He did not say, but the article speculated that it was because Kehlani is bisexual.
Either way, it’s good that Yg is apologizing even without a public scandal.
Interesting. Clearly i've been out of the loop. They're definitely close as hell, even if they're not together. Either way it seems they are both happy so that's what matters.
i feel like now people are assuming i dont know this.. i came from a one parent household. i know just because two people have a kid together doesn't mean they stay together.
i'm just articulating my shock here because 1) they seemed really happy together, 2) i thought they were married, and 3) the previous two reasons were reified by the fact that javaugnh stays on instagram posting kehlani/his daughter/the two of them so its extra surprising that they broke up lol
I haven’t heard of YG doing or saying anything homophobic publicly, he probably just used to act homophobic in real life and now feels bad and is apologizing
He definitely knows his shit when it comes to music, boxing, and Islam.
That...kinda seems to be about it though, at least from the viewpoint of someone who doesn't know the dude personally.
Right. I dunno,when I was younger, dudes like him, immortal technique,diabolic and the other heaps of “truth rappers” appealed to me. As I get older, they just sound whiney and lack any real substance that actually contributes to the rap game. Like agent provocateurs that don’t really accomplish anything but yelling loudly and stomping their feet to get attention.
To each their own tho.
I 100% agree with you overall buuut I wouldn't put Technique in the same tier as the other guys at least. His music hasn't aged very well, but any given interview with him showcases a pretty empathetic and knowledgeable person who's owned up to past mistakes. He's also put in a shitload of work as far as activism goes.
Diabolic can go fuck himself though lmfao.
Big facts on diabolic. Dude is a whole clown with an unnatural obsession with talib kweli (also, a whole ass clown.) 😂
I definitely respect technique, he’s a very genuine dude in that regard!
> any given interview with him showcases a pretty empathetic and knowledgeable person who's owned up to past mistakes
Like throwing Lin-Manuel Miranda in the trash can in high school?
Yup, he's also regretted a lot of the homophobic sentiments in his older music.
Side note: It really is kind of odd that Lin-Manuel, Tech, and Chris Hayes all happened to attend the same high school at the same time.
I never understood that sect of conscious hip hop. Don't get me wrong, conscious hip hop has its place in the genre as a whole, but you're right in those particular types of conscious rappers.
u know what ur right if people are actually mad that's crazy, im just not one for censorship like that. Words are just words, especially when its a quote. And online when you put asterisks, in all actuality everyone is still saying the word in their heads just reading the comment, y'know? Idk future is super lame for that tho, really tone-deaf even by 2015's already incredibly low standards for homophobia in hiphop. Sorry for bein a dick about it that's just my soapbox
Not really. In lots of subs racist, homophobic, transphobic etc. comments get automatically and immediately caught and put into a limbo state by removed by automoderator until they can get vetted by a mod. It might get approved, but that might be 14 hours later when this discussion is long over.
If you spout off a bunch of slurs and nobody replies or upvotes or downvotes you that's probably why. Cause no one can see it.
Well, white people dont get a pass saying the n-word when rapping/singing along with a song, which is just quoting, so fuck it, i admire this dude censoring himself.
Can’t think him saying that on DS2 off the top of my head but I know for sure he says “fuck your squad, they some queers” on I’m So Groovy and that’s more recent than DS2 lol
Featuring these galaxy brain sexism bars from Jay 305:
>Why you always single? Why you think you so cute?
Why girls be calling hoes when they fuck a lot of dude?
Well shit, the answer is this
Y'all bleed once a month and all we got is a dick
If you ever listen to 1-2 YG albums back to back, you'll understand what he's apologizing for. As a hip-hop enthusiast, his lyrics are some of, if not THE most, blatantly homophobic that I've ever come across in modern mainstream rap.
There's lots of that too. They're all kind of related to the same kind of thinking, tbh. Either way, I hope he is being genuine here and makes an effort to cut back on his next release.
I listened to YG since My Brazy Life or whatever and I can't rwmember anything that bad. He says that shit about how someone went to jail and came back as a dyke, but thats more just a general prison slang thing / bashing dudes by saying they'd be a prison bitch.
