Hot 97 Deejay Mister Cee got very emotional over his conversation about his sexuality with program director Ebro Darden, Yahoo! reported Sunday.
After a year-old audio clip of Mister Cee soliciting sexual relations from a transgendered video blogger surfaced on Wednesday, Cee thought his career was officially over.
Mister Cee (nee Calvin LeBund) reportedly resigned from his job, saying that he did not want to draw negative attention to the radio station that had been his employer for decades now. "I don't want you guys to lose sponsors and money," the 47-year-old explained.
However, on Thursday, Hot 97's program director Ebro Darden had Mister Cee back on air for a revealing conversation that touched both Cee's personality battles with his sexuality and the prejudices in the hip-hop culture.
Throughout the conversation, Mister Cee could be heard getting very emotional and weeping several times.
Despite his claim that he enjoys the company of men dressed as women, Cee initially said that he was not at all gay.
"I know that I love women," Mister Cee said. "Any woman that's been with me know that I love women. But occasionally I get the urge to have [relations] with a transsexual - a man that looks like a woman."
Cee, considered the music legend behind the careers of the Notorious B.I.G. and Big Daddy Kane, explained that he never had sexual intercourse with a man, but he was full aware of the identity of drag queen Bimbo Winehouse, sharing his desires and sexual self-categorization were not aligned.
"I'm tired of trying to do something or be something that I'm not," he said, adding, "I have been in denial with this for a very long time."
Because of Cee's scandal, fans and media outlets have been talking and debating about the issue on a larger scale, discussing heterosexuality in the world of hip-hop.
"The good thing about this Mr. Cee situation...now everybody's talking about homophobia in hip hop. A conversation that needs to be had," Reagan Gomez tweeted.
Meanwhile, Joe Robinson #APX tweeted, "Mr cee let hip hop down."
In 2012, hip-hop collective Odd Future member Franck Ocean wrote a "coming out" letter explaining his love for a man, and he later admitted fears about destroying his career.
"In black music, we've got so many leaps and bounds to make with acceptance and tolerance in regard to that issue," Ocean told GQ.
But things are starting to change in the hip-hop world. Ocean's peers Jay Z, A$AP Rocky and Kanye West even made public statements against homophobia recently.
Meanwhile, Darden - who has had multiple issues with the law and his sexuality in the past, and was even arrested in May for attempting to solicit sex from an undercover police officer who cross-dressed as a woman - urged Mister Cee to return to his post throughout the emotional conversation.
By the end of the talk show, Mister Cee rescinded his resignation and decided to resume his regular noon session.
Listen to the conversation below and leave a comment if you like.
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