Update: Mister Cee Pleads Guilty

June 1st, 2011 - By nativenotes

Today, Mister Cee (Calvin Lebrun) appeared in a New York City Criminal Court and plead guilty to loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution (for a refresher see Why Mr. Cee Matters).  Mr. Cee has to complete three months of counseling and then return to court at a later time. Which means: Funkmaster Flex has to put his head between his legs for his laughable tirade about how “innocent” Mr. Cee was when the arrest first occurred, Charlamagne the God will have a field day with his donkey of the day portion of the Breakfast Club Morning Show tomorrow and Mr. Cee will keep having closeted gay sex with men (this is his second conviction for the same charge) and the issue of DL brothers & homophobia in both the black and hip-hop community will continue to be swept under the rug.

Let me be clear, in no way did I expect Mr. Cee to become some overnight gay rights activist encouraging other down low brothers to come out of the closet. However, in some way we are all affected by the actions of men like Mr. Cee. The prostitute in question, Lawrence Cambell who Cee was arrested with took to the blogs after the incident and alleged that Cee wanted to have unprotected oral sex with him. Given the growing rates of STD’s in the African American community, closeted bi-sexual men having unprotected sex with male prostitutes and then going home to their wives or girlfriends puts us all at risk. The answer isn’t more gay bashing ( I don’t want to see any more gay men committing suicide because of our homophobic culture)– in fact I believe we have to take shaming out of the conversation so that people can be comfortable in their own skin and less likely to parade around as something they are not while possibly inflicting damage on unknowing sexual participants.

What do you think, should we be having a larger discussion about homosexuality in the black community or should we mind our business and let what happens in the dark stay in the dark?

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  • nlee1

    The man is gay, plain and simple. This is PLAIN and SIMPLE! And there is nothing wrong with that.

  • pfft

    I'm so tired of the black folks are forcing them to hide. Aint no body forcing their asses to hide. They choose to deceive because they want their cakes and to eat them too and that's just not possible. Yes, women should take more reproductive responsibility and use condoms, but let's be real, do you think the sista who's been dating the brother for as long as some folks have been married is actually going to do that. It boils down to selfishness plain and simple. Stop placing the blame at the feet of black people. if you're doing something that has you so ashamed you're, in his case., willing to jeopardize the life of the mother of your children, then perhaps it's not something you should be doing to begin with.

    Furthermore, black people have been tolerant, and that is the most that can be expected of anyone where this matter is concerned. So tolerant is not the issue it's more some want us to accept this behavior as normal. Again I say, if you have to have the approval of others to live as your "true self" then maybe you need to examine what you're doing seriously.

    • GisfroGiggles

      CO-SIGN AND AGREE

      Please stop thinking that Black People or the Black Community is different some how on this matter.
      You live in the closet BECAUSE YOU DECIDE TO LIVE THERE! As it's evident that you're going to do what you want to do-regardless if society approves or not.

      If you want the benefits of a hetro relationship and are bi/gay, THAT'S YOU MAKING THAT SELFISH DECISION!

      You want respect THEN FIRST RESPECT YOURSELF, PERIOD.

  • Guest

    This is what women need to pay attention. I love this response; I feel this is more accurate than anything else. Here is another solution for women stop letting men hit raw and vice versa. That would solve many of the cases don't you all think?

  • Chrissy

    …so you hate gays however you also don't want them to try and be straight? So now what are they suppose to do then? If you don't like gay people thats YOUR OPNION but again the reason there are so many men on the downlow is because of people like you who make them hide who they truly are.

    *Also nice use of ALL CAPS it made you seem like quite the grown up

  • IAMABLESTWOMAN

    HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG!!! I DID NOT MAKE THE RULES, GOD DID AND ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE THEM. I LOATHE BROTHERS OR ANY OTHER PERSON THAT IS ON THE DL BECAUSE THEY ARE LIARS FROM THE PIT OF HELL. GAY??? WALK LIKE A DUCK, QUACK LIKE A DUCK, YOU ARE A DUCK. YOU ARE GAY!!! QUIT LYING AND SPREADING DISEASES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND FOR YOU GUYS THAT ARE MARRIED OR IN SO CALLED RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN, WOE BE UNTO YOU. ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT GOD DID TO THEM BACK IN THE DAY. WARNING SURELY COMES BEFORE DESTRUCTION.

  • African_queen

    Blacks have higher rates of AIDS for different reasons or factors, in Africa it is because of multiple sexual partners and in America it is because of the high rate of incarceration which pushes men to look to other men for relief then when they are released will go back to their women. Still a very scary situation either way.

  • http://www.aol.com Kara

    The fastest growing group of new HIV POSITIVE CASES are Black men who are gay and bisexual and I am sure alot of these men are on the DL.If things continue as they are 1 in 16 black men will be HIV positive in 10 years time.The black community is in denial about AIDS, Gays and DL.There are many black celebrities with HIV but they are too ashamed to admit it.The silence is killing us.

  • Guest

    He is gay like some of your favorite entertainers. Oh excuse me, since is on the receiving end that makes him less gay then the giver. Any time you let a person of the same sex perform sexual acts on you there is a problem with your sexuality. It's not like he is bi-courious, this is the second time he got arrested for it and i'm sure he had more then two occasions, he just got caught twice.

    My thing is if he is willing to let another man perform oral then he is willing to penetrate him. In turn making us women viable to catch all sorts of diseases in the process. All because he's trying to sweep this little secret under the rug. Its selfish and nasty. He needs help and 3 months of counseling wont do it. He needs to come to terms with his sexuality.

  • afo

    "Whispers" about Mr. Cee ("The Nasty African") have been around since his Big Daddy Kane days . . . He's Closeted; so are a lot of gay Black men because of The Stigma in our communities. PERIOD! Maybe once he "retires" from Hip Hop, or once his elder kinfolk pass on, he'd be more comfortable to "be his true self". Shame of it all is that "our bigotry" is what is slowly killing our people.

  • seek2027

    Dam son lol

  • iAmShe

    Personally, I'm staying away from black men as an option for a companion or mate. Clearly, we have an undying homophobic, stamina and aura within the black community. I can't and WON'T put the "DL Confirmation" on all black men, but because of the ponderous homophobia within our community, uhmmm….no thanks!

  • Ebony

    These brothas just need to man up!! They need to be honest about their sexuality with the people that their sexual behaviors would be of importance to. Yes many will be pushed out , but you have to pay the cost to be the boss. Being an adult means dealing with results of your choices. I think this issue has less to do with the non acceptance of gay men in the black community than it has to do with the tendency of black men to be "old boys" Not being willing to grow up enough socially to deal in what is reality. If you are gay or bi sexual, then that is what you are. Black men need to grow up and stop playing with our lives.

  • faebae

    He's GAY GAY GAY. Point Blank Period. End of Story

  • Eugenia

    This is not sexual deviancy when a straight man sees a prostitute, he's a straight man seeing a prostitute. This is a gay man seeing a prostitute, he's gay let's stop trying to make it special for brothers so they can say they have a problem instead of just gay. Blk folks get your head out of the sand.

  • kayla

    It's about time stuff like this comes to light in the hip-cop community. It's been a badly-worn secret for a long time

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