said. "That's better than not speaking up at all ... and I spoke up and I did it."

[Chamillitary Click]

He's a West Coast artist...

[J$crILLa]

WTF wrong wit dude.... fuckin fairy.

[UDollar A.K.A Nino]

Cue the dubcc homophobia.. 

[stephen619]

Fuckin FAG!!!  Trying To Create A Buzz!  Choke On A Dick!!!

[ThaRealSupreme]

Lol this lil nigga isn't foolin nobody but these dumb ass kids. Lil' B nigga u gay! *Riley's voice*. Only people who has no common sense would believe that bull shit ass fuckery.

[Dikteta Dax]

Lol this lil nigga isn't foolin nobody but these dumb ass kids. Lil' B nigga u gay! *Riley's voice*. Only people who has no common sense would believe that bull shit ass fuckery.

[Javier]

And with one simple move, he's showing how homophobic the hip hop community(and specifically the black community) is.  He's showing his Berkeley roots with this activist move. 

[Tha_Tactican]

Sorry if i come off as a hater but niggas need to quit telling me Lil' B is a Genius visionary for that "Im Gay" shit. The ipod? Genius. Henry Ford? Visionary. Lil B? Neither. Remember how charles Hamilton was a misunderstood genius? now he's just that crazy nigga with the Tyrone Biggums coat. That nigga should've named his album "I enjoy Dicks in my Butt" so I could see how yall would flip it into "He's genius! He's a visionary!"

Dont get it twisted, he seems like a cool dude, hes making a name for himself out there but really ppl need to stop making him out to be this DEEP artist w/ this so-called divine wisdom

[Furor Teutonicus]

And with one simple move, he's showing how homophobic the hip hop community(and specifically the black community) is.  He's showing his Berkeley roots with this activist move. 

It may be a simple move to gain attention, but atleast he has guts, I'll give him that. Very few would upset The usual ignorant, homophobic hip-hop customer with this stuff.

[Tha_Tactican]

And with one simple move, he's showing how homophobic the hip hop community(and specifically the black community) is.  He's showing his Berkeley roots with this activist move. 

It may be a simple move to gain attention, but atleast he has guts, I'll give him that. Very few would upset The usual ignorant, homophobic hip-hop customer with this stuff.

True. Especially ppl who listens to this guy

[BLUNTTYMECC]

this is whats wrong with todays society. the word gay is now only to describe homosexuality if some of you uneducated dumbasses dont know gay has two meanings 1. the one everyone here is concerned with 2. happy. i get what lil b is tryna say and instead of looking at this from a different view yall looking through it through some haters eyes


#swag

[Furor Teutonicus]

this is whats wrong with todays society. the word gay is now only to describe homosexuality if some of you uneducated dumbasses dont know gay has two meanings 1. the one everyone here is concerned with 2. happy. i get what lil b is tryna say and instead of looking at this from a different view yall looking through it through some haters eyes


#swag

true, I just read the word 'gay' in a novel today and thought wtf because it appeared to be totally out of context until I remembered that it has a 2nd meaning.

[BLUNTTYMECC]

this is whats wrong with todays society. the word gay is now only to describe homosexuality if some of you uneducated dumbasses dont know gay has two meanings 1. the one everyone here is concerned with 2. happy. i get what lil b is tryna say and instead of looking at this from a different view yall looking through it through some haters eyes


#swag

true, I just read the word 'gay' in a novel today and thought wtf because it appeared to be totally out of context until I remembered that it has a 2nd meaning.

says it in the flintstones theme song too

[UCC]

And with one simple move, he's showing how homophobic the hip hop community(and specifically the black community) is.  He's showing his Berkeley roots with this activist move. 

It may be a simple move to gain attention, but atleast he has guts, I'll give him that. Very few would upset The usual ignorant, homophobic hip-hop customer with this stuff.

Word, there are very few moves that will actually shock and offend anymore, and this is one of them, at least as far as the regular hiphop audience is concerned, props to him