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Originally Posted by Betty Barracuda  That would be Biggie Smalls aka Notorious B.I.G. YouTube - The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
I would like to comment on something you said earlier in the thread
Honestly, I don't care if there's a bunch of "homies" or a bunch of grandmas with walkers talking shit about me, the best thing to do in those situations is always to just walk away. If you talk back and get involved, then you're just asking for it. That's simple survival instinct. That has nothing do to with hip hop culture. ANY group of people who start making nasty comments about you = get the f**k out! |
Well, in the cases that I've been in as of more recently, the comments weren't actually about ME, they were about other people at the establishments. I've worked so hard at keeping an appearance of "not gay" and it seems to have worked....
You are correct about just going with the survival instinct about it though. Anything else would be stupid, and even though I made it sound like I'd want to do something, the likeliness of me actually saying something is pretty slim.
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As far as gays and hip hop, I don't know about where you are from but here, hip hop/rap night is one of the busiest nights in this large gay club downtown. The crowd is totally mixed, you have gays and straight dancing the night away, and yes, even the "homies" join in the fun. I have never seen or heard about any of them waiting outside the club to beat up gays. I can't talk about your experience obviously, but I thought I'd add my two cents about my experience, perhaps to give you a different perspective.
To conclude, a little bit of funny to lighten the mood. I think he sums this whole thread up pretty well 
YouTube - Chris Rock about Rap Music |
I've been so away from the club scene for so long that all my viewpoints on the scene are not current--I start thinking about the last times I've really just went out to have a good time, and not just to eat or peoplewatch (or go to one of those places where I can look at people I think are attractive but know I can't touch or even say anything about, like the biker bars or trucker hangouts) but to just have a good time--dance--any of that--it was in 2002 that I did anything like that the last time. I don't have any friends that like to do those things that live here--the ones that do live in different states now.
Since 2002.... that's too long. No wonder why I've been paranoid. I really need to get out more.
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Out of your experience (or whoever's reading this), how open-minded have you found the places that specifically are geared around hip-hop, not necessarily gay establishments? I know of a number of hip-hop clubs in both Tacoma and Seattle, but I don't know of any gay clubs that play anything other than Techno, and I must admit, I like the rhythms that are in hip-hop a lot better than techno rhythms even though I often don't like its message. Techno, to me, is very boring.
When I dance, I tend to look rather feminine in my mannerisms--I don't really dance like a guy and I just can't help it--I hear the music and dance the way I feel. This is why I'm concerned about going to non-gay establishments to dance. Dancing is about the only thing that when people see me, they can guess that I'm gay--no, when people see me dance, they KNOW that I'm gay. LOL