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Rapper Offset Responds To Accusations Of Homophobia

offset-1.3565530 BROOKLYN, NY - OCTOBER 26: Offset of Migos performs onstage during 105.1’s Powerhouse 2017 at the Barclays Center on October 26, 2017 in the Brooklyn, New York City City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) (Theo Wargo/Theo Wargo / Getty Images)

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Migos rapper Offset – fiancé of Cardi B – took to social media on Thursday to deny that he’s homophobic.

The accusation came after Offset rapped on “Boss Life,” a track from YFN Lucci: “I do not vibe with queers / I got the heart of a bear / I bust ‘em down by the pair.”

In an Instagram post in which he shared a screen shot of the dictionary definition of “queer,” Offset explained: “I didn’t write the line about gay people. I have said before since these issues before that I got love for all people.”

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The rap star added: “My passion for fashion has lead me to a lot of gay people around me who I have mad respect for and we are very cool so I’m not in a place where I’m hating like that.”

Offset insisted he simply needed a word that rhymed. “I saw this definition about her having a queer feeling she was being watched and it fit what I was thinking about a stalker creepy paparazzi situation,” he wrote. “To me that ‘queer’ I don’t mean someone who’s gay. I mean lame people who film you, post it and stalk you. Lingo that means strange or odd.”

Still, Offset apologized and said he is “offended I offended anybody.”