Music

Cypher Avenue Music: LASTO 

THE CYPHER AVENUE MUSIC SERIES As the Pop-Culture Expert here on Cypher Avenue, I’ve been meaning to start a series of posts showcasing music by Gay/Bisexual artists that I dig for one reason or another. I wanted to start this back when we launched in…

Music

XXL Magazine: Hip-Hop Homophobia 

    In the July/August 2011 issue of XXL Magazine, writer Bethlehem Shoals asked the question: Is Hip-Hop Homophobic? What he really meant was is Hip-Hop was homophobic ANYMORE…That culture of overly magnified masculinity has always been homophobic in the past. However, in rapidly hanging…