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"*Erick Sermon isn’t one to keep HIS truth to himself.
The legendary rapper shared on his thoughts and observations of homophobia in the Hip Hop community on VLAD-TV, saying gay can’t stay.
“When you talk about sports players, too, like we don’t know if that’s ever gonna happen ’cause that’s like a curse to be in the sports and be gay and be in hip-hop and be gay,” Sermon stated. “You can’t be on a basketball team, football team and be homo, and be rapping… and be homo. N—-s will kill you.”
He also mentioned that to his knowledge, he’s not worked with any gay rappers and refuses to allow his children to watch homosexual content on television."
"She's such a jazz snob. I couldn't stand it, but I was obsessed with it because once we exchanged information, she would always be on her computer sending me MP3s (like), "Listen to this." ... We spent a lot of time on Skype talking about crazy ideas and she schooled me about Sarah Vaughan. I schooled her about J Dilla. And she was like, "All right, we're going to start a super group. You, me, Mos (Def) and Raphael Saadiq." I was like, "OK." And she assigned homework: "All right, study this record." ... I really miss not having her here to school me on jazz; I thought I was a music snob, and I thought I had my doctorate in jazz, but no. There's so much more I could have learned. She's a teacher." (CBS News)