Jay-Z Declares Support For Gay Marriage

Published: Tuesday 15th May 2012 by Sam

It’s a topic Hip-Hop routinely treats as taboo, yet a topic hot the lips of many American’s heading into November’s Presidential Elections.

Indeed, homosexuality -particularly same sex marriage- continues to be fiercely debated in the US, especially following Barack Obama‘s public backing of such groups last week.

Now, Hip-Hop heavyweight Jay-Z is weighing in on the matter, voicing his opinion in a new interview with CNN. Check out what he had to say after the jump…

Interesting!

Needless to say, this is sure to pour further fuel on the ever-raging debate. Whatever the case, Jay’s public support for same-sex unions is a “first” of sorts for Hip-Hop. For, well documented is the genre’s unfortunate history of homophobia; a practice hilariously ironic given the number of rapper’s that…you catch my drift.

In any case, what do you think…

Your thoughts? 

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  1. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    Of course after Obama support Gay marriage the fake Carters family now support Gay marriage too, great and now people would think they are the first famous people who support this when was Jay-Z when Cher and Madonna became the center of attention for doing this.

  2. kimberly May 15, 2012

    I agree with Jay. People choose to love who the hell they want. I am not gay and I respect everyone’s love decision. Everyone was placed on this earth as their own and with a desire to be happy, with whoever they want. President Obama is right and Jay is right. Gay marriage does not affect america in no way. America needs to look at all the issues with causes division right before them. hypocrites

    Discrimination is Discrimination. America is too full of double standards. Damn.

  3. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    My beautiful Flag is the only good thing on that video and picture.

  4. kimberly May 15, 2012

    @ S****** jay has always had his opinion no matter what. He was asked about it and answered based on what he believed. We need to rethink why does the Maya and the president has a close relationship with jay? How does Obama know so much about the troubled black communities? because he can confide in jay’s opinions and resolutions. Jay has always been thoughtful. Get the f*** out of here.

  5. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @kimberly
    LMAO, Jay-Z for president hahaha.

  6. RIHANNANAVY CAPTAIN May 15, 2012

    It’s a shame that Jay-Z has stood up for the LGBT community before Beyonce. Aren’t most of Beyonce stans gay men? They wonder why their queen stays flopping while those who stood up for LGBT people like Rihanna, Gaga, Minaj, Mariah, Janet, Madonna, Cher, Whitney, Patti, Mary, Toni, Chaka, Britney, Christina and others stay winning. Remember. The gays are the ones the keep your longevity going in the entertainment game. Why you think Ciara, Ashanti and a few others having hard times making comebacks? They never openly supported the LGBT community…their potential fanbase.

  7. ass May 15, 2012

    @kimberly and @s****** blonde i think you two have a love jones for each other! Lol! 🙂

  8. johnvidal May 15, 2012

    @suicideblonde
    I know! But let´s just celebrate. The more people saying this the better
    I see America is soon going to become as openminded as Spain 🙂 Just a little bit of shade there haha

  9. Tsar Mafia May 15, 2012

    I must say I applaud him all be it probably self serving for standing up and voicing a positive opinion on his stance on this matter, He has a lot of influence, anyone who has something against gays is just ignorant as they dont hurt anyone.

  10. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @johnvidal
    Haha i know that, in what city of spain do you live?

    @ass
    Haha that was funny.

  11. kimberly May 15, 2012

    @ RIHANNA NAVY you are clearly out of your mind. Beyonce has a huge fanbase of gays. her stylist, her choreographer and losts of her friends are gay she has spoken about supporting gays a long time ago. B**** were you born yesterday. Are you sure you want to talk about flop. Cause I have cases for each of the names you mentioned. hahaha reading your comment makes no sense, you need to try harder. You just wanted to add the queen’s name in the comment section. did you dream of her today?

  12. skintightjeans May 15, 2012

    Go Jay Z go!!!

  13. kimberly May 15, 2012

    @ ASS THAT WAS FUNNY……. love for someone who is so closed minded. This would be too painful to tolerate.

    Thank God for the Carters. The Power couple that is. Oh the music royalty. Did I forget the union every Industry w**** wants to imitate.

