Response to Lord Jamar Lyrics
Dear Lord Jamar,
Choose your battles. If the whitening of rap is a concern to you, please leave my name out of it. If you think being gay is the same as being white, you are as ignorant as your enemies. I'm darker than you. I'm african. I'm a black man and I experience all the same racism you do, if not more, on top of homophobia, including from black men just like you. Are you proud of being a hateful member of a majority? Rap started out as a creative response to oppression, and no matter my outfit, I know oppressions you will never understand
All respect
Le1f
Choose your battles. If the whitening of rap is a concern to you, please leave my name out of it. If you think being gay is the same as being white, you are as ignorant as your enemies. I'm darker than you. I'm african. I'm a black man and I experience all the same racism you do, if not more, on top of homophobia, including from black men just like you. Are you proud of being a hateful member of a majority? Rap started out as a creative response to oppression, and no matter my outfit, I know oppressions you will never understand
All respect
Le1f
About
Genius Annotation
In a recent interview, hip-hop reactionary Lord Jamar criticized the ways in which homosexuality, femininity and whiteness have become a part of the genre. Openly gay rapper Le1f posted a response to Jamar on his Facebook Page, transcribed here.
Read more of Jamar’s statements about the feminization and whitening of rap here.
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