Angela Yee On Lil B's 'Gay' LP, \"It resembles When Nas Wished To Call His Album 'N * gger'\"

Angela Yee On Lil B's 'Gay' LP, \"It resembles When Nas Wished To Call His Album 'N * gger'\"

With Lil B's I'm Gay album title continuing to generations combined responses, SOHH reached out to New York's Power 105.1's \"The Morning meal Club\" host Angela Yee for her take on the hype.

Although Yee supports the album title, she admits Lil B will likely remain to run the gauntlet from the hip-hop community.

\" Directly, I like Lil B,\" Ang told SOHH. \"I know a great deal of people are critical of him, clearly he has a great deal of extend there and also indeed, hip-hop is definitely really homophobic. I comprehend his factor in what he was trying to state. He said, 'I'm gay', [and] gay methods pleased. He's stated he's not a homosexual, however I believe it is mosting likely to be extremely hard for an artist to find out as well as claim they are homosexual in this climate. But, I likewise feel like maybe a really groundbreaking situation and also might also have a lot of support in the gay area. I believe [in reference to] Lil B, individuals think that it's a gimmick and I feel he's most likely mosting likely to have a lot of that support.\" (SOHH)

\" Despite dancing musicians or big R&B musicians like Beyonce, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, that has a big gay fan base, those are individuals that are going out and also purchasing the albums and also showing support,\" Yee added. \"So I feel like the same point might possibly occur for somebody like Lil B where the gay neighborhood could actually embrace as well as support him [whether he's gay or otherwise] It's a declaration that's made that has people speaking. It's like when Nas determined he intended to call his [2008] cd N * gger. It really did not exercise, but there was a significant uproar over that. I believe anything that produces discussion in our neighborhood is a good thing.\" (SOHH)

Following B's cd title statement in mid-April, Yee publicly expressed her viewpoint on the move.

\" I love that @LILBTHEBASEDGODnamed his album \"I'm Gay.\" Tooooo much!,\" she tweeted April 17th. (Angela Yee's Twitter)

Lil B announced the album title throughout last month's Coachella music performance in California.

\" I'm gon na do one of the most controversial thing in hip-hop,\" B claimed while doing at Coachella in Indio, California. \"Y' all heard it hear initially. As well as I'm gon na just reveal y' all that words do not imply sh * t. I'm gon na make an album called 'I'm Gay.' Currently I'm gon na inform y' all why I'm the very first individual to do it in hip-hop and why y' all are the very first people to understand my factor ... First off, gay ways pleased. I such as females, I like females, you feel me? But it simply reveals me, regardless of what you do, live life, you just obtained one life to live, more than happy. F * ck the despising.\" (YouTube)