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By Jason Newman
As a hard, thumping beat plays in the background, LA rapper Deadlee grabs the mic and starts spitting a verse before busting into a chorus of “no fags allowed.” A tattooed, muscular man in standard thug gear – black, baggy pants, black bandana, wife beater – this wouldn’t be particularly noticeable in a genre with a history of homophobia. But given that Deadlee is performing the track at Peace Out 2003, a festival devoted to queer hip-hop, the perceived incongruities are all the more striking.
The scene opens Pick Up The Mic, a landmark new film by director Alex Hinton chronicling the MCs and producers who make up the bourgeoning queer hip-hop movement. Premiering in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film was one of the most talked-about of the festival and was named one of the …
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By Joshua Glazer
Perez Hilton isn’t just a celebrity blogger. He’s a serious cultural force. Love him or hate him, at 7 million clicks a day, his infiltration into people’s daily lives is something most media outlets would die for. And more impressive is the fact that he does it all from a Wi-Fi connection in a West Hollywood coffee shop. Perez’s bread and butter might be the glossy celebs that get stripped bare on his sometimes scathing, occasionally sweet and always amusing site. But his championing of underdogs such as Beth Ditto stems from a true support for the underground and a kinship for “loud, obnoxious and openly gay” individuals, like the blogger himself.
URB: When we first reached out to you, you said you sent resumés to URB at some point. You wanted to be a music journalist?
Perez Hilton: I …
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