Edd’s MANtra: Lil B – Not Gay, Just Stupid

I love blogging for Georgia Mae. I really do. If I had my way I’d spend every waking moment scouring the depths of the Internet to bring you the best – and worst – music news I could find.


Unfortunately, my duties outside of the blogosphere often keep me tied up. Between a demanding day job and my work with kids at church, I often decide not to report on some of the more trivial news that I encounter.


For example, my least favorite Internet star Antoine Dodson, and forgotten Destiny’s Child replacement Farrah Franklin both escaped my wrath regarding their respective arrests. It’s OK, I’m the only one who remembers those two anyway.


But sometimes, I come across something so maddeningly stupid that I decide I must write about it, even though I said I wouldn’t.


That brings me to Lil’ B.


I bet 98 percent of you have no idea who or what Lil’ B is – consider yourselves lucky. He’s among the current group of “hot” rappers who have an inexplicable buzz despite being absolutely atrocious.


Think I’m exaggerating? Well, check out his video for “Wonton Soup.”







Yes, that is a real video. From a real artist. Who has real fans.


That’s real stupid.


But it gets worse. How exactly do you trick the paying consumer into buying music from a guy who compares his cars and women to wonton soup? Easy – pretend the artist is gay.


For months now, bizarre Twitter rants have raised questions about Lil B’s sexuality. And a couple of weeks ago, the so-called Based God unveiled the title of his new album “I’m Gay.”


Except he’s not really gay. From MTV.com:

“I’m very gay, but I love women. I’m not attracted to men in any way. I’ve never been attracted to a man in my life. But yes I am gay, I’m so happy,” he said. “I’m a gay, heterosexual male.”

Clearly, this is just a pitiful publicity stunt to garner a little attention, which is why I initially ignored all his gay claims. Until a couple of days ago, that is. I just couldn’t keep quiet after reading this:

“People been hitting me up like, ‘I’m gonna bash your head in,’ ‘you f—-t,’ ‘I’m gonna kill you,’ “


“I’m not gonna stop and I’m not scared of anybody on earth,” he said of the Twitter backlash. “That’s why I [titled the album I’m Gay] and nobody gonna stop me.” 

During a time when cyber bullying and suicides are a very real problem in this country, why does this guy think it’s OK to use pain as a gimmick? Lives and families are torn apart over this issue and he wants to use that strife to con people into buying his coaster of an album?


What’s more baffling is that I can’t believe HE thinks this stunt is a good idea. No one with the sense God gave a goose thinks this guy really is gay – and those who do probably think “Wonton Soup” is a good song. Even if he IS gay, what’s the point of naming the album “I’m Gay,” then denouncing it? How does that help anyone?


Pretending to be something you’re not (perpetrating, frontin’, etc.) used to be a serious offense in the hip hop. I don’t understand why the gay and hip hop communities have not united to stomp the remaining consonants out of Lil B’s name.


Honestly, it’s irrelevant if Lil B is gay or not. He just sucks.


*Note: When selecting a photo of Lil B for this post, my virus protection went nuts. Even my computer knows this dude is a parasite.