90s hip-hop was super-masculine and pretty much everyone was raised to either think "I'm not with that gay shit" or "just don't bring it around me". That was the accepted mentality back then specifically within hip-hop.

I'm not saying that's right or wrong, I'm just saying that was the atmosphere back then so I'm not sure why this is surprising to anyone or why we can't assume 20 year old men grew up past that stage if they didn't continue that message afterwards.

And the fact this dude thinks he's owed a personal apology so *he* can continue to listen to Tribe is laughable.