Kanye West has been speaking about the comments he made recently that condemned homophobia in rap music. As previously reported, the current UK chart-topper said that he believed that homophobic lyrics were far too prevalent in rap, leading some to bizarrely claim that the rapper himself must therefore be gay.
Responding to these claims, Kanye has told reporters: "Speaking out against hip-hop homophobia, some people were like 'Oh, Kanye must be gay! Look at the way he's dressing! And why would he speak about it? He's a gay rapper. And my whole point is, I wouldn't have spoke on that if I was gay or if I was in the closet. I would have stayed so far away from it".
Expanding on the theme, West also admitted that he hasn't always been so open-minded about these things, continuing: "Where I came from, Chicago, being black and being a hip-hop artist, we used to really disrespect gay people. And the thing is, we can't get close to them with a 10-foot pole. And I realised, 'Wow, how ignorant has this been?'"