well, with all this Deadhead/Tigga shit going on, we'll see how this one plays out. probably a lot of girls under 18 year old that's heartbroken


from ByronCrawford.com:

One of my insensitive, homophobic readers sent me this, I guess, because he wanted me to make fun of it, as if it's somehow amusing that an ex-member of B2K has grown up and realized that he prefers to have sex with men rather than women. I don't know where the individual in question got that idea, but I decided to post it anyway just because I feel like performers such as Raz B and events such as the Black LGBT film festival help to promote awareness and fight the kind of ignorance that is so prevalent these days on the Internet. I trust that you will all have the maturity to comment on this post without using any kind of "hate speech," lest I have to report you all to your respective employers.
[Edited 7/11/05 7:46am]

right on for the guy for not doing what his readers expect 'im to do, and right on for the brotha coming out.

But this doesn't mean he's gay though (not necessarily).

That's an ad for an event. If patti labelle was on that ad we wouldn't assume she was gay.


He could be but I didn't jump to that conclusion looking at that.


I'm probably so wrong!! LOL!! Let me tell my kid!!!
[Edited 7/11/05 7:19am]

Err, hello, folks...

JUST BECAUSE YOU PERFORM AT OR ASSOCIATE WITH GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL OR TRANSGENDER (GLBT) PEOPLE OR EVENTS IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU GAY.

It's that kind of thinking that's holding people back from building bridges between the communities. So what? Chaka, Patti, Jody, Janet, etc. have all performed at Gay events, are they automatically gay, too? Soon as a man jumps into an event it's "OMG, he's gay gay gay*!"

Get over yourselves.

JANFAN4L said:

uhm...apparently he came out and said it. the flier really has nothing to do with it

meltwithu said:

But you didn't post his comments, just the ad.

somebody do some homework and hunt this shit down and verify it...i'm confuzzled now. either way it should be no problem.

Rhondab said:

That's what I'm going off of.

Until I hear it from AP, Reuters or Raz B himself, it's all scuttlebutt.

i edited the title--i'm just putting out there what's all over the'net--just as much as the whole superhead/big tigga fiasco.--if it's true, good for him--if it's false, --good for him for not letting what other people might think keep him from supporting a cause!

I've googled the hell out of this. All I've gotten is that he's performing at this event. No mentio of him being gay.


Next...I'll just ask my kid.

well "allegedly" here's his Black Planet homepage--where he goes out his way to say "he's straight as concrete" (look in the top middle box) and loves the girls

like i said if he is, Hooray for him
if he isn't, "hooray for him, too.

http://membersf.blackplan...raz_beatz/
[Edited 7/11/05 8:10am]

meltwithu said:

Well that's a new one.

VoicesCarry said:

erroneous, even.

I'm sick of this "witch hunt" mentality we have when it comes to "outing" black celebs.

OK, he or she may be "gay." Now what do we do with this "pearl of wisdom"? Stop buying his/her records? Nix support? But yet defend some bandana-wearing muthaf**ka who pisses on 12-year-old girls? And allow muthaf**kas like Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent to walk half-naked black women down award show red carpets on dog leashes with chains around their necks?

Way to go, Black America.

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[Edited 7/11/05 9:02am]

JANFAN4L said:

yeppers!

Naw, Raz aint gay. Every artist has gay fans, and he's staying true to his regardless...unlike most artists.

JANFAN4L said:

meltwithu said:

But wait a minture! Not all concrete is straight. You got curbs, hills, bridges, speed bumps. Hmmm.....

OnionJuice said:

that's what i was sayin...still don't mean jackshit, tho'.

i agree with janfan and what she said...if i were able to speak out in a public forum i'd say exactly that. s'ridiculous, really--why all of this interest in one's sexual preference, "outed" or perpetuated? when all's said n'done you ain't goin to bed with the person at the end of the day and wakin up for breakfast with 'em, so why should you give a fuck about it?