\\This excerpt is taken from an online article by Kate Kilpatrick in the Philadelphia Weekly.\\

?A lot of people have an issue with us using the word ?faggot,?? says DeShawn Seymore, the ?first lady? of gay Philly rap duo Sgt. Sass. ?But I hear that word every day and I probably will for the rest of my life. So you have to own it.?

Three years ago Seymore, 23, and friend DaQuan Motley, 25, were hanging out in Seymore?s living room when Sgt. Sass was conceived. ??Sgt.? because we?re militant in a way?in trying to make a point and lead a generation,? Motley explains, ?But ?Sass? because ? we?re still gay.?

By calling their brand of hip-hop music ?fag rap,? Sgt. Sass hope to reclaim ?faggot? in the same way female rappers like Missy Elliott and Lil? Kim reclaimed ?bitch? in the late ?90s.

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**what is your take on gay rappers in hip hop?**

**What do you think about their ideology of using “faggot” in their lyrics as a way of reclaiming the word?**