Another bastion of masculine homophobia changing its stripes?

This article in Salon argues that the world of hip-hop is moving away from the homophobia of the past. Says Brother Ali:

My use of the f-word more than a decade ago in the song ‘Dorian’ off Shadows On The Sun continued to echo in a space in which I no longer dwelled … My world was pretty small and bleak when I wrote that album. Since then I’ve been fortunate enough to tour the world, read James Baldwin and develop deep friendships with musicians whom I love and respect and who are openly gay.