Arts & Entertainment
Cardi B defends fiancé Offset’s homophobic lyric
the rapper asks why education, instead of ‘bashing,’ is the response
(Cardi B. Screenshot via YouTube.)
Cardi B is defending her fiancé Offset’s use of the word “queer” in a lyric that some felt was used in a homophobic context.
Offset came under fire for rapping the lyric “I cannot vibe with queers” on the song “Boss Life” by YFN Lucci. He apologized claiming that he did not know the word “queer” was associated with gay people.
Cardi B addressed the issue on a Periscope live stream saying that Offset isn’t homophobic but just uneducated about LGBT vocabulary.
“I’m not going to let somebody call him ‘homophobic’ when I know that he’s not,” Cardi B says. “I’m saying this because I seen him around these, around gays, and he treats them with the same respect he treats everybody. He never acts uncomfortable and he just don’t care.”
She also cited the definition of “queer” in the dictionary, the same argument Offset presented when he apologized for offending people with the lyric.
“It has a different vocabulary on the dictionary,” Cardi B says. “Now, that’s a word that you guys say that it’s a bad word for gays — I never even heard that word in the first place. Why don’t y’all educate people about it? A lot of people are not aware about what’s wrong or right in the LGBT community. Why don’t we do things to educate instead of bashing and trying to label something that they not?”
Cardi B also spoke on the backlash she has received for using the word “tranny” in reference to the transgender community. She claims she used the word because she “did not know that that was a bad word ’cause trans people use it.”
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Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
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(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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