November 16, 2011 | Health Matters

Rapper Lil B releases song "I Got AIDS"

The straight rapper who released an album titled I'm Gay, just released the track "I Got AIDS."

Lil B said the new single is not about creating controversy, but about pushing a safer sex message. "Please everyone I made this to inform everyone that I love and respect and everyone that listens to my music," he wrote. "Please get tested and protect yourself and your partners. Please use condoms and have safe sex."

He then asked fans to send him videos of being tested and promised he would upload one of himself doing the same.

When he was interviewed by MTV News, he added, "A lot of guys think it’s cool to have sex with a lot of women. I’m not having sex with all these women. I lie about it a lot; I lie about having sex with 40 girls. I’m not doing that, and I want people to know, if you are doing that, you are at high risk of getting AIDS or other STDs and you need to make sure you get tested. This is me paying back to the world and just being truthful, honest, and doing something that I feel is right.”

Some are calling it a stunt to promote his album. But if it gets a few of his fans thinking about playing safe, then it's definitely worth it!