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Contents:

• 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
• 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
• RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
• FAT JOE TALKS GAY MAFIA, HOMOSEXUALY HIP HOP
• BEENIE MAN RELEAS YOUTUBE VIO PROCLAIMG SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS
• THE 11 MOST UNTENTNALLY GAY RAP LYRICS EVER
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
• VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL

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. 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.

Wh this mdset, ’s no wonr that homophobic language hip-hop has been treated by so many rappers as an easy way to prove their masculy.

21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY

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.

RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

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. 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.

FAT JOE TALKS GAY MAFIA, HOMOSEXUALY HIP HOP

Wh the movement toward clivy the world hip-hop scene, we n hopefully look forward to more lbian and gay rappers 2022. 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 are several out and proud gay rappers who are absolutely killg wh diverse, sometim hilar, sometim poignant lyrics that you should fely be vibg along to. As a queer, HIV-posive performer he sps hot fire about his diagnosis, life as a gay rapper, and anythg that to md. From gettg the club go’ up on a Tuday to partyg solo, iLoveMakonnen is a gay sger/rapper worth turng up super loud.

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. 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.

BEENIE MAN RELEAS YOUTUBE VIO PROCLAIMG SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS

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.

This tweet, which was both ndid and wty, required a lot of urage to liver, particularly 2017 when beg a gay rapper was still a ntroversial topic the mic dtry. He distguish himself his mic by beg ndid about his sexualy and sex life, which is not unmon for heterosexual hip-hop artists but is not typil for gay artists.

THE 11 MOST UNTENTNALLY GAY RAP LYRICS EVER

However, tim have changed, and the artists would face backlash if they exprsed homophobic sentiments today, unlike 1996. When he revealed his sexualy 2012, the hip-hop artist received the typil negative rpons mon among gay rappers.

Da Brat ced the pervasive homophobia of the ’90s for her cisn not to e out earlier and said that people like Ellen faced signifint backlash for beg openly gay. However, he ultimately accepted that his happs and the value of the reprentatn as a Black gay rapper eclipsed a need for acceptance wh the hip-hop muny.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

She also discsed the prevalence of vlence agast butch-prentg gay women, highlightg the murr of several lbians a regn of Chile that has bee notor for s homophobic hate crim. “Beg ‘butch’ means wearg your sexualy on your sleeve, which, an age still explibly marred by homophobia, n have grave nsequenc all over the world, ” she stated.

In April 2021, Kehlani publicly me out as gay through a TikTok vio, which she joyfully exclaimed, “I am gay, gay, gay. Grammy-wng producer and DJ Kaytranada publicly me out as gay 2016 after releasg his highly acclaimed but album 99.

The rapper also llaborated wh openly gay hip-hop artist iLoveMakonnen, provg that diversy and acceptance were at the foreont of his creative visn. This 18-year-old risg star ma wav as the first openly gay rapper to take part the BET Hip-hop Awards Cypher. Although there’s a long way to go before the discrimatn agast LGBTQ+ artists be a thg of the past, the rise of gay artists is a sign that the hip-hop dtry has started to break away om the notns.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

WASHINGTON - Rap mician Kanye Wt speaks out agast homophobia on an MTV special set to air tonight sayg hip-hop is supposed to be about "breakg down barriers, but everyone hip-hop discrimat agast gay people. "From schoolyards to popular mic, the word 'gay' is ed as a way to put people down and mark them as different. '" Wt lled his 's g out a "turng pot" and thought to himself, "I love him and I've been discrimatg agast gays.

HRC's Natnal Comg Out Project Director Mark Shields add, "Wt's experience emphasiz the importance of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people sharg their stori wh fay and iends. "The Human Rights Campaign is the largt natnal lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr polil anizatn wh members throughout the untry.

Rather, speakg on alone is a huge step advotg and normalizg the fact that “gay rapper” shouldn’t be an oxymoron or a stereotype. Brish drill rapper Mista Strange has spoken about the perils of unrtimatn that e om beg a publicly gay rapper. He approach the same topic on this track: “Won’t let me through ‘e I’m back like Santan, Won’t let me through ‘e I’m gay like Schofield.

LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS

Mic is a tool for her to honor and engage wh her personal relatnships, whout beg labeled as jt another gay rapper.

” This ndid and punny tweet likely took a lot of bravery to liver the 2017 mic scene when beg a gay rapper was more ntroversial.

She mentned, “As a gay female rapper, I have the opportuny to show my lleagu that beg attracted to the female body don’t mean I have to fetishize . Lil Nas X me out as a gay rapper while his h song Old Town Road held the number 1 spot the Billboard Top 100 Chart for 19 weeks—the longt nng sce 1958.

VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL

We saw when hip-hop heavyweight Emem peppered "Rap God" wh anti-gay slurs, spe claimg he had no problem wh homosexualy. We saw Snoop Dogg's famo 2013 terview wh The Guardian, when the "G and Juice" rapper claimed, "[Homosexualy is] acceptable the sgg world, but the rap world I don't know if will ever be acceptable bee rap is so mascule. Odd Future has long been cricized for s homophobic lyrics, so much so that the band was booted om Atralia's massive Big Day Out ftival 2011, acrdg to Billboard.