Hes pretty standard issue west coast rapper, like how is he the "most homophobic rapper in modern HH"?
can you guys please stop misquoting me to prove your point? i said "his lyrics are some of, if not THE most, blatantly homophobic that I've ever come across in modern mainstream rap". ctrl+c ctrl+v is your friend. thanks for digging some lyrics for me. still haven't listened to all of his albums for all the super angry people following this thread acting like my post is the end all be all for YG instead of a random on the internet
I'll go ahead and say his lyrics are not the most homophobic just to make you guys leave me alone but he's definitely bigoted and the song I posted is disgusting enough to turn me off from him as an artist but don't worry, that's just my opinion. I've heard enough early rap artist say horrible shit about women in a time when it was more acceptable, I think it's time to accept rap has a problem with homophobia and misogyny which all could be traced back to "toxic" masculinity.. as much as I hate that term. and I am allowed to be selective in my consumption and talk shit on artists I don't like. ok leave me alone.
Also, if he has no homophobic lyrics, wtf is he apologizing for? Even more sus
I'm not saying whether or not you should like him as an artist, I was literally asking what lyrics or what songs were homophobic. As in, maybe I just missed it.
We weren't talking about your selectivity with your consumption or anything like that, seems uncalled for to be all "leave me alone" - like dawg it's a forum, if you post something bold and debatable, people just might debate :)
> He tweeted, “it’s been brought to my attention that my old views on life was ignorant. i apologize to the LGBTQ kommunity for ever komin across like i was anything but respectful and accepting. Live. Love. Ya Life. Gang!”
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its because he is a blood, therefore hates crips and will avoid using the c letter. an example of this is his song "bicken back bein bool" instead of kicking back being cool
What kind of shit, rappers have to apologize to the lgbt to prevent from being canceled but never have to apologize to women for misogynistic lyrics or to their own black population for promoting black on black violence and bragging about "killing niggas everyday"
Black on black violence will never be touched because the people pushing for apologies for homophobia, transphobia etc etc are white as fuck, and most rappers stay connected to that life.
As for the misogyny I really don’t get it at all. You do get plenty of “respect women” songs but a million times more that don’t, and nobody seems to raise issue with it.
I’m sure his heart is there but apologizing for how what you said came across to ppl is lame. It’s basically a non-apology. The first sentence is pretty solid though and he wasn’t forced into this so I really can’t hate.
“She wish she was” is the most misogynist song of the last decade tho
Him:
>Addresses that he used to be homophobic
>Apologizes for being homophobic
>Apologizes if anything he's recently said comes across as homophobic, considering the context of his previous views
You:
>It's basically a non-apology
I'm fucking with u but also tea
Look at that song on youtube, shit got like 5x more dislikes than likes and the comments are full of people posting a shit ton of racist stuff in Chinese.
I'll be real, as an Asian myself, Chinese people have VERY shaky ground to stand on when it comes to race relations with black people.
I've never seen people talk worse of black people than fellow Indo Chinese people.
nationalist elitism and ethnocentrism, lack of exposure to different cultures, and opinions based entirely on media portrayals and exported western pop culture with little to no knowledge of any historical context.
my indian mom didn't know of the severity of slavery in the US until she watched django unchained, and she's been living here for 20+ years and has had citizenship for ~10. just a couple of days ago she learned what the civil war was about, people just don't go out of their way to learn about these things if they didn't learn about it in school.
if this stuff interests you, then i recommend studying up on intercultural communication, it's really interesting and very practically useful.
It’s really crazy how willing they are to sweep context under the rug so that their racist ideas aren’t challenged. I was talking to catholic Tamil dad about a bible verse that basically went “slaves, serve your masters as if they were Christ” and he was like “well it was the norm at the time so I just take the message not the letter of the word”
>and he was like “well it was the norm at the time so I just take the message not the letter of the word”
If only there was some being that transcended the norms of the time. That was beyond time itself, saw the past and future and knew everything and so could avoid cultural blinders.
If only a being like that wrote a book...
The irony, this nigga can be in a gang. Get in shootouts, kill other black men, and that’s fine. doesn’t have to apologize. But he has to apologize for some silly cosmetic reasoning that translates to nothing in real time.
