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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.98,0:00:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chchchcheck
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.30,0:00:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whooooooooo
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.62,0:00:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"who is the gay rapper?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.89,0:00:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oldest and stupidest question in the history of HipHop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.10,0:00:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 1996 this magazine named One Nut Network
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.51,0:00:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,published an alleged interview with the anonymous gay rapper,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.27,0:00:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ever since then the more gossipy members of our hip hop nation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.72,0:00:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been in an endless argument about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.60,0:00:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"who is the gay rapper?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.98,0:00:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who is THE gay rapper?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.69,0:00:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as we all know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.64,0:00:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a gay rapper is like being The Highlander,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.28,0:00:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there can only be one on earth at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.67,0:00:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However and new book just came out named Hiding In HipHop
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.90,0:00:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a long time MTV executive named Terrance Dean,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.74,0:00:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing about his life as a gay man in the HipHop world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.66,0:00:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lo and behold, according to his book,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.66,0:00:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a lot of gay people in HipHop
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.22,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like every other part of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.00,0:00:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because being gay is normal and it happens everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.97,0:00:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't seen the book yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.27,0:00:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm worried it might just be another Karrine Steffans style
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.11,0:00:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saucy tell-all memoir,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.62,0:00:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm hoping it'll be something more than that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.68,0:00:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because HipHop has a whooooole lot of baggage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.85,0:01:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the topic of homosexuality and manhood in general,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.18,0:01:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so anything we can do to spark some serious thought and conversation on these issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.61,0:01:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that Byron Hurt documentary
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.28,0:01:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made Busta Rhymes run for the border,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.36,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we can do things like that to challenge ourselves the better.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.52,0:01:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we find ourselves believing that killing a man makes us more of a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.78,0:01:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but loving a man makes us less of a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.95,0:01:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's probably time to reexamine our criteria for manhood.