Asher Roth Addresses Gay Rumor

Monday, December 21 2009 3:52 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Guest List, True Story

This weekend, rumors swirled that Asher Roth was a homosexual. Clearing the air, Ash released this statement:

I hate to disappoint and take away the entertainment of it all but I am straight, not gay.  It’s disheartening to know such “news” on someone’s personal life can be portrayed as fact with no viable source.  This, to me, is an opportunity to expose our vulnerability to lies and manipulation through unprofessional and irresponsible news outlets, in which people consider TRUTH.  Further, someone’s sexual orientation should NEVER be big news, as it delivers a troubling message to children that they can’t be themselves without fear of judgment.  Race, creed, and sexual persuasion should not just be tolerated but understood and accepted.  It’s extremely disappointing that this topic would be used with the intention of being hurtful. We are near 2010….2010!! Yet race, sex and religion still play a major role in a hate driven society.  For the love of the future and humanity….let’s wake up.

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Comments (120)

  1. MK says:

    yardie_ute was that your best attempt at being literate? What are you going to do if you have a son or daughter that’s homosexual? Love them unconditionally, or throw them away? YOU make the choice to hate, life’s too short for that. The world’s a big place, my dude, there’s no way everyone’s going to meet your whack expectations.

  2. static says:

    he sucks in my records wont be around long and a one hit wonder on vh1 in 10 years..

  3. black thoughts says:

    ya boy feminems a faggot too

  4. yardie_ute says:

    @MK you r a dumbass, Literate means the ability to read and write. I think everybody on this site is at least that.
    I will not accept the lifestyle of my child if God Forbid he or she is a homosexual. I will not attend any gay marriages. You make that choice you are on your fucking own cos you not bringing no dude come to my house or a lady introducing them as your lover and kissing and hugging them. Hell no.

  5. gohard or gohome says:

    @ black thoughts

    nice attempt tryna be funny but i’m pretty sure theres plenty of gay black men if you disagree ask them dudes up state who they fucking and we all know the majority of them are black (no disrespect its fact) oh and im pretty sure ive fucked more black chicks then white chicks anyways…but we all know them latina chicks are the best

  6. drdizzle says:

    @fake ass yardie-u got a bit of a thing for sticking things in ur ass eh?tells alot about u!!!idiot….just like all the other mindless fools on here….fools

  7. yardie_ute says:

    Ok people lets not make this a racial issue.

  8. yardie_ute says:

    No drdizzle, you got a a thing about sticking things in your fucking ass. so instead of telling you to stick a dildo in there which you prob will like, I’m telling you to stick a knife up there.. so you’ll tear your asshole apart.

  9. thehoodnerd says:

    the comment section started off positive and then went downhill lol. If anything this kept Roth’s name in the game because nobody was talking about him for a minute.

  10. drdizzle says:

    yardie-you my man are a complete and utter idiot.grow the fuck up because you’re just embarrasing yourself.go out into the real world and voice the rediculous opinions you’re spouting on here and see how long you last.you and george w. should get a place together……..dumb and dumber

  11. yardie_ute says:

    I am Jamaican, and I shout that any bomboclaat place in Jamaica I want. Say what you want drizzle but we dnt tolerate that gay shit out here. Heard what the Prime Minister said, not in my fucking cabinet.
    You gay out here you better keep that shit to yourself. Dnt get it twisted, We dont walk about with shotguns hunting and killing gays, but bettter believe if a dude is out in public kissing another dude he will get fucked up, same thing for women

  12. Dylan says:

    This is all bullshit. From what I read, Yardie_ute you are a peice of shit. I’m beginning to think you’re illiterate, too. The best sentence you can complete is about an asshole.

    Asher Roth IS talented, he’s only here for a good time and he’s got a passion for music, the LEAST you people can do is respect that. All the people that hate; hop off his dick, and go back to doing your homework so you can try to pass high school.

  13. moses smiley says:

    Who cares?

    But I’ll tell you who does care. Asher’s publicist, who is the same publicist who leaked the untrue/true rumor that Lady GaGa is a hermaphrodite. Yesterday Asher Roth was third most googled name on the internet, and that was due to “bad” publicity, do you think that was a mistake?

    The one interesting thing that this whole Asher Roth thing is that is kind of sad that if he didn’t address the rumors, he might of seen a drop in record sales. I mean hip hop is really limited to the subject matter in their content, (that is if they really want to sell records). Rappers are talking about the same thing over and over again. Using women, all the vocals have to be in auto-tune and they have to talk about popping bottles and flossing their bling bling.

    Yawn.

    Try something different, listen to Wilco’s “Jesus etc.,” or MGMT’s “Electric Feel”, hip hop just got more boring.

