MTV Networks’ LOGO, which targets the gay community, is running into problems with record labels that do not want their music in show produced for the network.

One of the new shows on the channel is comedy-drama Noah’s Arc, which includes an all-black cast and is directed by Patrick-Ian Polk. One of the most surprising aspects of taping the show is the availability of music and rejections by labels who do not want to be connected with gay-programming.

Polk has tried to clear Kanye West’s music for the show, “and we got flat-out rejected by the label,” Polk said. “I'm a fair person, I get that a lot of times these requests and things don't make it to the artist. But he needs to check his people because that's not cool. The black gay community and even the white gay community are big hip hop fans, so they're missing out on a really big market by being short-sighted.”

The news is more surprising when one considers West’s recent comments about homophobia in the music industry. “When I was in high school, I was called ‘Fag’ a lot because of how I walked and other little things,” West said recently. “And what happened was, it made me kind of homophobic, ‘cause it’s like I would go back and question myself , my own feelings.”

He added at the time that after finding out his cousin was gay, “It was kind of like a turning point when I was like, Yo, this is my cousin. I love him and I’ve been discriminating against gays. Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates. And I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, Yo, stop it.”

Neither West nor his label, Roc-a-Fella were available for comment at press time.