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Matthew Oware, Professor of Sociology, University of Richmond

REVEALED: How hip hop learned to call out homophobia or at least apologize for it | Vintage Vibes

Rapper Offset apologized over a homophobic slur. Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Images

In the 2018 song “Boss Life,” the rapper Offset, part of the multiplatinum-selling rap group Migos, rhymed: “I do not vibe with queers.”

Such casual use of a perceived anti-gay slur is not uncommon in the history of hip-hop. But the discussion that Offset’s lyrics provoked gave an insight to how the genre is evolving.

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