RCA Rerds signs gay rapper Scy Santana

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• SCY SANTANA REFLECTS ON BEG KNOWN AS A “GAY RAPPER”: “THAT IS WHO I’M FIGHTG FOR”
• SCY SANTANA: GAY RAPPER SIGNS RERD DEAL WH RCA RERDS | VIDEO
• SCY SANTANA EMBRAC BEG LABELED “A GAY RAPPER” IN NEW COVER STORY
• SCY SANTANA ON THE IMPACT OF LGBTQ+ ARTISTS: "GAYS REALLY RUN THE WORLD"
• RCA RERDS SIGNS GAY RAPPER SCY SANTANA
• IDK TALKS COLLABORATG WH OPENLY GAY RAPPER SCY SANTANA

SCY SANTANA REFLECTS ON BEG KNOWN AS A “GAY RAPPER”: “THAT IS WHO I’M FIGHTG FOR”

Santana, who intifi as gay, is a rary the hip-hop world.

“Sometim people look at gay as supposed to be this, or supposed to be that, ” he tells TIME. “When ’s so many different typ of gay. It’s so many different looks to beg gay.

As an openly gay rapper the notorly homophobic hip-hop landspe, Santana has always had to work wh a thick sk. Wh gay rappers like Lil Nas X fully gog mastream, Santana knows that his time is now. “The world has changed so much, and gay is everywhere, ” he said.

SCY SANTANA: GAY RAPPER SIGNS RERD DEAL WH RCA RERDS | VIDEO

So regardls of if somebody is albo, polka dot, gay, lbian, if ’s a h rerd, ’s a h rerd and that’s somethg that you n’t ny. Scy Santana adms that he origally didn’t like feelg “boxed” as a “gay rapper, ” but has sce e to embrace the tle.

“Inially, was, ” Santana said, when asked if ’s “annoyg” beg rced to jt a “gay rapper. He ntued: “I ially was so big on beg accepted by the straight people that I didn’t wanna be known as a ‘gay rapper. ’ Now I don’t md someone llg me a gay rapper or a LGBT rapper bee that is my muny.

I ed to get offend about beg lled a gay rapper bee I didn’t wanna feel like my mic was boxed. I’ve proven even wh me beg gay, that my mic touch everybody.

SCY SANTANA EMBRAC BEG LABELED “A GAY RAPPER” IN NEW COVER STORY

So I don’t md holdg the ‘gay rapper’ rapper tle. *Followg Lil Nas X’s succs as a gay artist, rerd labels are now keen on signg openly gay rappers. Scy Santana, an openly gay rapper, has now benefed om this pursu after signg a rerd al wh RCA Rerds.

By the way, 2018, RCA Rerds signed Brockhampton, an all-boys band, to a $15 ln al “to ph the gay agenda.

SCY SANTANA ON THE IMPACT OF LGBTQ+ ARTISTS: "GAYS REALLY RUN THE WORLD"

When ILoveMakonnen began intifyg as openly gay 2017, the Atlanta rap group Migos cricized the artist, wh member Quavo suggtg that Makonnen’s sexualy unrmed his trap lyrics.

RCA RERDS SIGNS GAY RAPPER SCY SANTANA

“We actually have gay rappers out there, " Fetch said. "One of the biggt stori of last year was the rise of Scy Santana, a gay, Black, and feme rapper who reprents somethg pletely new mastream rap. To my kids, straight and gay, I’m they mom.

IDK TALKS COLLABORATG WH OPENLY GAY RAPPER SCY SANTANA

However, fails s executn wh Lamar misgenrg his uncle and utterg homophobic slurs throughout.

Though homophobia is still nng rampant the rap dtry, Santana explaed why he’s now embracg beg a “gay rapper. “Before, I didn’t want to be labeled a gay rapper, ” he tailed. But when you’re a dark-skned Black, gay rapper who dispts genr norms, you don’t que expect your existence to be normalized, or sometim even regnized outsi of your own muny.

"The Southern gay hip-hop artist currently breakg glass ceilgs for LGBTQ+ micians is poised to claim the song of the summer wh his new Latto-assisted sgle, "Booty. As an openly gay artist (who also wears long acrylic nails, eyelash, and makp unapologetilly), took a lot of heart for Santana to walk his tth. Blair CaldwellStartg out, Santana hated beg lled the "gay rapper.