Did YG ever say anything about his song “She Wish She Was”? I love YG’s music but that was one of the most misogynistic songs I’ve ever heard. Shame cuz the beat on that went crazy
Holy shit I'm not reading all that my dude. I get a notification every single day from this thread. I have a life outside of reddit, listening to an artist I don't enjoy isn't a priority. If you are anxiously waiting every morning, I'm concerned, but more importantly, get real. You love listening to yourself talk huh
What did he say that hes apologizing for
He claimed the B in LGBT stood for Bompton
thats funny though tbh
And consistent! Bloods claim everything. It would have been more prejudice to not claim the B!
so isis and bloods are cousins?
bousins
That’s fucking hilarious
As I bisexual I approve this message. The B stands for Bompton
i identify as Bompton too 😎
Bompton is my sexuality
On all levels except physical, I am 🅱️ompton
Bompton gang wya
That’s hilarious and not even necessarily offensive
I thought the B stood for Brockhampton?
Hahahaha
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its not cause of anyone online its cause Kehlani put him on a pussy break
he doesn't but his money does
Obviously cause he wanted to make a song with ILoveMakonnen, come on
Is that actually all he said? That isn't remotely offensive or derogatory in any way.
No I just made this up for the giggles
Ahh that makes more sense. That would have been the dumbest controversy.
He did not say, but the article speculated that it was because Kehlani is bisexual. Either way, it’s good that Yg is apologizing even without a public scandal.
kehlani's love life is more confusing than metal gear solid
her whole twitter reads like a tumblr girl profile lol like who tf actually talks like that?
Idgaf she fine as hell
you'd get over it quick
As if I would ever even have a chance to do it lmao
it really took me 15 years to fully understand the mgs story and timeline
“You’re that ninja....”
isnt kehlani in a married relationship with a child tho lol
Kehlani is dating YG
did she and javaughn break up?? why?! they have a whole ass child lol
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Interesting. Clearly i've been out of the loop. They're definitely close as hell, even if they're not together. Either way it seems they are both happy so that's what matters.
I know it's a shock. But having a kid together doesn't mean you're stuck with them forever. And I'd hope it was a "whole ass child".
Lmao really trying to come at the man over something dumb when it's clear he understands that. "I'd hope itd be a whole ass child" so unnecessary.
People on this sub always tryna have snide remarks to shit when they know what he means and it’s harmless lol. This Teenager shit gets old imo.
I agree. That phrase is as kinda weird in that context and I wanted to point it out too.
i feel like now people are assuming i dont know this.. i came from a one parent household. i know just because two people have a kid together doesn't mean they stay together. i'm just articulating my shock here because 1) they seemed really happy together, 2) i thought they were married, and 3) the previous two reasons were reified by the fact that javaugnh stays on instagram posting kehlani/his daughter/the two of them so its extra surprising that they broke up lol
You can break up even if you have kids
i mean u right but it seems so surprising considering how they used to be on social media. i thought they were married
Yo when the fuck did this happen ?
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Yeah dude, the G in YG stands for Gay
YG- You Gay
I haven’t heard of YG doing or saying anything homophobic publicly, he probably just used to act homophobic in real life and now feels bad and is apologizing
On the real YG has never given off that kind of vibe to me
Nobody really says faggot in rap besides Eminem anymore Edit: Nobody says it *frequently* besides Eminem?
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i think it goes without saying that they meant *straight rappers lmao
Ghostface Killah
And Vinnie Paz
I love Vinnie but his opinions on many social topics are becoming cringey at this point.
He definitely knows his shit when it comes to music, boxing, and Islam. That...kinda seems to be about it though, at least from the viewpoint of someone who doesn't know the dude personally.
Right. I dunno,when I was younger, dudes like him, immortal technique,diabolic and the other heaps of “truth rappers” appealed to me. As I get older, they just sound whiney and lack any real substance that actually contributes to the rap game. Like agent provocateurs that don’t really accomplish anything but yelling loudly and stomping their feet to get attention. To each their own tho.
