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Elton John is expressing his admiration for Jay-Z after the rapper came out recently in favor of same-sex marriages. In an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, John, who is openly gay talked about being "incredibly moved" by Hova's statements.
"Jay-Z, who is probably the most respected African American artist came out and said 'not only is it wrong to not have gay marriage, but any discrimination in life is wrong.' And it was an incredibly moving statement," John told Mitchell. "I phoned him and said 'you have no idea what you've just said, how powerful this is.' The dominoes fell. And I take my hat off to him. And I respect him so much for doing that. And when I next see him I'm going to give him the biggest hug."
John was responding to comments Jay-Z made to CNN back in May when he compared discrimination against gays to that of Blacks.
“I mean, I always thought of it as something that’s still holding the country back,” Jay-Z said at the time. “What people do in their own homes is their business. You choose to love whoever you love. That’s their business. It’s no different than discriminating against Blacks. It’s discrimination plain and simple.”
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