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The History Of “No Homo”

Cam'ron traces the glorious history of hip hop's most notorious homophobic word game.

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(via RealTalkNY)

Perfect. Cam'ron is not going to take credit for originating this. The phrase is 20 years old, you guys. I mean, obviously he's super proud of the hard work he's done in getting "no homo" out there, but standing on the shoulders of Amistad and stuff. He couldn't have done it alone.

Three- and four-year-olds think that Lil Wayne invented it. They're like "Lil Wayne invented it, naptime." Because adults are always asking three and four-year-olds who they think invented "no homo." It's adults' favorite question to ask three- and four-year-olds. But more importantly, INFANTS? Infants are using "no homo"? Yikes. Kids grow up too fast these days. I remember a time when being a kid just meant playing with balls and putting random stuff in your mouth.

That's what she said.

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