  14. ass May 15, 2012

    it is a good thing that he is saying this. So kudos to him on saying whats right.

    @rihannacaptain navy
    you make an interesting point. I have read be
    y said she loves the gays, but i’m not sure if does any charity/fundraising for gay causes. And i only read she loved the gays in one article.

    All the women you metioned are full force supports of their gay fans. Janet is in paris for the annual amfar fundrasier.

    @john vidal
    lol! Maybe we will catch up to you guys soon! 😉

    @s****** blonde
    glad you liked it! Lol!

  15. ass May 15, 2012

    @kimberly
    tell me how you really feel! Hot damn!

  16. coco May 15, 2012

    now rappers are smart???6 from b****** and h** to supporting gay marriage…there is a God

  17. Bey Fan May 15, 2012

    S****** BLONDE
    May 15, 2012 at 9:56 am

    Of course after Obama support Gay marriage the fake Carters family now support Gay marriage too, great and now people would think they are the first famous people who support this when was Jay-Z when Cher and Madonna became the center of attention for doing this
    _________________________________________________________

    I guess if you need to find something negative to say…

    I dont understand…. no matter what ppl say or do, someone will find something negative. How about we just say “big ups” to Jay for showing support… and leave it alone

    damn….

  18. Belladonna May 15, 2012

    GOOD FOR HIM ITS TIME TO STOP HATEING OTHER PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE FOR WHO THEY LOVE AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO BLACK PEOPLE WE ARE STILL SO CLOSED MINDED IN WHAT WE THINK, IN THE MUSIC WE LISTEN TO (HIP-Hop and even R&B) TO THE THINGS WE VOTE FOR!!!! (IF WE EVEN VOTE THAT YEAR) ITS REALLY A F****** MESS THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE STILL SO MUCH MORE FORWARD THINKG THEN WE ARE AS A PEOLPE . SO LIKE I SAID GOOD FOR HIM LETS HOPE OTHER FOLLOW SUIT. LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @Bey Fan
    Your nickname BEY FAN, translated into English means: I hate everyone because Beyonce is the best, they just can’t accept it.

  20. James227 May 15, 2012

    This s*** is crap. Where the hell was all these artists when gay men was dying of A***. Now women of color has the highest rate of H.I.V/A*** in the world. Jay & Obama try going to fundraisers.. No one can tell a person who they can fall in love with , but these two are doing this for the causes of their own. Obama relection.

  21. Bey Fan May 15, 2012

    RIHANNANAVY CAPTAIN
    May 15, 2012 at 10:17 am

    It’s a shame that Jay-Z has stood up for the LGBT community before Beyonce. Aren’t most of Beyonce stans gay men? They wonder why their queen stays flopping while those who stood up for LGBT people like Rihanna, Gaga, Minaj, Mariah, Janet, Madonna, Cher, Whitney, Patti, Mary, Toni, Chaka, Britney, Christina and others stay winning. Remember. The gays are the ones the keep your longevity going in the entertainment game. Why you think Ciara, Ashanti and a few others having hard times making comebacks? They never openly supported the LGBT community…their potential fanbase.
    ____________________________________________________________

    this is the dumbest statement ever……

    Beyonce clearly has gay friends. Because she chooses not thank the gays ever moment doesn’t mean she doesn’t support the gay community.

    And when was the last time Janet, Toni, Patti, or Chaka had a platinum album???

    And Beyonce shows as much support as Janet, Toni, Patti, and Chaka…. please GTFOH…

    And based on your ignorant logic, MJ, The Bettles, Elvis, Celine, and Adele must REALLLY support the gays…. as their careers are among the greatest of all.

    And when has Rihanna “STOOD UP” for the LGBT community…. because she tweets gay slang??? Kisses on girls??? I mean really what has she done? And has Whitney (may the queen rest in peace) stood up for the LGBT community?

