Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Kanye West Calls for End to Gay Bashing
Grammy artist, Kanye West, with upcoming sophomore album, "Late Registration," due in stores later this week, had a discussion recently on MTV about rap and its negative portrayal homosexuals.
With thuggery and testosterone driven lyrics dominating the hip hop world for the good part of the 1990s and this decade, Kanye West brings a fresh new point-of-view to the genre. Son of a college english professor and a product of suburban Chicago -- and not the projects of Brooklyn (like his mentor and predecessor, Jay-Z, of Roc-A-Fella records) -- West brings a more positive attitude to his music, not unlike the pop-friendly rappers of the 1980s, including LL Cool J, Kurtis Blow and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.
read the AP article on sfgate.com
With thuggery and testosterone driven lyrics dominating the hip hop world for the good part of the 1990s and this decade, Kanye West brings a fresh new point-of-view to the genre. Son of a college english professor and a product of suburban Chicago -- and not the projects of Brooklyn (like his mentor and predecessor, Jay-Z, of Roc-A-Fella records) -- West brings a more positive attitude to his music, not unlike the pop-friendly rappers of the 1980s, including LL Cool J, Kurtis Blow and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.
read the AP article on sfgate.com
