Define 'Homey'

At CPAC in Washington, Stephen Baldwin, right-wing talk show host, reality show guest, younger brother of Alec (the actor), and charged to mobilize young conservatives, made the following comments:

"I'm gonna be real straight with you," Baldwin told ABC's Jonathan Karl. "I am not happy about the way things are. I pray for President Obama every single day. But tell you what. Homey made this bed, now he has got to lay in it."

"'Homey' being President Obama?" Karl asked.

"That is correct," Baldwin said.

'Homey' was referred to as a 90's slang term, short for 'homeboy', that was defined as slang for a fellow gang member. I followed the provided link to homeboy at Dictionary.com and the slang definition read: Slang. A close friend or fellow gang member.

The Urban Dictionary repeatedly referred to the term 'homey' as a close friend, someone trusted, someone you grew up with, and similar definitions. There was a definition suggesting this was a misprounced "Homme", which is a French word for man.  Considering he was at CPAC, I was suspicious if Baldwin was trying to make some misguided reference to Homey, the clown from In Living Color. From Wikipedia:

Homey D. Clown - Damon Wayans plays an ex-con who works as a clown (real name Herman Simpson) for his parole agreement, but violently lashes out at anyone (usually by hitting them on the head with a tennis ball-filled sock) who attempts to make him perform the standard antics of the role - "I don't think so... Homey don't play dat!". His goal in life is to get even with "The Man", a personification of the white males he thinks are "holding him down". Near the end of most sketches, Homey would lead a group of children (played by the adult cast members) in a call and response sing-along, which would end with him degenerating into an angry/paranoid rant then intimidating the children into repeating verbatim.

I found Homey and almost every sketch on In Living Color hysterical and endearing. That was back when Fox was more synonymous with innovative.  Do you think Stephen Baldwin might have been thinking Damon Wayans or just trying to degrade President Obama with a slang term that he may or may not have understood? I am not language-cool and have no slang cred so maybe I'm missing the point. It is hard for me to believe Stephen Baldwin has much slang cred either. Some people just can't pull it off!  Video here.