    I really wanna know. Im not trying to be funny

  22. CIVIL RIGHT May 15, 2012

    Jay-Z is right on this one. And about what he says about ur privacy in ur home and it does not matter who u love in ur own home, about ur privacy; check this : . . . . . . . . THE U.S. CONGRESS IS ABOUT TO PASS A LAW CALLED CISPA THAT WILL GIVE OFFICIALS THE ABILITY TO LOOK IN UR EMAILS AND READ ALL UR MAIL. . . . . . Thank the conservative Republicans in the House for this. The already passed to be law there.

    BEWARE!!!

  23. Bey Fan May 15, 2012

    S****** BLONDE
    May 15, 2012 at 11:19 am

    @Bey Fan
    Your nickname BEY FAN, translated into English means: I hate everyone because Beyonce is the best, they just can’t accept it
    ______________________________________________________

    BEY FAN is my TGJ screen name…not my nick name… and I love Brandy, Adele, Janet, Mariah, Emeli Sande, Kelly, Lady Gaga, and many more…. I really like Rihanna.

    Beyonce is not the best….vocally there are artist stronger than Beyonce, and when it comes to dancing, she’s no Janet or old Britney…. But she is def one of the BEST performers ever to hit the stage….

    Bey Fan<—- translates Beyonce is my favorite artist.

  24. CIVIL RIGHT May 15, 2012

    Jay-Z is right about it not being about votes on this issue, ON THIS ISSUE. However, it is about votes in the 2012 Genereal elections, later this year. There are blacks who are saying they will not vote for Obama b/c of his support for gay marriage. If Obama loses this election and gawd forbid a republican wins, its goodbye democracy and hello Greece and austerity, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Period.!

  25. POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution) May 15, 2012

    those are the type of posts in which i don’t show up and voice my mind , BUT ….

    it’s a shock tbh.

  26. Stephen May 15, 2012

    No matter how much pple try to glorify homosexuality, it’ll never be fully considered a good thing. Of course, God is the creator of everyone, gay or straight, but let’s always have it at the back of our minds that EVERY human being in this world has one sin or sins they are battling with. But that doesn’t make the homosexuality thing good. Neither is fornication or adultery good.
    Even the BIBLE has categorically stated (in more than one part) that men and women stopped having natural s** but turned to unnatural and perverted sexual acts.
    I am by no means saying that pple should be discriminated against on the grounds of their race or sexual orientation(or preference), but let us not pretend that it is “okay” to be gay. It is ONLY “okay” in terms of everyone having a choice as to how they live their life(lives), but we alll know that acts like homosexuality, lesbianism, et al are against God’s word. That is why he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

  27. POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution) May 15, 2012

    LOVE =/= S**

  28. James227 May 15, 2012

    CIVIL RIGHT May 15, 2012 at 11:32 am
    Jay-Z is right about it not being about votes on this issue, ON THIS ISSUE. However, it is about votes in the 2012 Genereal elections, later this year. There are blacks who are saying they will not vote for Obama b/c of his support for gay marriage. If Obama loses this election and gawd forbid a republican wins, its goodbye democracy and hello Greece and austerity, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Period

    ******************************

    100% agree it all about the election in which the repubican will get in votes with a land slide.

  29. Songscribe May 15, 2012

    He probably has an album underway, or he’s just about to sell something.
    BTW, he and Kanye have been dating for quite sometime.

    BTT- i think people are not made at gays, but are finding it difficult to come to terms with the sexual act!

  30. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    I think some of the most intelligent people I have met were Gays and They suck d**** better than some Women and they swallow mmm all that.

  31. JAKE (KING BEY, QUEEN SLAY-DELE & LADY GREAT-GA = 21S CENURY LEGENDS. #DEAL) May 15, 2012

    @RIHANNA NAVY CAPTAIN

    B**** >>>>>>> PLEASE SHUT THE F*** UP & SUCK A BIG D***. THANKS.

    @BEY FAN

    HEY BOO – YES, WHITNEY HAS STATED THAT SHE SUPPORTS THE GAY COMMUNITY. THEIR IS ONE INTERVIEW IN PARTICULAR ON YOUTUBE, IT WAS MADE AROUND 1994, WHERE THE REPORTER IGNORANTLY QUESTIONED HER ON THE AMOUNT OF GAYS & DRAG QUEENS WHO HAD BEEN ATTENDING HER RECORD-BREAKING BODYGUARD CONCERTS AND SHE SAID THAT ” SHE DIDNT GIVE A **** ABOUT WHO CAME TO HER CONCERTS, PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND I’VE ALWAYS LOVED MY GAY FANS”.

