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Dirty Diddy: new sexual assault allegations from 120 men, women, & minors

Hip hop mogul Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, faces shocking new allegations of sexual assault and other crimes.

Hip hop Artist Y Love Comes Out As Gay
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Rapper Azealia Banks Uses Homophobic Slur Again

This time the troubled hip-hop artist lashes out against a Delta flight attendant.

Brandy Norwood Will 'Never Stop' Fighting For LGBTQ Equality

While promoting her new single, which celebrates mothers, the star touches on the growing visibility of LGBTQ artists in hip-hop. 

Rapper Yung Miami Defends Tweet Saying She'd Beat a Gay Son

The Florida-based hip-hop artist said she wasn't serious about beating a gay son, but she really doesn't want one. 

Who's Really Homophobic in the Hip-Hop World

An out musician on VH1's Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood demonstrates that it's not the audiences or most artists who have issues with gays.

Op-ed: As a Lesbian in Hip-Hop, I'm Living 'Empire'

Melantha Hodge has worked closely with many successful artists, so she's familiar with the deep current of homophobia that still exists in hip-hop and R&B.

Michigan Teacher Suspended for Playing Gay-Themed Song in Class

A performing arts teacher in South Lyon, Mich., was suspended for three days after she allowed a student to play hip-hop artist Macklemore's song about being gay, called "Same Love," in her class last week.

'The Breaks' Tackles Homophobia and Suicide in Hip-Hop

The new VH1 show follows fictional rapper J. Mic from rap battles to sexual reconciliation.

Could Orlando Make Frank Ocean an Activist?

"Many hate us and wish we didn't exist," wrote Ocean in a lucid Tumblr post, about the Orlando shootings. 

Queen Latifah Breaks Barriers as First Female Rapper Honored at Kennedy Center Honors

The prestigious event, celebrating its 46th year, also paid tribute to luminaries Billy Crystal, Dionne Warwick, Renée Fleming, and Barry Gibb, with President Joe Biden in attendance.

Rapper Vic Mensa on Being an Ally After Orlando

"It’s a free country, that's unless you love the same sex," raps Vic Mensa on "Free Love." 

Goodbye, Lil Peep

The world mourned when bisexual rapper Lil Peep died of an accidental overdose, but his music and legacy remain.

No-hit Wonders

Music and fashion go together like Lindsay and Sam, but no one told the Project Runway kids that news.

Iggy Azalea: Homophobes Need To Gay Up Their Lives

With her debut studio album, The New Classic, dropping today, hip-hop's Australian blond bombshell opens up about the need for new voices in the genre and why homophobes need more gays in their lives.