The Game gets it both ways in the UK.
British Broadcasting Corporation decided to bar the American rapper from giving interviews after he referred to gays as "faggots" during a 2006 interview on The Jo Whiley Show. Though BBC execs understand many people were offended by The Game's comments, they refuse to issue a similar moratorium on his music. Our melanin-inclined sister Stereohyped passes on Exclaim's note:
The Compton rapper reportedly referred to gay men as “faggots†and “not real men.â€
As you can imagine, the complaints began flooding into the network. The BBC has chosen not to punish Whiley for her part in the interview, stating she made a “sincere, full and swift apology and distanced herself and the network from The Game’s comments.†They were also quick to acknowledge the Game’s words as “very offensive, completely unacceptable and clearly homophobic.â€
Though a ban has been placed on interviewing the rapper, the BBC has admitted it will not place a ban on his music.
How fair and even-minded of BBC.
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another dow low brotha dissin his hookups
Hey hisurfer! You reading this? I know ya are.
Yeah. But I'm not sure why you're calling me out here. I never said no rappers were homophobes. I argued with the statement that *all* rappers were.
I dont know if i like the idea of a state-funded network "banning" someone for a statement they made, even if I find that statement reprehensible. If a commercial network made the decision not to use the Game in any of their programming because it would be bad publicity, that's one thing–but this sounds uncomfortably like censorship. I lived in the UK for a little while and found they have a very different take on civil liberties–not saying better or worse, just different.
Gross. His music is tired anyway.
This is more than a shock for a rapper with his background to say this, thou i do not know his know his reasons for say it. I guess even men that grow up with two mums can bitch like that! :P