    AND THEN AGAIN IN 1999 WHERE SHE PERFORMED AT A GAY RALLY IN EUROPE AND SHE’S SINGING “ITS NOT RIGHT, BUT ITS OKAY” WITH A BUNCH OF GAYS ON STAGE.

    😉

  32. POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution) May 15, 2012

    @s****** Blonde :

    WRONG !!!
    being GAY has nothing to do with being intelligent , creative , funny , etc …..

    personality =/= sexuality.

  33. GayZ May 15, 2012

    Songscribe
    May 15, 2012 at 11:49 am
    He probably has an album underway, or he’s just about to sell something.
    BTW, he and Kanye have been dating for quite sometime.

    BTT- i think people are not made at gays, but are finding it difficult to come to terms with the sexual act!

    //////////////////////////////////////////////

    huh, is there anything GayZ doesnt do for an opportunity? Remember he’s an opportunist. Anyway, he supports the president here, unlike too many democrats who dont even seem to have a backbone and give him the support they should. Kudos to GayZ.

  34. GayZ May 15, 2012

    S****** Blonde
    May 15, 2012 at 11:52 am
    I think some of the most intelligent people I have met were Gays and They suck d**** better than some Women and they swallow mmm all that.

    /////////////////////////////////

    Huh? Come again? On second thoughts, dont come again.

  35. johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat) May 15, 2012

    @ass
    I hope so. I would love the whole world to be like that (but don´t think homophobia and some other phobias don´t exist in Spain, they do, but Europe in general is the most openminded place I think)

    @s******
    You are a crazy New York guy and I like it 🙂
    I live in a rainy and wet city in north Spain, Santander, small (200,000 inhabitants) but beautiful. The Boss was here 5 years ago and my Mariah made a video clip years ago in Bilbao´s Guggenheim museum (Sweetheart), 45 minutes from here. J. No was also here but only to attend his husband´s concert (Marc Anthony), u know she has not made a decent tour in her whole career. Nicole Kidman filmed “The Others” here in Cantabria too
    Ok I don´t even know why I´m talking about that. I´ll shup up haha

  36. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat)
    I think i’m gonna be in Pamplona for San Fermin because of that i asked you, i know about that Mariah video, I am well informed, i don’t know nothing about that crazy New York guy you mention, i’m a saint haha LMAO.

  37. James227 May 15, 2012

    “Got Obama On The Text” this is one of the lines in Jay song. Everytime you look around Obama has Jay up in his office at the White House even if it was three or four times. So this s*** is not from the heart.

  38. zzz May 15, 2012

    GOD will come 1 day

  39. zzz May 15, 2012

    right is right & wrong is wrong ,,, and every 1 knows whats right on this topic

  40. zzz May 15, 2012

    and he’s lieing … cause they r doing it for the votes

  41. ASAP (As Sincere As Possible) May 15, 2012

    I’m not surprised. The man would do anything to maintain his mainstream appeal and the gay community is a big part of mainstream media, so I would be shocked if he went against them. His statement is as predictable as it is contrived. 😎

  42. POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution) May 15, 2012

    @ONYX :

    i will recognize you right away even if you changed your name to another langauge 😉

    of course i know you are @onyx !! 😉

    but yes , speaking of the music industry in particular , i do believe most of the ideas comes from gay people.

    but as i said earlier , your sexuality doesn’t define you. so just because someone is gay doen’t mean he will be automatically smart , right ?!

    and vice versa !!
    but anyway , i’m not here to discuss LGBT , most of the ppl here now my opinions already.

    anyway , missed ya 🙂 !!