  14. all.up.in.spice says:

    this whole thing is crazy dumb

  15. yardie_ute says:

    Dylan, illiterate means the inability to read and write.You all are dunces if you keep using the word inappropriately.
    Homosexuality is wrong on all levels.
    If it’s a moral issue it immoral, if it is a scientific issue, this only proves that there is an anomaly which is plaguing the gene pool of the human race, which needs to be eradicated as soon a possible before it causes irreparable damage to our civilization.
    Can you guys imagine a society where men fuck men and women fuck women at will? Where this is the norm?
    Must be confusing for a male teenager growing up attracted to women and his uncle is fucking his male basketball coach.
    People let’s get it together. If it’s a matter of respecting a person’s sexual preferences, what if that person prefers to fuck animals? (bestiality) What? Mating across species doesn’t happen naturally in the wild? Society through a system of trial and failure, evolution and adaptation has to come to agreement on certain norms and values to ensure the survival of our specie. Heterosexual relations is one. Homosexuality is a deviant behavior which only serves the purpose to destroy our specie. This is counter-evolution, regressive behavior.

  16. Tro Severe says:

    It’s sad that people of today are still on the BS.. Say if you was gay,is that suppose to stop your rappin’ skills? For real you don’t have to prove shit my brother… Just keep making music from the heart..haters are haters & always will be here…your people close to you know you aren’t gay…. This is something to throw a monkey wrench in your game… The album is good..!! Nuff said!!!!!

  17. Tro Severe says:

    I have to agree with yardie… Let’s use our good common sense,a man on another man.. Does it sound right? I think not.. Can you create life that way? I think not! In your so call good book, god was killing gays… Destroy cities.. Said it was sin and those that commit will be put to death!!! It’s there look it up..it’s a lot of wicked shit going on in this world… You just have to look and learn..cause you ain’t going to learn this in any school, but they want to let gays marry… But then they say “in god we trust” ? What god do they mean? Dig deep into your books.. Or just use good common sense..

  18. alm says:

    @yardie_ute

    You give Jamaica a bad name. I’m ashamed to be from the same country as you. I really respect Asher Roth for saying what he did.

  19. JC says:

    Asher Roths Music: Trash
    Ashers Statement: The Truth

  20. SB says:

    He started this rumor to make people give a fuck about him.

  21. Eazy187 says:

    Although his music isn’t what I’m all about. I will say that he is a well spoken individual.

  22. Its funny says:

    i agree with all up in spice.
    a whole bunch of ppl with nothing better to do but argue on a rap blog.
    go do something productive. registar to vote,
    THEN read about the healthcare bill. quit defining what literate/ illiterate means.
    go buy a fucking album or something.
    if u dont like asher dont even read the shit.
    keep the gay support in the courts and the gay bashing in the streets.

    this is hip hop. not a fuckin rally for immoral values or some shit.

    Asher is right though.
    and yardie do u want a fuckin cookie or somethin? ur jamaican
    good for you.

    haha. Inernet thugs.
    my niggas get up and read a book.

    ignorant motherfuckers

  23. Its funny says:

    and moses smiley,
    PREACH IT!

  24. SOD says:

    shut the fuck up bitch asss nigga ^^^^

  25. Well says:

    Tro Severe u have a point.
    but the good book also makes it clear that no sin is any worse or any better, feel me?

    Homosexuality is No worse or no better than Adultry or stealing
    in the sense of a sin.
    in OUR society and those around the world it is.
    but a sin is a sin.
    thats why their is one definition.

  26. Drucifer says:

    I’m not a fan, but he’s got some good points

  27. mac DIESEL says:

    FUCK THIS FUCKBOY!!! I REMEMBER THEM SLICK COMMENTS THIS JERK-OFF SAID ABOUT OBAMA WINNIN’ THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!!!! FUCKIN’ CLOWN!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!

  28. Corsico says:

    Asher’s statement is on point regarding this particular topic.

    I don’t know what he said about Obama but Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel Peace Prize either…

  29. TheGrit says:

    none of yall know good music, you all probably just listen to the beats and hooks and not the real lyrical content of his music. yall just pissed off hes got a fine black bitch and yall aint got shit so you call the dude gay. heres some advice: listen to his music again (the lyrics), stop hatin cause hes white, and go fuck yourself

  30. this dude is wack…gay or not

  31. Bobby Light says:

    Guys,
    The rumor was started because there is at least ONE gay in Asher Roth’s camp, but it ain’t him. For any of you who are friends with him on Facebook, or any of the so called “Roth Boys”, it’s pretty easy to figure out which one it is. One of them in fact ran all the way back to LA once these rumors started.

