Yterday, I fally received my advance py of Hidg Hip Hop, former closeted entertament dtry gadfly (pictured) Terrance Dean's much-hyped tobgraphy about all of the gays that are, well, hidg hip hop. I've read about half of so far. Dean has already proven himself eager to trot out bld ems about male celebri he says he's hooked up wh, and the book don't disappot that regard. Today, an overview of what the book is and isn't, and then some of what you've been wag for: three TV actors, a famo rapper, and a "megastar," anonymoly outed.
Contents:
- 29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
- RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
- HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
- THE GAY HIP HOP BOOK, REVEALED: ACTORS, RAPPERS, AND A 'MEGASTAR'
- A$AP ROCKY IS SECRETLY GAY ACRDG TO RAPPER SPACEGHOST PURRP: HE GOT ME BLACKLISTED TO KEEP HIS SECRET!
- DWIGHT EUBANKS SAYS USHER, TI, LUDACRIS ARE GAY; SPILLS THE TEA ON REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA CAST
- 14 CELEBRY MEN ACCED OF BEG GAY
- 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the untry. Over the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as gay. * rappers who are secretly gay *
Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as plenty of other celebri have been acced of beg gay. This all stemmed om a sce-leted CNN iReport (a lame subsectn of the media outlet prisg “cizen journalists” om around the world) that read: “The famo pop-star Bno Mars adms his homosexualy.
So ’s a ltle hard when you go home and people are like – and that’s why people thk I’m gay – bee they’re like ‘Why aren’t you married? Jam Fran has played many gay men on screen, but: “There are lots of other reasons to be terted gay characters than wantg myself to go out and have sex wh guys, ” he once told Entertament Weekly.
Former Jersey Shore -star and hoemate, Snooki, said the past of The Suatn: “He told me one time, ‘[All the gay talk is] makg me wonr.
RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
Check out the many hip-hop artists who are out and proud as gay, lbian or bisexual. * rappers who are secretly gay *
Tom Cise has been married to three women and filed multiple lawsus agast publitns that have claimed he’s homosexual. Hogan’s ex-wife, Lda, once said the wrtler had an affair wh former WWE sta Bt Beefke, to which Hogan said::Jt to say somethg speful and hurtful, I don’t get …if was te and I was gay, I’d embrace , and I’d tell you guys about and I’d celebrate . We saw when hip-hop heavyweight Emem peppered "Rap God" wh anti-gay slurs, spe claimg he had no problem wh homosexualy.
HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Are you wonrg if there are famo gay rappers? If so, we have created a list of the top 30 bt gay rappers around the world. Check this out! * rappers who are secretly gay *
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. In Ocean's letter, which was origally meant to be clud the "Channel Orange" ler not, the rapper spoke about havg his first gay romance at the age of 19.
"I cid to do bee I wish I had someone like that [an openly gay female artist] while I was g up, " she told LA Weekly. Nohels, the Odd Future DJ wasn't exactly accepted to the gay muny, particularly nsirg Odd Future's ntroversial history (Tyler the Creator the word "f****t" 200 tim on "Gobl" alone). 1 but on the Billboard 200, and a multi-ln dollar rerd al wh RCA, which ontman Kev Abstract claimed was gog to help them ph their "gay agenda.
"I'd see negative ments and fet [beg gay] was a big al to some people, that some people hadn't heard before, " he told ShortList. Sheran has sce parted ways wh Drake, who helped him nab a Grammy nomatn, but he ma an even bigger impact on his own when he me out as gay on Twter 2017. By 2015, the rapper felt like people still didn't get the ht and took to Twter to air her grievanc followg an onslght of accatns claimg she was homophobic.
30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
In a new terview, former "Love & Hip Hop Hollywood" star Milan Christopher claims that most rappers are gay or bisexual. * rappers who are secretly gay *
However, her work still feels radil rather than regrsive, bee Young MA is one of the few outspokenly gay members of the greater hip-hop muny. The star knew she was gay sce her first year of school, but nied to her mother until she me out — to the support of her fay — when she was 18 years old.
"There's a lot of rappers out there, a lot of gay girls exprsg themselv; I'm not the first to say , I'm not the first to rap about , " she told The Guardian.
THE GAY HIP HOP BOOK, REVEALED: ACTORS, RAPPERS, AND A 'MEGASTAR'
* rappers who are secretly gay *
Mykki Blan told Pl that his father knew he was gay sce he was 3 years old, though he didn't e out publicly till much later. He admted to "BBC Breakfast" that he didn't feel like homosexualy was "accepted eher the untry [or] hip-hop muny, " but he hoped fans would "feel fortable" wh .
A$AP ROCKY IS SECRETLY GAY ACRDG TO RAPPER SPACEGHOST PURRP: HE GOT ME BLACKLISTED TO KEEP HIS SECRET!
A$AP Rocky Is Secretly Gay Acrdg To Rapper Spaceghost Purrp: He Got Me Blacklisted To Keep His Secret! A rapper has ma claims about A$AP Rocky on * rappers who are secretly gay *
However, he urged gay fans to be ut when g out to homophobic parents, notg 's important to have a back-up plan if thgs go awry. NBC News noted his mic serv as a much-need opposn to a hip-hop culture where homophobic lyrics have tradnally been the norm (50 cent, famed for g the "f" word his songs, has sce apologized for past homophobia, as has Emem).
"We need people who are willg to say: 'I'm gay and I don't give a f***, ' and the world will be a better place, " Cak told Attu. " She also prevly told The New York Tim that she don't re whether people thk she's gay, but was important for her to mata a modicum of mystery around her personal life. In 2012, he revealed he is gay and once claimed to be the first rapper to e out as such, though this is disputable (Frank Ocean's g out, for stance, cid wh Y-Love's).
DWIGHT EUBANKS SAYS USHER, TI, LUDACRIS ARE GAY; SPILLS THE TEA ON REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA CAST
" He highlighted the signifince of livg his tth, revealg he spent years worryg about the potential effects g out might have on his public reputatn, before ultimately ncedg that his personal happs — and the value of reprentatn as a Black gay rapper — eclipsed a need for acceptance wh the hip-hop muny. " She also discsed the prevalence of vlence agast butch-prentg gay women, highlightg the murr of a number of lbians a regn of Chile that has bee notor for s homophobic hate crim.
14 CELEBRY MEN ACCED OF BEG GAY
"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. "I never knew where I stood [ the gay scene] until I looked around and realized that not only did a certa group of people fd me attractive, but the feelg was mutual, and that was the bear muny, " he revealed. Regardg beg a gay hip-hop artist, he ntrasted himself wh straight rappers, many of whom he emed preoccupied wh rcg women to the sum of their parts.
Even today, movi featurg gay sex or LGBTQ+ characters are typilly rated more strictly than movi wh straight characters.
Look no further than Old Hollywood actor Rock Hudson, whose homosexualy remaed a tightly guard secret durg the height of his fame.
21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
However, the Tony and Emmy-nomated gay actor has also played Victor Strand on several seasons of "Fear the Walkg Dead, " and appeared films like "If Beale Street Could Talk, " "Selma, " and "Zola.
" He discsed g out as gay 2014, after enterg a civil partnership wh poser Mark Bradshaw, llg public reactns "surprisgly lovely. Ma history as the first openly gay player to play a Canadian Football League regular-season game, playg for the Montreal Alouett.