Kanye West Calls For An End To Gay-Bashing

[mrtonguetwista]

NEW YORK (AP) - Kanye West says ``gay'' has become an antonym to hip-hop - and that it needs to be stopped.

During an interview for an MTV special, the 27-year-old rapper launched into a discussion about hip-hop and homosexuality while talking about ``Hey Mama,'' a song on his upcoming album, ``Late Registration.''

West says that when he was young, people would call him a ``mama's boy.''

``And what happened was, it made me kind of homophobic, 'cause it's like I would go back and question myself,'' West says on the show, ``All Eyes on Kanye West,'' set to air Thursday night (10:30 p.m. ET).

West says he changed his ways, though, when he learned one of his cousins was gay.

``It was kind of like a turning point when I was like, `Yo, this is my cousin. I love him and I've been discriminating against gays.'''

West says hip-hop was always about ``speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people.'' He adds that in slang, gay is ``the opposite, the exact opposite word of hip-hop.''

Kanye's message: ``Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates. And I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, `Yo, stop it.'''

West, whose debut disc ``The College Dropout'' won a Grammy for best rap album, will see his second record in stores on Aug. 30.

[Stone Cold is Bout It, Bout It]

HA!..what a fag

[Low Key]

``And what happened was, it made me kind of homophobic, 'cause it's like I would go back and question myself,'' West says on the show.

There are some thing you just don't say in interviews. That is one of them.

[Kill]

yes, he´s such a fag. I´ll never bump a song of his again, makes me feel a lot cooler and even more heterosexual 

[Tha_Reverend]

this is gay

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

interesting....
he talkz about Jesus and God on a track
but duznt realize (or seemz to ignore) that homosexuailty is a grave sin.....

[7even]

interesting....
he talkz about Jesus and God on a track
but duznt realize (or seemz to ignore) that homosexuailty is a grave sin.....

Niggas be talkin bout blastin on dem fools and complaining bout police AND praisin god in the same verse too, so don't trip bout that.

[The Predator]

West says he changed his ways, though, when he learned one of his cousins was gay.

``It was kind of like a turning point when I was like, `Yo, this is my cousin. I love him and I've been discriminating against gays.'''

First eminem starts to make songs with super gay Elton now this faggotry.

Homos will champion Kanye as thier new gay idol and his live shows will turn in to a scene for gays.

[WestCoasta]

HA!..what a fag

this guy is so annoying, he tries so hard to be some kind of trailblazer 
he'll only be around a lil bit longer and his 15 minutes will be up, he fuckin tries way too hard
Once  I heard "Jesus Walks" I knew this fool was gay, he's fuckin arrogant and annoying

I wanna punch something just seeing him! 

[J Bananas]

yes, he´s such a fag. I´ll never bump a song of his again, makes me feel a lot cooler and even more heterosexual

You said it brother!

[Lincoln]

Some people are very immature. I'm not the biggest supporter of gays but Kanye is right. Gays are people too.

[ecrazy]

West says he changed his ways, though, when he learned one of his cousins was gay.

``It was kind of like a turning point when I was like, `Yo, this is my cousin. I love him and I've been discriminating against gays.'''

First eminem starts to make songs with super gay Elton now this faggotry.

Homos will champion Kanye as thier new gay idol and his live shows will turn in to a scene for gays.

how is loving his cousin so bad?

[::Mr. Hahn::]

Fuck gays, they are not normal, and never will be.

Its wrong.

I have nothing against lesbians though.

[ecrazy]

^lol

[Theodore]

Some people are very immature. Kanye is right. Gays are people too.

right, everybody is free to do what they wanna do
just dont do it in my face or i'll fuckin kick yo ass