Boosie Badazz denied hating gay people in an interview with former NFL quarterback Cam Newton. The controversial rapper believed it was the biggest misconception about him.
“I just never agreed [with] what they was pushing on the younger generation, and I spoke on that,” he told Newton. “And I spoke about a couple more situations that made a lot of people turn on me: the Dwyane Wade situation. But I have gays in my family. How can I hate a gay person? My assistant, who brings in millions of dollars to me, is gay. And I just got—I want that to get off my status. I’m not like that.”
Boosie often faced backlash for his comments about LGBTQ+ topics. Earlier this year, he was criticized for complaining about the latest film adaptation of The Color Purple.
“I HAD TO WALK OUT THIS COLOR PURPLE MOVIE (N TWO OTHER OLDER COUPLES WALKED OUT ALSO),” he wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter). “BECAUSE I HAD MY LITTLE GIRLS WITH ME N IT SEEMED LIKE A [rainbow flag emoji] LOVE STORY‼️ GOOD ACTING BUT WHOEVER WROTE THE SCRIPT IS PUSHING THE NARRATIVE HARD‼️ AS A PARENT I WILL NOT LET MY LITTLE GIRL WATCH THIS FILM.”
I HAD TO WALK OUT THIS COLOR PURPLE MOVIE ( N TWO OTHER OLDER COUPLES WALKED OUT ALSO.) 🍿BECAUSE I HAD MY LITTLE GIRLS WITH ME N IT SEEMED LIKE A 🌈 LOVE STORY‼️GOOD ACTING BUT WHOEVER WROTE THE SCRIPT IS PUSHING THE NARRATIVE HARD ‼️AS A PARENT I WILL NOT LET MY LITTLE GIRL…
— Boosie BadAzz (@BOOSIEOFFICIAL) January 2, 2024
Newton’s Boosie interview also revealed details of a conversation between the Baton Rouge-bred artist and Snoop Dogg. Boosie sought Snoop’s advice on becoming more mainstream-friendly.
“I’m not in the streets anymore,” Boosie said. “I’m a businessman. I want people to start letting my past go. I called Snoop Dogg the other day and asked him. Man, I said, ‘I see you on all these commercials’ … And I asked him [how’d he do it] and he just told me, ‘People forget. You gotta keep on going.’ That’s what he told me.”