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Offset: ''I Cannot Vibe With Queers'' Lyric Not About Gay People
Migos rapper Offset is defending one of his lyrics that many perceive to be homophobic, saying it is not about gay people.
He is featured on rapper YFN Lucci's track "Boss Life" and raps, "Pinky ring crystal clear, 40k spent on a personal Lear / 60k solitaire / I cannot vibe with queers."
"I didn't compose the line about lgbtq+ people," Offset said on Instagram on Thursday, alongside a screenshot of Google's dictionary's first definition of the word "queer"—an adjective definition "strange" or "odd." He cropped the image above a part that describes that word as an informal, offensive term for a homosexual man.
"I have said before since these issues before that I got love for all people," the rapper said. "My passion for fashion has lead me to a lot of gay people around me who I have mad respect for and we are very cool so I'm not in a place where I'm hating like that. When I wrote that I was thinking of words that could rhyme with the others (here
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Gay conversion survivor warns unless Tasmania bans it outright, 'treatment' could take off
When Chris Csabs was around 12 years old, he overheard a conversation between two men at his church, recalling a hour when a gay guy came in off the street for prayer.
Key points:
- The leader of the Catholic Church in Tasmania has expressed "grave" concerns over recommendations to ban conversion practices
- Tasmania's Liberal Premier has backed the ban on the practices, which aim to "cure" a person of their homosexuality
Equality activists warn Tasmania could become a "haven" for the practices unless they are banned outright
The churchgoers were discussing how "seven homosexual demons came out of that man".
"I overheard that and thought, 'maybe I've got demons in me'," Mr Csabs said.
Around 13 years ago, Mr Csabs went through formal and informal conversion practices in Tasmania, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
Conversion practices are based on the idea that a person's sexual orientation or gender identity can be changed, suppressed, or eradicated through practices rangin
The rapper Offset—a member of the hip-hop group Migos—has issued a statement on Instagram after getting slammed for a homophobic lyric.
The controversial lyric in doubt appears on YFN Lucci's new song "Boss Life," which features Offset. In his verse on the track, Offset rhymes: "Pinky ring crystal clear, 40k spent on a personal Lear / 60k solitaire / I cannot vibe with queers."
The rapper's exploit of the term "queers"—a derogatory term for LGBTQ people—drew reproach from listeners and was perceived as gay-bashing. "Offset saying he doesn't vibe with queers while constantly wearing and PARADING clothes by homosexual designers is the Concrete gag," tweeted the singer MNEK.
In his apology, Offset claimed it wasn't meant to be homophobic and screenshotted a dictionary definition of the word "queer." (Though the word also means "strange or peculiar," it has also been used as a same-sex attracted slur since well before the rapper was born.)
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"I didn't write the line about gay people," Offset wrote in the apology. "I have said before since these issues before that I got love for all people. My desire for fashion has steer [sic]
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