City Girls member Yung Miami is under fire on Twitter after making comments during her interview on The Breakfast Club radio show this morning that some construed as homophobic. Amid a discussion of some of her previous Twitter snafus, the host, Charlamagne The God, brought up some comments that she’d made online which were deemed homophobic and in the process of explaining herself, Miami inadvertently gave her critics even more ammunition.
“I just said that if I saw anything ‘gay’ in my son, that I would beat him,” she explained. She compared it to the way her own mom would threaten her with greater punishment for slight infractions than she never actually received. She also elaborated that she doesn’t have anything against gay people, but that “I wouldn’t want my son to be gay.” She further attempted to layer some nuance into the discussion by pointing out that she knows and works with many LBGTQ people, but just doesn’t want for her son to identify as gay.
However, her explanation seemed to only serve to further irritate Twitter commenters, who pointed out the latent homophobia inherent in that line of reasoning and that corporal punishment is still used by some parents who rebuke their children’s sexuality while reminding her and each other that much of City Girls’ support comes from the LBGTQ community. While Charlamagne pointed out that Miami was younger when she tweeted those comments, that hasn’t stopped many other rappers and internet personalities, from Doja Cat to “Brother Nature,” from feeling a backlash for old tweets. With City Girls’ sophomore album Girl Code releasing this Friday, such a backlash could have serious effects on the group’s reception. See some of the responses below.
This is why I can't fuck with City Girls. Homophobia is my dealbreaker https://t.co/UpF8L19LcR
— lindsay lohan’s deddy (@rachiieebean) November 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/nickinick4131/status/1062438550816374794
The City RATS fanbase was LGBT people being front and center. Of course The City Rats…I mean City Girls decided to homophobic it up. Just trash and garbage.
— Jason (U mad) (@EmperorTChalla) November 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/Cxristixv/status/1062437829966475267
https://twitter.com/HisNameBAko_/status/1062437294190329857
https://twitter.com/kbyrd2/status/1062451538227027973
FUCK The City Girls. If I wanna listen to a ratchet rap bitch from down south talking about scamming niggas I’ll listen to the true SUPREME that is miss TRINA.
— xxx (@xxmere) November 13, 2018
I feel so bad for the city girls, where is QC??? they need to be telling Caresha to shut up 😩 girl not everything you feel needs to be aired
— yana (@yananyjay) November 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/FineAssCj/status/1062436829130121219
City Girls going✈️ cancellation https://t.co/qlB0TVLdcq
— Cayla💖 (@VitaminCay) November 13, 2018
I watched the city girls interview and I don’t see why y’all so mad honestly. It’s her child and your mindset can change within weeks/months. So you don’t know where her head at now. Y’all thinkin to deep into it. I like how real she is and I think she did good
— DjRenaissance (Tae.) (@Tae_Tdwn7) November 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/iiKryse/status/1062435645711368192
https://twitter.com/doctorrmami/status/1062436141993988096
https://twitter.com/kristadm_/status/1062435582608113664
https://twitter.com/hiiighfrequency/status/1062435122044133382
Us gay black men give people like the city girls attention and a platform to propel their careers and all they do is tell us they don’t want their son to be gay. Lol smh the irony.
— MARC MARGIELA (@MARCMARGIELA) November 13, 2018
Who do the city girls think is twerking to they music in the clubs? Gays girlllllllllll
— MARC MARGIELA (@MARCMARGIELA) November 13, 2018
I hate that giving foolish people space to say toxic shit on the airwaves is rap media's idea of dialogue. You can turn on your television and see where that 'Crossfire' strategy left the political discourse.
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) November 13, 2018
The way the convo about the City Girls remarks is going today is your proof that giving attention to shitty, reckless, hateful ideas gives gas to people who agree.
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) November 13, 2018
