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How hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it

  • Written by Matthew Oware, Professor of Sociology, University of Richmond
imageRapper Offset apologized over a homophobic slur.Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Images

In the 2018 song “Boss Life,” the rapper Offset, part of the multiplatinum-selling rap group Migos, rhymed: “I do not vibe with queers.”

Such casual use of a perceived anti-gay slur is not uncommon in the history of hip-hop. But...

Read more: How hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it

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