Rappers Who Have Come Out As Gay

Contents:

• 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
• RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
• 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
• HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)

While other genr, gay sgers like Elton John and Sam Smh have been phed by labels, rappers that are gay are vastly outnumbered by their straight unterparts.

Related: How a mic vio about a gay teen may have saved hundreds of liv. In a 2005 terview wh SPIN, 50 Cent stated that homosexualy is taboo hip-hop: “In hip-hop, there’s (sic) certa standards of thgs you n’t do. There’s always been nflict at the center of hip-hop, bee ’s all about which guy has the petive edge, and you n’t be that aggrsive if you’re gay.

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RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

Emem, who famoly the slur “f*****t” multiple songs, claimed a Rollg Stone terview that he never equated the term wh homosexualy, but “[i]t was more like llg someone a b**** or a punk or a******.

Pop star Lil Nas X me out as gay durg Pri Month 2019 while his song “Old Town Road” was number one on the Billboard Hot 100, tellg his fans “efore this month ends, I want y’all to listen closely to c7osure” wh a rabow emoji. One of the most well-known gay female rappers Ameri, Harlem-born Azealia Banks intifi wh the bisexual label. Still, Banks’ outspokenns onle go both ways, as the bisexual artist has also ed her platform to ll out transphobia and homophobia.

” Sce then, the artist has released an album lled Hedonism, as well as several extend plays and mixtap characterized by quickfire rap, aggrsn, and unabashed gay eroticism. The artist’s name ntas a nod to gay slang, as he noted, “[i]n the gay muny, your backsi is lled your k, and I have a lot of that… [w]hen I thk about ke, I thk sweet, mpy and edible, which is one si of me.

21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY

The artist has spoken out agast allegedly homophobic treatment after beg arrted Portugal and posted solidary wh Rsia’s LGBTQ muny after news of a police raid on a Mosw venue where Blan was schled to perform. Though he never explicly intified wh a gay or bisexual label, sger and rapper Frank Ocean ma breakg news after he posted a letter on Tumblr 2012 talkg about his “first love” wh another boy that the rapper met early his life.

Wh the movement toward clivy the world hip-hop scene, we n hopefully look forward to more lbian and gay rappers 2022. For s, hip-hop has been known for havg very ltle LGBTQ+ reprentatn while elevatg homophobic artists like DaBaby.

The self-proclaimed "big and Black, gay and vol" star was nomated for bt new artist at the 2021 Grammy Awards and has no tentns of mimizg who she is for anybody. After he me out as gay 2016, he stated Brockhampton's "Junky" that he would ntue to rap about beg gay bee there aren't enough gay rappers the dtry that are willg to talk about their own experienc. Many of his songs rporate beats that are f for a vogue battle, showg off jt how ftly the openly gay rapper n ri any beat.

HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

He don't shy away om beg open his mic about his sexualy and sex life, which isn't unmon for straight artists to do hip hop mic, but not necsarily for a gay artist. There has been a well-known stigma towards homosexualy hip-hop which has led to some artists’ reers beg tarnished by mors that they had associatns wh people of the same sex. To celebrate the ntributns the artists have ma to the hip-hop scene, here are the top 30 gay rappers.

While his h song “Old Town Road” was at the top of the Billboard Top 100 Chart for a rerd-breakg 19 weeks, Lil Nas X ma the brave cisn to e out as a gay rapper. Mista Strange, a drill rapper om Bra, has shared his experience of beg a publicly gay rapper and how often leads to unrtimatn. In one of his tracks, he touch upon this subject wh the lyrics, “Won’t let me through ‘e I’m back like Santan, Won’t let me through ‘e I’m gay like Schofield.

As a gay Lat female rerdg artist, Snow Tha Product acknowledg that her journey hasn’t been smooth, but she emphasiz that honty is ccial. However, did you know that he also openly clared his homosexualy on Twter?