Rappers talk homosexuality in hip-hop

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Rap legends spoke out about the controversy surrounding the admission of love for another man by up-and-coming singer Frank Ocean. Ice-T and other rappers were in London on Thursday (July 19) for the premiere of his directorial documentary debut ?Something for Nothing: The Art of Rap?. Ocean, part of the rap collective Odd Future, recently revealed online that his first love was a man. In a posting on his Tumblr page earlier this month, the U.S. artist wrote: ?4 summers ago. I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too.? Later on he wrote: ?It was my first love.? The admission of same-sex attraction is seen as groundbreaking for the world of hip hop. At the premiere, reaction was mixed. Ice-T, Melle Mel, and Wu -Tang Clan members Raekwon and Ghostface Killah spoke out. SOUNDBITE: Rapper, Documentary Filmmaker And Actor Ice-T, saying (English): ?My thing is right now, when you?re dealing with pop music, it doesn?t really matter. I mean, it?s not like Ice Cube came out and said he was gay. I hope people buy his music because it?s good, not because they want to support a gay artist. I don?t think it?s what he wants either.? SOUNDBITE: Rapper Melle Mel, saying (English): ?To me, a person?s sexuality is neither here nor there, I don?t believe in a gay athlete, I believe in an athlete that just so happens to be gay.? SOUNDBITE: Rapper Raekwon Of Wu-Tang Clan, saying (English): ?It?s irrelevant how we judge people when it comes to judging but at the same token, as long as that person is happy within themselves, that?s what it?s all about.? SOUNDBITE: Rapper Ghostface Killah Of Wu-Tang Clan, saying (English): ?Listen, Frank Ocean is Frank Ocean, I don?t even know that dude but if he?s coming out of the closest, then come out man, I don?t have anything to do with that. God is the judger of all judges, you feel me?? Whether Ocean?s actions is a revelation for rap isn?t certain but it?s created a buzz in the music industry and online. Ice-T?s film ?Something for Nothing: The Art of Rap? opens in British and Irish cinemas on Friday (July 20). Cindy Martin, Reuters

Jul. 20 ? Rappers Ice-T, Chuck D. and the Wu-Tang Clan talk about homosexuality in hip-hop at ?the Art of Rap? premiere. Cindy Martin reports.?( Transcript )

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