  43. johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat) May 15, 2012

    @s******
    Really? Pamplona is near too, but not in the rainy area of Spain despite being near, you can expect HOT weather in July. And I warn you, that is a crazy crazy place in San Fermín 🙂

  44. Laurie May 15, 2012

    I like Jay Z and Obama but I disagree with them on this. Yes you can love whoever you want to it’s your life what you do in your house is your business but marriage is an institution and when you chose to be with someone of the same s** you know that you can’t neither get married nor having children that’s the deal you chose.
    Marriage is an institution that can’t be change for the willing of few people who decided conciously to live their life differently. Love each other all you want no one is going to blame you for that but don’t touch to marriage.

  45. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution)
    Even the devil wouldn’t recognize me haha, i thought you might think I was someone else.

  46. POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution) May 15, 2012

    *know

  47. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat)
    I go with some friends they were there last year, they say is crazy but fun.

  48. johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat) May 15, 2012

    @laurie
    Your point would be valid if you could choose to be gay, but you can´t, you just are. So invalid point
    Some countries have gay marriage, and nothing has happened, and nothing has been ruined, normal marriages are doing fine. Get over it. It´s time. Nobody even remembers it after a while. I know it for a fact

    • Laurie May 17, 2012

      no you choose to be gay I’m sorry that’s a decision that you make for your own life you ain’t born this way I’m sorry this is just the marketing stuff from Lady Gaga.

  49. POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution) May 15, 2012

    @JohnVidal :

    Hi 😀

    @ONYX :

    my Memory is serious and i talked with you multiple of times , i even recognize your writing style and i can predict what you are going to say given a certain topic.

    wussup babe ?! 😉

  50. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution)
    Yep, i don’t know why i did that f*****’ connection with you, haha, kidding.

  51. johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat) May 15, 2012

    @POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution)
    Hi mate! You are in need of going on a trip… to Spain or a similar place. I have a feeling it would change you in many ways. I´ve got good vibes about you. Don´t get it the wrong way. Travelling makes us all good

  52. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat)
    How old are you?

  53. johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat) May 15, 2012

    @suicideblonde
    28! I can´t believe it haha and I feel weird knowing this site is full of kids and teenagers. Don´t be hard to me cos of it…

  54. Im not throwing shade, but…. May 15, 2012

    I’m sorry Jay, when hip hop was in the heights of homophobia where were you? This maybe genuine or are just doing this to garner more fans but doesnt work, you’re too preachy and too late

  55. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat)
    Haha i don’t have to be rude because of your age since i’m not a kid myself, i will kill myself if i’m not rich at 30 haha.

  56. SBC19 May 15, 2012

    Not cool. Jay just lost several points in my book. Far as being gay is concerned, people can do whatever the hell they wanna do…but that doesn’t mean that it’s a) right or b) that everyone else has to support them on it.

  57. Bey Fan May 15, 2012

    LAURIE
    May 15, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    I like Jay Z and Obama but I disagree with them on this. Yes you can love whoever you want to it’s your life what you do in your house is your business but marriage is an institution and when you chose to be with someone of the same s** you know that you can’t neither get married nor having children that’s the deal you chose.
    Marriage is an institution that can’t be change for the willing of few people who decided conciously to live their life differently. Love each other all you want no one is going to blame you for that but don’t touch to marriage.
    _________________________________________________________

    Marriage changed from the old testament to the new testament….it differs from country to culture…. its procedure have changed… nothing about marriage is as it was in the biblical sense…

    I dont care either way, but lets not forget when it was ok for a man to have several wives…now imagined if that had not changed….or when a woman married a man she was consider more of a property that a man owned.

  58. Bey Fan May 15, 2012

    As a gay man, I dont necessarily support or not support gay marriage. Hell marriage in general needs to be revamp.

