In an terview recently for The New York Tim, Syd Tha Kyd talks about her time the group Odd Future and her cisn to move on, touchg on how her beg gay rulted prsure om the gay muny to leave. “The gay muny hated me for beg part of Odd Future," Syd says
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- SYD THA KYD: “THE GAY MUNY HATED ME FOR BEG PART OF ODD FUTURE”
- SYD THE KYD TALKS BEG GAY RAP
- SYD: 'THE BACKLASH OM THE GAY MUNY HURT MY FEELGS'
- SYD THA KYD TALKS ABOUT HER DECISN TO LEAVE ODD FUTURE IN RELATN TO HER BEG GAY
- RSIAN GAY DU
SYD THA KYD: “THE GAY MUNY HATED ME FOR BEG PART OF ODD FUTURE”
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But as the group’s only woman and only member who was openly gay (Frank Ocean has sce e out, and Tyler also appears to have done so), she was wheeled out to addrs the homophobic and misogynistic attu of some of the Odd Future artists (there were lyrics about rapg women, for example). “In the begng was tough, pecially beg part of a group that everybody thought was homophobic, ” she says, sippg a f black ffee as she was for the vegan burger she orred (to alleviate the anxiety of tourg, she has recently given up ffee, meat, alhol and smokg). “Then, years later, everybody’s gay!
She is often asked about beg an openly gay black woman and how radil is that she sgs romantic songs to other women.
”She do not, though, nsir herself an activist: “I don’t feel like a part of the gay muny.
SYD THE KYD TALKS BEG GAY RAP
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I don’t really go to gay clubs. And I don’t have any gay female iends – none that I hang out wh on a regular basis. Screenshot via YouTubeScreenshot via YouTubeIn an excellent New York Tim feature about the future of mic, Syd Tha Kyd opens up about her sexualy, her time Odd Future, and her cisn to leave the group and move on wh The the piece, Syd explas: “The gay muny hated me for beg part of Odd Future.
They thought Odd Future was homophobic bee they tend to e homophobic slang, and they were like: ‘How n you work for and support homophob? ’ But they aren’t homophobic; they jt don’t really re whether you’re offend or not. It’s easy to say they aren’t homophobic bee Syd is there.
SYD: 'THE BACKLASH OM THE GAY MUNY HURT MY FEELGS'
Syd, the openly gay former Odd Future member, livers on the group's ial promise. * syd tha kyd gay *
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) April 13, 2015The post Syd tha Kyd: “The gay muny hated me for beg part of Odd Future” appeared first on Pigeons & om Pigeons & PlanWatch The Inter’s New Vio Triple Vio for “Special Affair / Palace / Curse”Watch The Inter’s Smooth Rendn of N. On the lack of out-of-the-closet gay urban artists:. If you know me you might hear me say the word 'gay, ' or somethg.
I'd much rather say gay than lbian. Syd: “I cid to do bee I wish I had someone like that [an openly gay female artist] while I was g up. So, um, is she gay?
SYD THA KYD TALKS ABOUT HER DECISN TO LEAVE ODD FUTURE IN RELATN TO HER BEG GAY
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On homosexualy the media:. Syd: “We didn't make the vio to make a statement about Odd Future and homophobia. And I get , the world is jt now startg to bee open about homosexualy.
But the most persistent, recurrg query actually shut her down: How did she, a gay woman, feel about founr Tyler, the Creator’s more than 200 variatns of the word "faggot" on his album Gobl? Bee I was a group that everybody thought was homophobic, and so I was the only one who got terviewed about that type of stuff. ”Today, there are more LGBTQ and LGBTQ-iendly artists the rap world than ever (notably, the Odd Future-adjacent Frank Ocean), but until very recently, homophobia was rampant and endorsed hip-hop culture (remember the “no homo” postscript?
RSIAN GAY DU
In a bold mood for the reticent star, she jt released a self-assured solo but, the slky, smoked-out and love-swollen F; her mil stcts were nfirmed when her pillowy vols and progrsive band the Inter won a Grammy nomatn for their balmy, jazz-ol 2015 album Ego her set wh the Inter, Syd took a rare moment to chat wh GQ about her securi, her surprisg mographic and why she’s ready to be a member of the gay You said on Twter that you were nervo about your set. I jt try to appreciate a woman this dtry is tough on s own, but how have you navigated beg both gay and female a world so heavily male? In the begng, I ma a pot not to ll myself the gay sger.
I don’t wanna be gay anythg. I wanna be appreciated for my mic, whether I’m gay or not.
Nowadays I am tryg to do more the gay muny if possible, but I try to let happen do that look like? Syd tha Kyd: “The gay muny hated me for beg part of Odd Future” | Complex.