The hip-hop scene's about to be rocked!

Well, that's if you believe Terrence Dean's book publicist. The former MTV executive will soon release Hiding In Hip-Hop, which will allegedly expose the genre's biggest homos. From the release:

"Hiding In Hip-Hop" uncovers a hidden and well-known unspoken secret. Deep within the confines of Hip-Hop is a prominent gay sub-culture. A world that industry insiders are keenly aware of, but choose to ignore.

According to Dean, "This book is filled with intrigue, sexy celebrity bed partners, abundance of drugs, and of course, the down low/gay men and celebrities in the entertainment industry.

This tale's a long time coming. Honky homos have been forced out in recent years, like Lance Bass, Neil Patrick Harris and TR Knight. It's only fair that black folk take some heat, too.

We have no idea who Dean will name, but we've got some theories…

We're not psychic, but we do have some theories…

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Hip-hop may not be the most gay friendly musical genre, but that hasn't stopped homo Quentin Harris. Though he insists he doesn't want to be categorized as a "gay musician," Harris remains completely open about his queer experience, including growing up in Detroit's hip-hop scene, where hung with Eminem and company:

It wasn’t easy to come out but when you come out you tend to know how to be smart about those things. I was fortunate in that I was always quiet as a kid. I’ve met people from school years later and found out they were gay and they found out I was and they’d be like ‘we had no idea, we had no clues’. I’ve never worn my sexuality on my arm.

Harris also offered his own hypothesis on why some hip-hoppers stick to their anti-gay guns: "I think it’s because of the street elements within in, (it’s caused by) that whole concept or not being seen as a weak individual.”

Hip-hop's garnered an anti-homo reputation, but a closer look at its adherents shows that we gays are hip to the musical genre's hop. What's more, the relationship isn't as clear cut as some would imagine.

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Princeton professor Cornel West isn't content teaching our nation's future leaders, analyzing American racism and making a cameo in The Matrix. No, this over achieving thinker's shooting for the stars with Never Forget: A Journey of Revelation.

On this collaborative effort - which costars Jill Scott, Talib Kweli and other lyrical luminaries - West's working to break down America's misogynistic, homophobic culture.

We know that misogyny is shot through the culture. It's in country. It's in rhythm and blues. It's in the White House, and it's on Wall Street. So you can't just single out the hip-hop artists and have them bearing the burden for the whole culture.
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We need to respectfully challenge them on the issues of misogyny and homophobia. You can hear that on the album, too. Quit bashing gay brothers and lesbian sisters.

Can you dig it?

Hip-hopper T-Pain may be a homo-hopper. According to Media Take-Out, speculations began "swirling" after the musician made an off-the-cuff remark about Brandy's brother Ray J's extra large member.

Intrigued by the remark, the gossip mongers took a good listen to T-Pain's new album, Epiphany, and found something a bit queer:

…In one of T-Pain's new songs, he appears to be singing about performing a homosexual act.

The song, which T-Pain sings with another male artist J Lyric, is entitled 69. And while on first listen, the song lyrics appear to be describing a heterosexual relationship - MediaTakeOut.com listened carefully to the lyrics and were shocked at what we discovered.

In the chorus T-Pain is heard singing, "Hit me on the hotline and Ima slob on the knob." The phrase "slob on the knob" is a common slang term used to mean performing oral sex on a man.

Damn, we always knew T-Pain was a sucker, but we had no idea. Maybe that's why he chose another alleged gay, Yung Joc for Epiphany's single, "Buy You A Drink (Shawty Snappin'), the video for which we've included after the jump.

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We're a bit ashamed to admit it, but we can't get enough of homo-hopper Johnny Dangerous' "Curious". It's totally terrible, horribly budget and disgustingly bad (he even pronounces "Curious" as "Kierious"!), but that just adds to its aural allure. Give it two listens - one isn't enough. Trust us.

And be sure to visit Mr. Dangerous' website.

Clay Cane must have a death wish. First, the homo-journo took on former lesbian publisher turned proselytizer, Charlene Cothran. Now, he's taking on the likes of P. Diddy, Tigga and Trick Daddy.

In a post entitled Bottoms Up, Cane labels a number of hip-hop's "heteros" stars a number of variants of "bottom". Diddy, for example, has been deemed "100% Power Bottom". We believe it. Cane goes on to refer to Russell Simmons as "Old School Early 80s Pre-Condom Porn Bottom", while he finds 24-year old Yung Joc (pictured) guilty of "Shuckin' and jivin' for mass' slut-puppy bottom!" Ouch.

Cane doesn't restrict his categorizations to just hip-hop - or men. Serena Williams can now proudly boast that she's been named a "1000% Well Hung Colon Reconstructing Top". Her sexual partners have 1000% odds of needed colon reconstruction? We're not down with those odds.

• Terrance Dean to write homo hip-hopper tell-all, Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry. Juicy!

• Michigan Court of Appeals voided the state's domestic partnership laws. Shitty!

• Governor Eliot Spitzer proposes $3.6million budget increase for NY's gay organizations. Super!

• CNN gets all 7th grader on Fox News. Catty!

• Thai Trannies still called "disordered". Rude!

Mark you calendar, kids, because on February 20nd, PBS will be airing Byron Hurt's investigative documentary, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes in which Hurt explores the at times violent, misogynist and homophobic underbelly of hip-hop culture and economy.

Narrowing in on the homophobic aspect of the film, AfterElton's perhaps appropriately named Robert Urban sat down for a little chat with the straight director.

That's right, we said it: straight. So, how does a straight director deal with taking on an unspoken and undoubtedly hostile aspect of hip-hop: uncomfortably. Urban points out that Hurt's nervousness come through loud and clear, to which Hurt replies:

Honestly, I am not always comfortable having conversations about homosexuality and homophobia. It wasn't as if I was completely fearless about it. I felt it was important to…show my discomfort at times, like when I was talking to the transvestite guys. I know I have a lack of awareness and understanding about things. I want to make sure I say the right thing and don't come off as being ignorant. One can see there's some hesitation on my part.

Despite his own hesitation, Hurt realizes that there are topic that need to be addressed. Other people, however, don't see things in quite the same light: known homophobe Busta Rhymes walked off when presented with Hurt's homo-related inquiries.

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Hopefully you didn't destroy too many braincells this weekend and remember on Friday we posted part one of a two-part interview with one of our favorite New York City-based musicians, Cazwell. In case you did, in fact, do irreparable damage, here's the link to part one, in which he chatted about his growing up in Worcester, Massachusetts, his creative routine and what he'd do if he weren't making music.

Caught up? Good. We switch gears a bit in this installment. After the jump, read what Cazwell has to say about losing his virginity, why he doesn't call himself "hip-hop" and who he'd love to write an album for (hint: she's rich, blond and named after a city - oh, and a hotel).

(Also, be sure to head over to Cazwell's MySpace page and/or website for his upcoming tour dates. You'll be glad you did.)

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Cazwell has always been one of Queerty’s favorite downtown scenesters. Think Eminem meets Amanda Lepore. He is a hip-hop’s highest ranking homo and his new record deserves mad props, um, we mean, your attention.

It takes balls to reinvent Loose Joints’ disco classic “Is It All Over My Face.” Yes, it's the song from Paris is Burning and Cazwell pulls it off. Rapping about the sex-crazed, pre-AIDS days he reinvents the disco gem into dirty rap. And it so works.

With lyrics as filthy “it’s all over your face, tell me how does it taste” how could we not love it? West End Records has the MP3s to download.

Cazwell [Official Site]
Cazwell: All Over Your Face [West End Records]