Man, if you’re gay we can be friends. If you’re straight, we can be friends…I really don’t give a fuck and I don’t think anyone should care about what another man’s preference is…As long as you’re a great person and, y’know, you don’t bother me and make me uncomfortable, then let’s be friends, dude. (…) [Hip-hop] needs to stop being so close-minded because that will just cause the genre to fail. Look at pop. Pop doesn’t discriminate against people. Look at Lady Gaga, y’know what I mean? Who the fuck makes the rules for hip-hop? Who the fuck dictates who’s cool and who’s not?

A$AP Rocky talks to Spinner about homophobia within the hip-hop sphere, saying homophobia in hip-hop is ‘retarded’. 

Julia Holter’s FACT Mix

Julia Holter’s FACT Mix

Video: EMA – Take One Two

EMA’s video for new single “Take One Two” is made up of recycled footage of Erika M. Anderson and her friends in a South Dakota trailer park in the mid-1990s, “dressing up, hanging out, making up funny skits.”

It’s also an inspirational message to bullied teens: “This is especially remarkable as I know what was going on outside those plywood walls: getting called names, shoved into lockers, and threatening to get our asses kicked for being queer or punk or just plain weird,” EMA writes. Accordingly, she’ll offer the proceeds from the single, which is out digitally today, to the anti-bullying non-profit the Jamie Isaacs Foundation.

EMA continues, “This one’s for all the weirdos out there: cherish your friends, fuck the haters and let your freak flag fly.”