Throw That Boy Pussy
{{short description|2013 single by Fly Young Red}}
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| type = single
| artist = Fly Young Red
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| released = September 20, 2013
| recorded = 2013
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"Throw That Boy Pussy" is a song performed by American rapper Fly Young Red, issued as a single in September 2013; with the music video premiering in March 2014. The song heavily references homosexual anilingus with many same gender sexual overtones. The song mainly samples Lil Wayne and Trina's "Wowzers" single also released in 2013.
Music video
The video features male background dancers twerking in a nightclub with Fly Young Red and his friends watching on the other side of the bar drinking and complimenting the male dancers.{{cite web |url=http://www.towleroad.com/2014/03/gay-rapper-fly-young-red-serves-up-twerk-roast-in-throwing-boy-pussy-video-video.html |title=
Critical reception
The provocative lyrics have sparked debate over such social and sexual issues as creative freedom, sexism, and black gay culture.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ebony.com/news-views/the-weekly-read-throw-that-boyoh-my-042 |title=[The Weekly Read] Throw That Boy...Oh, My - News & Views |last1=Arceneaux |first1=Michael |date=2014-03-26 |magazine=Ebony |accessdate=2014-05-03}} Darnell Moore has described the song as "honest, but not transformative", while Wade Davis has called it "revolutionary".{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darnell-l-moore/tongues-untied-is-fly-you_1_b_5064751.html |title=Tongues Untied: Is Fly Young Red's Newest Track Revolutionary? |last1=Moore |first1=Darnell L. |last2=Davis, Jr. |first2=Wade |last3=Mitchum |first3=Preston |last4=Rose |first4=Bryson |date=2014-03-31 |website=The Huffington Post |accessdate=2014-05-03}} It was plagued with controversy within the African American and hip hop community as the references to the song are not mainly what are associated with the culture.{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ecjrobertson/dudes-objectifying-dudesawhat-the-what-nsfw-myis |title=Dudes Objectifying Dudes—What The What?! [NSFW]|website=BuzzFeed|date=21 March 2014 }}
Gawker described the song as "the new What What (In the Butt)", and said the song is destined to be a classic,{{cite web |url=http://gawker.com/here-is-a-rap-song-about-boy-pussy-1547227127 |title=Here Is a Rap Song About Boy Pussy}} while Dan Savage referred to it as an "anthem".{{cite web |url=http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/03/19/boy-pussy-gets-its-anthem |title=
See also
References
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External links
- {{youTube|x4iBBfEHNaE|"Throw That Boy Pussy"}}