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LGBT hip hop, also known as by names such as homo hop or queer hip hop, is a subgenre label applied by critics and music media to hip hop music performed by LGBT artists and performers. It has been described as "a global movement of gay hip-hop MCs and fans determined to stake their claim in a genre too often associated with homophobia and anti-gay lyrics." LGBT hip hop as a genre is not marked by a specific production style—artists within it may simultaneously be associated with virtually any other subgenre of hip hop, or may also make music that falls outside the genre entirely.〔("Is British Rap Finally Going to Have a Gay Hip Hop Scene?" ). ''Noisey'', August 7, 2014.〕 Rather, it is defined by a direct engagement with LGBT culture in elements such as the lyrical themes or the artist's visual identity and presentation.〔"Homo Hop". ''Studio 360'', June 26, 2009.〕〔("Underground fruit gangstas: uncovering the hidden subculture of homo-hop music" ). ''Columbia Chronicle'', September 10, 2012.〕 Artists who have been labelled as part of the genre have, however, varied in their acceptance of the terminology. Some have supported the identification of a distinct phenomenon of "LGBT hip hop" as an important tool for promoting LGBT visibility in popular music, while others have criticized it for essentially ghettoizing their music as a limited "niche" interest. ==History== The genre first emerged in the 1990s as an underground movement, particularly in the American state of California,〔("Homo Hop is dead, Queer hip hop is the real deal" ). ''429 Magazine'', March 11, 2013.〕 in part as a reaction to the widespread acceptance of homophobia in the lyrics of mainstream hip hop performers such as Eminem.〔("Hip-Hop's Great Gay Hope: Rainbow Noise" ). ''Spin'', April 1, 2011.〕 Initially coined by Tim'm T. West of Deep Dickollective,〔 the term "homo hop" was not meant to signify a distinct genre of music, but simply to serve as a community building tool and promotional hook for LGBT artists. According to West: West's bandmate Juba Kalamka offered a similar assessment: In a 2001 interview with ''SFGate.com'', West elaborated on the movement's goals: The genre received a mainstream publicity boost in 2002 and 2003 when Caushun was widely reported as the first openly LGBT rapper to be signed to a major label,〔("Move over, gangstas: Here comes homo-hop" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', May 31, 2003.〕 although Caushun was later revealed to have been a publicity stunt engineered by heterosexual musician Ivan Matias.〔 Notable events in the 2000s included the PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival, which was founded in 2001 and mounted annually until 2008, and the 2006 documentary film ''Pick Up the Mic''.〔 However, some music critics in this era dismissed the genre as too often sacrificing musical quality in favour of a "didactic" political agenda.〔 The most commercially successful LGBT rapper in the 2000s was Cazwell,〔 who emerged as a popular artist in gay dance clubs, and has to date scored six top 40 hits on ''Billboards Hot Dance Club Songs chart, with a hybrid pop-rap style which he has described as "if Biggie Smalls ate Donna Summer for breakfast".〔("Makin' Music with Cazwell". ''Rage Monthly'', August 10, 2012. )〕 Cazwell described his philosophy of music as "create your own space, your own music and have people come to you," and has noted in interviews that he achieved much greater success by "breaking" the rules of the hip hop industry than he ever did in his earlier attempts to pursue mainstream success with the 1990s hip hop duo Morplay.〔("Rapper Cazwell Opens Up About Being Gay in Hip Hop" ). NBC Miami, July 6, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT hip hop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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