    And as strong as ppl are opposing gay marriage , they should also be opposing divorces. There should be laws not allowing people to get divorced unless the husband or wife is unfaithful, because well thats what it says in the bible…

  59. POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution) May 15, 2012

    @JOhnvdal :

    i agree , BTW , don’t get me wrong ! i have like 1000+ friend in FB and they are from different demographic and there are gays in there but usually i don’t talk about “religion , s** , color” in there or anywhere else …. but i do have my personal opinion on the topic , but you are right , i should go in a trip to a beautiful place like spain !

    i also believe that sexuality doesn’t define who you are ! and i leave it to god to judge at the end of the day ! my life is TOO busy to think about if anyone is gay , lesbian , etc … , all i want is peace and freedom for everyone ! but that good kind of freedom ! that’s all !
    BTW , i’m 21 , age is just a number , ask @ONYX’s fav ! 😉

    but yes , some ppl here are ….. S*** ! 😆

  60. johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat) May 15, 2012

    @poproyalty
    Lmao… at @onyx´s fav haha

  61. Rancor May 15, 2012

    Well, I’m not voting republican…so Mitt won’t be getting my vote come November….but I do question whether or not I’m going to bother supporting Obama anymore after all this. I’m not thrilled with his endorsement of same s** marriage, but again I wouldn’t dare vote for Romney. So I don’t know. In 2008, I eagerly supported Obama…in 2012, eh. Maybe I’ll vote for him again, but I won’t be wearing any t-shirts or sporting any bumper stickers. And, truth be told, even though I don’t want Romney as a president…if Obama loses to him, I won’t be as crushed as I would have been prior to his statements about gay marriage.

    Far as Jay-Z is concerned. Meh. That was SO un-hiphop of him. He’s turned into a liberal corporate suck-up.

  62. Aaa May 15, 2012

    @BEYFAN
    When was it ok to have more than one wife?

    And also f*** this, jay rides obamas d***. Gays should not get married, they have civil partnerships they can get. I have no problem with gays (it aint natural in my opinion but what you do in pvt cant hurt me), but I will NOT be happy if I see men getting married, and will not get married in a church where gay marriages take place.
    But anyway Im not american so this wont affect me much. Just hoping I never see this happen in the UK.
    #iamnothomophobic

  63. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution)
    @johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat)
    I want to see yours faces.

  64. Bey Fan May 15, 2012

    AAA
    May 15, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    @BEYFAN
    When was it ok to have more than one wife
    ________________________________________________

    So you dont even read the bible??? ok….well no point in responding.

    And Im not saying I agree or disagree, but as strongly as people feel towards “gay” marriage, they should be feel the same way towards divorce. I guarantee they will be more “straight” divorces than gay marriages….

  65. johnvidal(rip whitney-truegreat) May 15, 2012

    @Aaa
    Hmm haha gay people who get married doesn´t do it in a church darling. Don´t you know there´s a separation between the Church and the State in civilized countries? Not even half of the straight people get married by the church here in Spain. Civil marriage is what counts, and thankfully everybody can do it here since 2005 or so. Nobody died, nobody even remembers the controversy. The USA are next, you better be prepared and get over it 🙂 It makes us all better, ask in Canada, Holland, Argentina and some others too

  66. Hot! May 15, 2012

    Why dont they allow the civil unions that Gay peole can get by recognized by the states legally so that gay people have the same rights as straight couples, cuz to me it seems like gay people want the right legally and not much about the intstitution of marriage which from the bible states is between man and women and that being a religous thing cant affect so all this hoopla can be avoided for real. Call it a union and make it so that if when their partner dies they recieve the same benefits that married couples recieve.

  67. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN!!! May 15, 2012

    why does he say ” you can chose to love whoever you love” Since when was loving someone a choice! You just do it instinctually.

  68. POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution) May 15, 2012

    @Blonde s****** :

    keep dreaming. 😉

  69. NICK May 15, 2012

    shutup Taylor Swift fan, hahaha-choosing meaning just that, let it be, whomever you love, whatever you love, why does it bother anyone else is the question-WHY DO I CARE WHO MARRY’S WHO?!?!?!

  70. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN!!! May 15, 2012

    @NICK
    I was just commenting on the words he used! Im all for gay marriage.. doesn’t bother me one bit

  71. David May 15, 2012

    I don’t discourage gay marriage but I also keep in mind that this lifestyle is for individuals that are not going to procreate the natural way. Love is love and you really cannot help who you fall in it with. Have a beautiful one!