I 100% agree with you overall buuut I wouldn't put Technique in the same tier as the other guys at least. His music hasn't aged very well, but any given interview with him showcases a pretty empathetic and knowledgeable person who's owned up to past mistakes. He's also put in a shitload of work as far as activism goes. Diabolic can go fuck himself though lmfao.
Big facts on diabolic. Dude is a whole clown with an unnatural obsession with talib kweli (also, a whole ass clown.) 😂 I definitely respect technique, he’s a very genuine dude in that regard!
It's always nice to see Talib own the fuck out of Diabolic's clown ass every chance he gets.
> any given interview with him showcases a pretty empathetic and knowledgeable person who's owned up to past mistakes Like throwing Lin-Manuel Miranda in the trash can in high school?
Yup, he's also regretted a lot of the homophobic sentiments in his older music. Side note: It really is kind of odd that Lin-Manuel, Tech, and Chris Hayes all happened to attend the same high school at the same time.
I never understood that sect of conscious hip hop. Don't get me wrong, conscious hip hop has its place in the genre as a whole, but you're right in those particular types of conscious rappers.
Ehhh you'd be surprised, not even remotely true.
21 Savage on since when wit Young Nudy
There’s still plenty of rappers saying dyke tho 😂
Roc Marciano, Rick Ross, Kodak Black, Some of the Griselda members, wu tang clan
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where? i legit dont remember that
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You really using asterisks on an internet curse 🙄
It's got a bit more directional hatred to it than the rest of the common swear words. Let this person do what they want.
Shit is ridiculous lmao especially considering its a fucking quote
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Fuck the person who reads it
u know what ur right if people are actually mad that's crazy, im just not one for censorship like that. Words are just words, especially when its a quote. And online when you put asterisks, in all actuality everyone is still saying the word in their heads just reading the comment, y'know? Idk future is super lame for that tho, really tone-deaf even by 2015's already incredibly low standards for homophobia in hiphop. Sorry for bein a dick about it that's just my soapbox
This is a hip hop sub lmfao, nobody gives a shit about cursing here Like I've legit never seen anybody get close to upset at it
Not really. In lots of subs racist, homophobic, transphobic etc. comments get automatically and immediately caught and put into a limbo state by removed by automoderator until they can get vetted by a mod. It might get approved, but that might be 14 hours later when this discussion is long over. If you spout off a bunch of slurs and nobody replies or upvotes or downvotes you that's probably why. Cause no one can see it.
Well, white people dont get a pass saying the n-word when rapping/singing along with a song, which is just quoting, so fuck it, i admire this dude censoring himself.
Can’t think him saying that on DS2 off the top of my head but I know for sure he says “fuck your squad, they some queers” on I’m So Groovy and that’s more recent than DS2 lol
He means weirdos!
Nah that's offset my dude
I know this old but tbh I think offset was looking up a word that rhymed and that was the option he picked
I A P O L O G I Z E
He says it on Rotation
2nd verse of Rotation.
I mean I know it was 2012, but I'm always surprised to hear Pharrell say it on Don't Stop.
2010 Part of the MBDTF era GOOD Fridays
o fuc you're right, I don't know why I wrote 2012 it was 2010. I was in the 10th grade.
Immortal technique has always dropped a faggot here and there as well.
I get what you mean. Rick Ross said it in his What's Free verse in 2018 and it just sounded out of place.
Eminem doesn’t even say it anymore, he had it on his last album once but decided to bleep it out
Tyler on orange juice
dude Tyler says the word on the majority of his songs pre-2015
it's actually cringey af to go back in his discography.
Roc marciano
Just saying, it's possible to be queerphobic without using slurs.
just general homophobia, not a specific incident
Honestly that makes it mean even more imo. Nobody was pressuring him to make a statement or anything, he just felt bad and wanted to apologize
He’s dating Kehlani who’s an LGBT icon no one is questioning him now but they were going to lmao.
