B13 Peer Review

by  SLAVA KUPERSTEIN posted  August 26, 2012 at 10:30AM PDT Snoop Dogg thinks Hip Hop's opinion on homosexuality has shifted. Much has been written about  Hip Hop's changing stance on homosexuality  after Frank Ocean penned an open letter about his sexuality. Now, Snoop Dogg can be counted among the emcees who believes Hip Hop is ready for an openly gay rapper. "People are learning how to live and get along more, and accept people for who they are and not bash them or hurt them because they’re different," said Snoop Dogg in an interview with the  Salt Lake Tribune . "When I was growing up, you could never do that and announce that," said Snoop of Ocean's letter. "There would be so much scrutiny and hate and negativity, and no one would step (forward) to support you because that’s what we were brainwashed and trained to know." Other artists to have announced their support for Ocean include  Busta Rhymes  and...

Whatever pipe  Stevie J  is laying on all these hoes must be worth its weight in gold because even after all of his shenanigans have been aired out and exposed, he still has  Mimi Faust  and  Joseline Hernandez   running back  for another round. On  episode 8 of  “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” , Joseline put her  hands  on Stevie when Mimi blurted out that she’s still living with Stevie at his  home . Joseline was so angered by the supposed betrayal that she leapt up and started pounding Stevie’s face into a  corn  tortilla. Now, it’s Mimi’s turn. While out at My Studio, a Hollywood nightclub, Stevie J and Mimi were  hounded by the paparazzi . One of the paps asked Stevie who thought would win in a hypothetical fight: A basketball wife or a rapper’s wife. Stevie’s response? Mimi and Joseline. Before Master Splinter could scrunch his face up in his signature rat smirk, Mimi stole him in the  ches...

Last Monday on the season premiere of  “Love and Hip-Hop: Atlanta”  over three million viewers watched as singer  K Michelle  recalled her “abusive relationship” with her ex boyfriend, who she claimed “beat her a**” (her words) after spending up her seed  money  from the  record  label. That so-called abusive boyfriend turned out to be  Mickey “Memphitz” Wright , husband of BET reality star (and Lil Wayne’s ex-wife)  Toya Wright , which K Michelle confirmed in a radio  interview  last week, saying that she didn’t mention his name on the show on purpose out of respect for him and his new wife. On Monday (Jun 25), Memphitz called in to TT Torrez at iPower 92.1, and told his side of the story, explaining how he and K. Michelle met, their “relationship,” and how he has  NEVER  put his hands on her in the way that she alleged on the show. (He says he didn’t hit her … he only restrained her when she attacked him) ...

Well, as the saying goes, like mother, like daughter. Whitney Houston  was known for falling in  love  with the wrong men really hard and doing stupid things in public in  the name  of love … and it appears that her daughter,  Bobbi Kristina , has the same affliction. After initially denying reports of her romance with her “adopted brother”  Nick Gordon , Bobbi Kristina is now openly flaunting her relationship with Gordon all over Twitter in photos that show the two getting close and personal. In between their freak sessions, Nick and Bobbi seem to have grown fond of running to the tattoo parlor to lace their bodies with as much ink as possible. First, they went and got Whitney Houston’s initials tattooed on their wrists in homage to the late singer. That’s kind of cute. And hey, it could’ve been worse and more hood ratish, so we should be proud of them for keeping it classy. But that long music note tattoo on Bobbi K’s...

Word to any woman looking to date  Kanye West : Your  wardrobe  is not safe. Kanye, being the ego maniac that he is, doesn’t just like to date a woman. He likes to create her into his very own  mold . He succeeded in turning  Amber  Rose  into his very own, mulatto, buzzcut-sporting  Barbie , but can Kanye pull off the same trick with America’s favorite sex tape vixen,  Kim Kardashian ? In a clip from an upcoming episode of  “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,”  Kanye invades Kim’s closet with his stylist in tow. Kim appears nervous and anxious about the whole thing. She shyly tries to salvage some of her favorite pieces, but Kanye, with a smile on his face, tells her she really needs to be prepared to  throw  everything out. Watch the clip of Kanye raiding Kim’s closet, below What Kim doesn’t know is that Kanye isn’t making  suggestions . Those are orders. While the cameras are rolling he’ll put ...

In case you didn’t already know,  Stevie J  from  “Love and Hip-Hop”  used to date rapper  Eve . And during a recent  appearance  in Philadelphia where she was speaking to a group of  high schools , Eve, while  revealing  her  journey  of self-discovery, touched on her past relationship with “Steebie” … who she says wouldn’t even get a chance at being with her these days. On if Stevie J was her first  love : Yes, Stevie J was my first love. On how she defines the “love” between her and Stevie back then: You know what…that was a  learning experience . You  meet people  all the time. We just happen to fall in love. Umm, but thankfully I knew better, I know better, I am happily in love now. And the girl now (referring to herself) he couldn’t even see this. I would be like,  “I’m sorry, we don’t speak the same language!”  But you know, it is what it is….that’s life. ...