al idea that received a grand amount of attention and created hype that Lil B would continue to feed off of.
Brandon McCartney has titled a recent mixtape “I’m Gay” which is a play on of the word and actually means that he is a happy and positive human being enjoying life while also promoting self-confidence among people of the homosexual community. In a CNN interview with Gavin Godfrey, Lil B explains the harsh reactions he received, “ Mainly, a lot of them are on Twitter, saying that they're going to kill me for being gay, and they're going to kill me for being homosexual even though I'm not homosexual . I did this with the pure intention in my heart to help people, and I didn't do this for promotional reasons.” Homosexuality, is not a commodity in the hip hop scene and is often frowned upon. Although he says the titling of his mixtape was not for promotional reasons, he most likely used it as a marketing technique to add shock value to his music. His mixtape most certainly was a culture shock to the hip-hop community with all the slander and backlash. As Anthony D'Alessandro stated in his LA Weekly article, “The Long Tail of Lil B: Why The Based God is a Genius”, “The fact that we ask these questions at all means that Lil B is doing something right. He is drawing people in, forcing them to become immigrants, tourists, and eventually permanent residents of the Based World. And at the same time you're judging and trying to under...