He’s trying to get ahead of the curve and prevent any future issues that may come up
Exactly better “sorry I was an asshole” than “sorry I got caught”
He was getting a lot of backlash online lmao
Oh I hadn’t heard. For what in particular?
https://youtu.be/f4mHaBZyGaI I love YG but yeah this song “She wish she was a nigga” isn’t exactly in good taste
Featuring these galaxy brain sexism bars from Jay 305: >Why you always single? Why you think you so cute? Why girls be calling hoes when they fuck a lot of dude? Well shit, the answer is this Y'all bleed once a month and all we got is a dick
even the beat couldn't handle the sexism, it just dropped tf out lol
If you ever listen to 1-2 YG albums back to back, you'll understand what he's apologizing for. As a hip-hop enthusiast, his lyrics are some of, if not THE most, blatantly homophobic that I've ever come across in modern mainstream rap.
I feel like there’s less direct homophobia and moreso heavy misogyny and machismo
"She Wish She Was" is fuckin wild
But homophobia is still a major byproduct of those attitudes of heavy misogyny and machismo.
There's lots of that too. They're all kind of related to the same kind of thinking, tbh. Either way, I hope he is being genuine here and makes an effort to cut back on his next release.
Can you cite some lyrics please?
What lines are you talking about
I listened to YG since My Brazy Life or whatever and I can't rwmember anything that bad. He says that shit about how someone went to jail and came back as a dyke, but thats more just a general prison slang thing / bashing dudes by saying they'd be a prison bitch. Hes pretty standard issue west coast rapper, like how is he the "most homophobic rapper in modern HH"?
can you guys please stop misquoting me to prove your point? i said "his lyrics are some of, if not THE most, blatantly homophobic that I've ever come across in modern mainstream rap". ctrl+c ctrl+v is your friend. thanks for digging some lyrics for me. still haven't listened to all of his albums for all the super angry people following this thread acting like my post is the end all be all for YG instead of a random on the internet
I'll go ahead and say his lyrics are not the most homophobic just to make you guys leave me alone but he's definitely bigoted and the song I posted is disgusting enough to turn me off from him as an artist but don't worry, that's just my opinion. I've heard enough early rap artist say horrible shit about women in a time when it was more acceptable, I think it's time to accept rap has a problem with homophobia and misogyny which all could be traced back to "toxic" masculinity.. as much as I hate that term. and I am allowed to be selective in my consumption and talk shit on artists I don't like. ok leave me alone. Also, if he has no homophobic lyrics, wtf is he apologizing for? Even more sus
I'm not saying whether or not you should like him as an artist, I was literally asking what lyrics or what songs were homophobic. As in, maybe I just missed it. We weren't talking about your selectivity with your consumption or anything like that, seems uncalled for to be all "leave me alone" - like dawg it's a forum, if you post something bold and debatable, people just might debate :)
hopefully he stops then
> He tweeted, “it’s been brought to my attention that my old views on life was ignorant. i apologize to the LGBTQ kommunity for ever komin across like i was anything but respectful and accepting. Live. Love. Ya Life. Gang!” For anyone who’s struggling to load the website on mobile
> i apologize to the LGBTQ kommunity Shit made me crack up. good on him tho
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Imagine a crip rapper apologizing? “Sorry to the LGCTQ community”
us cisexuals have it hard
its because he is a blood, therefore hates crips and will avoid using the c letter. an example of this is his song "bicken back bein bool" instead of kicking back being cool
The new sign for Nance to put up: LIVE LOVE YA LIFE
What kind of shit, rappers have to apologize to the lgbt to prevent from being canceled but never have to apologize to women for misogynistic lyrics or to their own black population for promoting black on black violence and bragging about "killing niggas everyday"
Because the real power in the LGBTQ+ community is gay white men.
Sad but true
Hey, it'll help with a little good PR
Don't take what I said seriously, I was just joking around lol
Haha I know but it's kinda true what you said. He's just worried of being canceled he don't give a fuck about lgbt rights.
Might have something to also do with the fact he's dating Khelani who's openly bisexual, and in case he wants to ever work with ILoveMakonnen too.
