There nothing "gay" about that (unless it makes you happy to do it). I mean he dressed that way as a tribute to the common man, why shouldn't you be able to dress like that as a tribute to him?
Re: music. Most of the names on my faves list are independant/underground rappers: Atmosphere, Non-Phxion, Sage Francis, and the Def Jux roster. Def Jux is an independant record label, and I like so many people signed to them I couldn't list them all separately