  72. 0515 May 15, 2012

    good for Jay. The last thing I want any rapper to do is condemn a group of people. Rap has a history of being misognistic, glorifying violence, drugs, murder, greed, so for a rapper, or anyone in hip hop to condemn homosexuality would be absolutely ridiculous!!

    good job Jay.

  73. Belladonna May 15, 2012

    STOP HATEING OTHER PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE FOR WHO THEY LOVE AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO ((((((((BLACK PEOPLE)))))WE ARE STILL SO CLOSED MINDED IN WHAT WE THINK, IN THE MUSIC WE LISTEN TO (HIP-Hop and even R&B) TO THE THINGS WE VOTE FOR!!!! (IF WE EVEN VOTE THAT YEAR) ITS REALLY A F****** MESS THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE STILL SO MUCH MORE FORWARD THINKG THEN WE ARE AS A PEOLPE . SO LIKE I SAID GOOD FOR HIM LETS HOPE OTHER FOLLOW SUIT.

  74. jokerjojo May 15, 2012

    If anything all this gay talk is turning my stomach , I don’t want to watch the news, read the paper, listen to the radio because of all this gay talk. All I can do is pray

  75. Darren May 15, 2012

    finally! something i can respect this man for

  76. Another Star May 15, 2012

    🙂 The Carters Are The Business:-) Get It Jigga

  77. S****** Blonde May 15, 2012

    @POP ROYALTY ( RéVolution
    Why you don’t want to met me.?

  78. Tbozfan10 May 15, 2012

    Oh suicideblonde please save your patriotic b.s. and quit taking everything so damn seriously. Does it matter when Jay announces his support for gay marriage?? You think he’s jumping on a President Obama bandwagon but I bet you would have said the same thing about Kanye. But Kanye has been an outspoken supporter of gay marriage for 6 or 7 years now.

  79. Tbozfan10 May 15, 2012

    Oh and that grape juice.. Did you even bother to do some research before writing the article? Not trying to sound rude but this is NOT a hip hop ‘first’ at all! Kanye West AND P. Diddy have both been outspoken in support of gay couples right to marry. You probably never heard about it because it wouldn’t fit the media narrative of hip hop artists being more homophobic than other artists.

  80. B Lamont May 16, 2012

    Good for him…as he said, discrimination is discrimination. POINT BLANK PERIOD!!

  81. BeyHive May 16, 2012

    Jay z s OFFICIALLY LOST

  82. mobwife May 16, 2012

    Okay now I see the scheme. This is why CNN actually devoted time to discuss Rihanna unfollowing Chris Brown on twitter as though they were discussng the many service men and women who have been killed in this senseless war on terror!

    Enters this bullsh** by the BIGGEST HOMOPHOB & MISOGYNIST IN RAP MUSIC HISTORY! Well Jay-Z, how DARE YOU COMPARE a person’s sexual orientation with the CONTINUED ORGANIZED SYSTEM of RACIAL DISCRIMINATION experienced by African-Americans in America! Wow…really?

    Listen BEYONCE’S PET CAMEL:

    1) What is wrong in America is YOU SELLING DOPE TO THE PPL IN YOUR COMMUNITY! You have been responsible for drug addicts committing crimes (rapes, robberies, murders) so that you could fund a career in music!

    2) What is wrong in America is YOUR BEATING of WOMEN (but Oprah loves you so I guess your BEATING OF WOMEN isn’t that bad).

    3) What is wrong in America is YOU CALIING WOMEN B**CHES, WH**ES, SL*TS etc IN YOUR RAP SONGS for many many many many years… 20yrs to be exact (but Russell Simmons the CEO of Def SCAM, seems to have developed amnesia when it comes you and your LYRICS & ENTIRE SONGS downing & humiliating women)!

    4) What is wrong in America is YOU USING THE WORD “F*GGOT” in your RAP SONGS throughout the years!

    But hey this is America, the LAND OF MEDIA-DRIVEN “SMOKE & MIRRORS” so lets all celebrate the CHANGE WE HAVE WITNESSED IN SEAN CARTER! Wow,
    it’s like the latest installment of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. …..”Can you see my transformation”?

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