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oh really? migos’ offset in new song: “i cannot vibe with queers”

January 19, 2018
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Cardi B’s fiancée, Offset of Migos, is getting major backlash for homophobic lyrics in a feature on Atlanta rapper YFNLucci’s “Boss Life”. During the verse, Offset can be heard rapping “Pinky ring crystal clear, 40k spent on a private Lear/60k solitaire/I cannot vibe with queers.” Which, as Twitter pointed out, sure is ironic given the Migos star’s affinity for blouses made by “queer” designers and the fact that hisfiancée regularly raps about engaging in sex with other women. If he doesn’t vibe with queers, how is not naked and lonely?

But anyway, doing what celebrities do after showing their asses, Offset issued an apology via Instagram claiming “I didn’t write the line about gay people,” offering the alternative definition of “queer” as in something odd or strange. Which Offset CANNOT vibe with. NO ODDITIES ALLOWED! Like men in paisley silk blouses in 2018? But that’s none of my business…

I didn’t write the line about gay people. I have said before since these issues before that I got love for all people. My passion for fashion has lead me to a lot of gay people around me who I have mad respect for and we are very cool so I’m not in a place where I’m hating like that. When I wrote that I was thinking of words that could rhyme with the others (here, lear, solitaire, bear) and I saw this definition about her having a queer feeling she was being watched and it fit what I was thinking about a stalker creepy paparazzi situation. To me that “queer” I don’t mean someone who’s gay. I mean lame people who film you, post it and stalk you. Lingo that means strange or odd. I M S O R R Y I A P O L O G I Z E I’m offended I offended anybody

A post shared by OFFSET (@offsetyrn) on Jan 18, 2018 at 7:14am PST

“I have said before since these issues before that I got love for all people. My passion for fashion has lead me to a lot of gay people around me who I have mad respect for and we are very cool so I’m not in a place where I’m hating like that. When I wrote that I was thinking of words that could rhyme with the others (here, lear, solitaire, bear) and I saw this definition about her having a queer feeling she was being watched and it fit what I was thinking about a stalker creepy paparazzi situation. To me that “queer” I don’t mean someone who’s gay. I mean lame people who film you, post it and stalk you. Lingo that means strange or odd.
I M S O R R Y
I A P O L O G I Z E
I’m offended I offended anybody”

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