STYLE: UK Grime Music Artist Dot Rotten
U.K. rapper/producer Dot Rotten sports a sick tailor fitted suit by London based designer A. Sauvage in his music video for “Norman Human Being.” For those unfamiliar, 24-year-old Dot Rotten (born Joseph Ellis) has been on the rise in the U.K. Grime Music scene since…
Character Magazine: The Basketball Series
The latest issue of openly Gay french photographer Eric Lanuit’s digital magazine, CHARACTER, is finally available. This spring 2012 edition features beautifully striking images of masculine men of color playing hoops on the asphalt in various exotic locations. For those unfamiliar, CHARACTER MAGAZINE is created…
CYPHER AVENUE ESSENTIALS: Stic.Man – The Workout
If you were born before 1990 then chances are you’re familiar with the two-man hip hop group known as Dead Prez. Their militant revolutionary rap music promoted self-reliance, healthy living and raging against The System, amongst other things. One half of the duo has…
Is Hip Hop Too Soft?
Based on my numerous posts on the subject, I think its safe to say that I have love for Hip Hop culture and music. How could I not? I came up listening to the music in the 1990’s when Nas, Biggie, Ice Cube, A…
CYPHER AVE ESSENTIALS: Common – The Dreamer/The Believer
Continuing my recent series of posts on Hip Hop music, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to speak about the new album “The Dreamer/The Believer” from rapper Common that dropped today. The 12-track album is a much needed shot of masculine rawness that has been…
The Dick-Bag Award Winners Are…
The Dick-Bag Award Winners… The Dick-Bag Awards are awarded to those who openly and freely display ignorance, stupidity, foolishness or who are just straight up dumb asses when it comes to issues of homosexuality and bi-sexuality. The Dick-Bag Awards are just a few of the awards that nominees…
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…
VIDEO: Charlamagne Tha God Would Sign a Gay Rapper
I promise you that not an hour after I made a post about DJ Vlad and his obsession with homosexuality by asking Maino, The Game and Fat Joe about Gay Rappers, I found yet ANOTHER video that he uploaded yesterday. This time he brings…
VIDEO + RANT: Fat Joe and the Gay Mafia
This is old news since it was originally spread around a week ago, so many of you may have already seen this. I was hesitant to even post about it, hence the delay. But here it is…DJ Vald recently interviewed Rapper Fat Joe and…
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…
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