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AP Kanye West Calls for End to Gay Bashing 1 hour, 11 minutes ago NEW YORK - Kanye West says "gay" has become an antonym to hip-hop and t hat 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 homosexu ality while talking about "Hey Mama," a song on his upcoming album, "Lat e Registration."
click here 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 pm 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 cou sin. " 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.
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Kanye West poses for photographers as he arrives at a fashion event i n New York's Central Park, on April 20, 2005. While discussing a song of f his upcoming album for an MTV special, 'All Eyes on Kanye West,' the r apper launched into a long discussion about hip-hop and homosexuality.
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