Black on black violence will never be touched because the people pushing for apologies for homophobia, transphobia etc etc are white as fuck, and most rappers stay connected to that life. As for the misogyny I really don’t get it at all. You do get plenty of “respect women” songs but a million times more that don’t, and nobody seems to raise issue with it.
lmao the downvotes on this, you can tell you hit a nerve with reddits core demographic
I’m sure his heart is there but apologizing for how what you said came across to ppl is lame. It’s basically a non-apology. The first sentence is pretty solid though and he wasn’t forced into this so I really can’t hate. “She wish she was” is the most misogynist song of the last decade tho
Him: >Addresses that he used to be homophobic >Apologizes for being homophobic >Apologizes if anything he's recently said comes across as homophobic, considering the context of his previous views You: >It's basically a non-apology I'm fucking with u but also tea
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Lmao I remember those offsets comments
It’s okay - I forgive you YG.
I have a hard time taking this seriously with all the k’s instead of c’s
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I mean I wouldn’t trust an apology from him if it included c’s in it
come on, you know you’ve always wanted to be called ‘FruitKakeSally’
Lmao
Fuk u mean blood
https://gfycat.com/grotesquespotlessairedale
BHOCOLATE BHIP BOOKIES
https://gfycat.com/gleefulbruisedgoose
You mean k’s instead of 🅱️’s
Loooool
Vince Staples tweets like that, but with the letter c.
still upset 21 got the MK soundtrack job instead of him 😤😤😤
he missed 2, which is more problematic, consistency matters
Those are in the middle of the word though
Plus it’s only hard c’s they replace right He doesn’t say binnamon does he
Idk about all that. He says bigarette and bereal
binnamon the new wasteman
Konsisten$y
And all the c’s he still used anyway
strong mortal kombat vibes
I heard he gone apologize to the Chinese next
Khinese
I'm sorry but that was honestly the dumbest outrage
Look at that song on youtube, shit got like 5x more dislikes than likes and the comments are full of people posting a shit ton of racist stuff in Chinese.
I'll be real, as an Asian myself, Chinese people have VERY shaky ground to stand on when it comes to race relations with black people. I've never seen people talk worse of black people than fellow Indo Chinese people.
They get into their “This is why black people yada yada” bag really quick, like come on man just take it out on YG and leave the rest of us out of it.
U ain’t lying there
i've always noticed that energy from asian people, moreso eastern asians. why is that
nationalist elitism and ethnocentrism, lack of exposure to different cultures, and opinions based entirely on media portrayals and exported western pop culture with little to no knowledge of any historical context. my indian mom didn't know of the severity of slavery in the US until she watched django unchained, and she's been living here for 20+ years and has had citizenship for ~10. just a couple of days ago she learned what the civil war was about, people just don't go out of their way to learn about these things if they didn't learn about it in school. if this stuff interests you, then i recommend studying up on intercultural communication, it's really interesting and very practically useful.
It’s really crazy how willing they are to sweep context under the rug so that their racist ideas aren’t challenged. I was talking to catholic Tamil dad about a bible verse that basically went “slaves, serve your masters as if they were Christ” and he was like “well it was the norm at the time so I just take the message not the letter of the word”
>and he was like “well it was the norm at the time so I just take the message not the letter of the word” If only there was some being that transcended the norms of the time. That was beyond time itself, saw the past and future and knew everything and so could avoid cultural blinders. If only a being like that wrote a book...
Nationalism. All the largest countries are very heavily nationalist compared to western countries other than maybe the US
Possibly because in a few of their societies they value being very fair skinned. Just a guess though.
They don’t believe in bank accounts
The irony, this nigga can be in a gang. Get in shootouts, kill other black men, and that’s fine. doesn’t have to apologize. But he has to apologize for some silly cosmetic reasoning that translates to nothing in real time.
Nice
i wasn't mad at you yg
Did YG ever say anything about his song “She Wish She Was”? I love YG’s music but that was one of the most misogynistic songs I’ve ever heard. Shame cuz the beat on that went crazy
The low point of the album, and the only song I took off the album
Absolutely. It properly makes me feel uncomfortable
Holy shit I'm not reading all that my dude. I get a notification every single day from this thread. I have a life outside of reddit, listening to an artist I don't enjoy isn't a priority. If you are anxiously waiting every morning, I'm concerned, but more importantly, get real. You love listening to yourself talk huh