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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyJune 16th, 2011
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, one of the founding members of legendary hip-hop icons Run-D.M.C., recorded a message for the NOH8 campaign calling on fellow rap and hip-hop artists to speak out against homophobia:
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TampaZeke
June 16th, 2011
I still don’t get the tape over the mouths for a “speak out” campaign. How do you encourage people to speak up and confront hate by taping up the mouths of the people advocating for it?
gar
June 16th, 2011
Coolness.
Stefan
June 16th, 2011
The tape symbolizes marriage rights for gays and lesbians being “silenced”.
Either way I think it’s great he did this.
Regan DuCasse
June 16th, 2011
TampaZeke, my love…
A PICTURE says a thousand silent words.
The power of a visual is saying what it must, that advocates and those they advocate for are silenced, but the picture is loud and clear.
My own NOH8 picture is me flexing my bicep to show my strength for this fight.
The day of the shoot, there were thousands of people, and the comraderie alone, the beautiful children, the spirit of the day…was wonderful.
These pictures are actually very striking and beautiful.
TampaZeke
June 20th, 2011
Regan, I agree that the pictures are beautiful and artistic but I still don’t see that the visual is the best way to get across the intended message. Having gay rights advocates with their mouths taped to promote speaking out just doesn’t make any sense. Maybe if the punch line were “Break the Silence” or “Speak up for those without a Voice” instead of “NoH8” it would work better. The way it is there seems to be 3 unrelated things being presented. “NOH8” which has NOTHING to do with tape over the mouth, and “Speak Out” which is the opposite of tape over the mouth.
I’m glad that someone came up with the campaign and that they have gotten such visibility; I just don’t see how it all goes together. And it seems that most people who really look at it and then try to explain it quickly get tied in knots trying to force it to make sense and then end up agreeing that it’s a strange, confusing message.
Jay-Z 2
June 22nd, 2011
This is great. I strongly associate Run-DMC with The Beastie Boys. Both were rap groups that reached extreme popularity around the same time. But The Beastie Boys were UTTERLY VILE — not just by being homophobic, but by PROMOTING homophobia quite explicitly. They helped torture gay kids, and I’m sure contributed to suicides.
Bless you, DMC.
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