[WATCH] Jinna Possibly Com Out As Gay At The BET Hip Hop Awards

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"Classic Man" hip-hop artist Jinna sparks gay mors wh his Bet Hip Hop Awards Cypher etyle.

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ILOVEMAKONNEN ON BREAKG FREE OF ‘INDTRY POLICS,’ BEG GAY HIP-HOP AND WHEN THGS ‘SOURED’ WH DRAKE

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ILoveMakonnen wears his eedom well, as he first displayed when he me out as gay 2017 — a brave public admissn for an artist of any mil genre, let alone hip-hop.

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

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. * gay rumors in hip hop *

“All I Want to See” is about me beg a gay man but still gog to the strip club, havg fun, urtg the girls, watchg them dance. You me out as gay 2017, a rare occurrence hip-hop, though that is changg thanks to the lik of yourself and Lil Nas X….

Look, I’m om Atlanta –the Black gay pal of the world; the Mec of hip-hop. They want to be accepted and ol, and g out as gay isn’t tly accepted or ol the hip-hop muny.

THE GAY HIP HOP BOOK, REVEALED: ACTORS, RAPPERS, AND A 'MEGASTAR'

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It has for too long flirted wh the gay muny while also hatg on the gay muny.

Openly gay people support hip-hop but openly gay people don’t get supported by the culture they support and help thrive. It's no secret that there's been a longstandg stigma when to homosexualy hip-hop.

RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

Kg Lil Jay has nied allegatns of him beg gay after a prison vio began dog the rounds which one male mate is seen stg on the lap of another. * gay rumors in hip hop *

Here's a look at hip-hop artists who embrace beg gay, lbian or bisexual.

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.

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It's basilly an extend tease om a man who was eply ensnced the "down low" now, today's highlights—there are lots of gay scen wh anonymo people this book, but the are the on that seem to volve the most famo subjects:Dean is at Keenen Ivory Wayans' birthday party. The two are obvly a gay uple, which surpris Dean, although he says there has been much speculatn about "Junr. However, there were already many mors swirlg about his sexualy, and even though he married, was hard for him to shake those pky gay mors.

"Up until that moment I had never heard anythg remotely close about the rapper beg gay. 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.

Though the hip-hop muny is jt begng to accept queerns, the openly gay rappers are bravely pavg the way. 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.

JINNA SPARKS GAY RUMORS WH HIS TELLG BET HIP HOP AWARDS CYPHER FRETYLE

"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.

HIP-HOP RUMORS: IS TIM DUNN’S EX OUTG HIM AS GAY?

And sce y'all love breakg news, here's some old news to break, I'm gay. 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.

"Jt give the Azealia Banks is a homophobe thg a rt bee I'm not. My whole life is gay.

CHIGO RAPPER KG LIL JAY ADDRS ‘GAY’ ALLEGATNS AFTER PRISON VIO SURFAC

All of my iends are gay, I am bisexual.... "I want to create mic that n be played every gay club all over the world bee those are my people. 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. It's kd of sad that those few who do e out get so much attentn bee they are gay, rather than bee of their mic. 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.

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

When he told the world he was gay, Blan also revealed he was HIV posive. 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 . Da Brat ced pervasive homophobia the '90s for her cisn not to e out earlier.

HIP-HOP RUMORS: GAY SOULJA BOY SEX TAPE? NIVEA AND WAYNE ENGAGED?

" Cak is gay and discsed his g out story a vio for Billboard.

Eventually, he told her he was gay and has been out and proud ever sce. 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).

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Pchfork exalted the rapper's unapologetic and unpromisg claratns regardg the joys of gay sex. "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. That year, Latifah was terviewed by Upsale (via Pri) where she was once aga asked to nfirm mors that she's gay.

GAY-MORS

" 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.

HIP-HOP RUMORS: THE GAY MAFIA RUNS HIP-HOP, FAT JOE SAYS!

"An terracial gay uple, I mean that's jt weird for Ameri right now.

APRYL JON SAYS OMARN DID ‘LOVE & HIP HOP’ TO DISPEL GAY RUMORS

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). "Any nflicts that have e up my life have e up bee of other people's homophobia. " 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.

"Navigatg life the heteronormative Wtern world n be tricky for a gay gal like me, " she wrote. " 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.

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