    Give props to the Kid for standing up for his friend(s), and for making a statement like this. but he may need to keep his boys from spreading these stories to protect themselves.

  32. taylorsiluwe says:

    Props to Asher (who I’d never heard of ’til today) for talking about the incessant need for a gay rumor to actually mean anything. No one should care. Gay people exist. Straight people exist. Move on. Don’t really know him, but I already like him.

  33. ADAHM says:

    ASHER ROTH IS INCREDIBLE. and yall are just to bored with your own homosexual lives you have to make up stupid shit about other people. go screw yourselves.

    leave ash for me:)

  34. jamierg89 says:

    yardie,

    I’d like to address your issue about homosexuality being a devolving feature of human adaptation…
    1st of all, humans have only been around for 200,000 years (compared to the 4-5 billion year old earth) and at the rate our population is increasing we are on a quick path to destroying ourselves along with the rest of the planet’s resources. All oversized populations have been known to fail in the past, we are no different. If you are worried about less reproduction due to homosexuality (which has been apart of human populations since the beginning), it can only be a positive feature. Humans also have a 95% survival rate today, so if 10-20% of our population is not reproducing, don’t worry, we will be here (gay or straight) until the very ugly end.

    So please, don’t try to back your anti-gay beliefs with facts, because there are none, you simply fear what is different than you (xenophobia) which unfortunately is a normal human characteristic, infecting our species with many different conflicts worldwide.

  35. tang says:

    This statement of his was showing how we are haters, and focus on stupid shit. I’m pretty sure all of you hatin for no fucking reason at all but to make yourself feel better are just reinforcing this. Be proud.

    Asher’s got killer rhymes, he’s in the beginning. Nobody is the shit in the beginning. Everyone starts somewhere. People, chill. Stop dissing everyone, especially not Asher, theres much worse artists out there to jump all over.

  36. mac DIESEL says:

    DAMN!!!!!!! ASHER WHY?!? I HAD MY HOPES UP FUCKBOY THAT IMMA SUCK YOU OFF ONE DAY

    NOW YOU GOTTA BURST MY BUBBLE BUT NOT MY BUTT CHERRY??

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  37. HomoSexuality Is A Sin And if U Die Gay , Youll Go To Hell And Be Raped repeatedly By The Opposite Sex ( Gay peoples worst nightmare ) We should tell all gay people somthing to get’em all in one spot , like , ” If All Homosexuals Appear At The Beach For A Cruise We Will Approve Gay Marrige In The U.S.A.” Then Load em On Boats , send em out to sea , then blow them bitches up.

  38. Ducci Mane says:

    my rims look like coka cole . lol .
    check this out. .> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCTOho4Suns

  39. Sally says:

    Grow the fuck up people. This is the 21st century. Asher Roth is not gay, and if he was, we shouldn’t care either way. I thought the statement was good, and to all of you people who ridiculously commented on here, you deserve a life of unhappiness and self conciousness.

  40. Preach on Sally – threads like this brings all the morons out. Live and let live. Period. And to those who throw the bible at homosexuals, don’t go to Red Lobster (cause sea-food is abomination too – read a book before you throw it!!)

  41. B.Dot says:

    ^
    Old testament tho. That’s before Jesus came. Check out Mark 7:19

  42. mac DIESEL says:

    WANNA THANK MY BITCHES FOR KEEPIN’ mac DIESEL’S NAME OUT THERE!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BITCHES!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!

  43. double says:

    drizzle is right Jamaicans hate gays…well most Jamaicans…i’ve heard about this for a while…it’s pretty sad that a country is so ignorant…but it makes me feel alright about saying that Jamaicans are uneducated…well, you know, most of them.

  44. Tro Severe says:

    Like I said before you have to use good common sense and think…it ain’t about throwing the bible into this.. I was showing y’all something that’s in the book..now y’all say Jesus forgives for your sins, but if you know your committing a sin your not forgiving… That’s common sense… Now say Tom , dick or Harry might love Tro.. Ok cool… But that don’t mean “Oh I want to sleep with him” that is lust!!! Also someone said that was god in the old testment…remember God is god..his word is law!! No one comes before him..and if you then Disagree… Then your saying God made a mistake…I think not…see people use that Jesus forgives as a excuse, but what is..?this is it …if you know you have sin and ask for forgiveness… Yes help is there… But if your doing the same acts…then no your not going to be forgive!!!! It says god hates gays period.. He didn’t create man to do that… That’s why he made woman… It’s common sense people wake up… You can make up all the excuse you want… It is what it is….but back to Asher Roth keep the music going…why hate on the man… He’s doing something postive… When he could out robbin’ or killin’ someone… True story….

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