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Contents:
- YOUNG M.A. REVEALS THAT SHE IS NO LONGER GAY
- EXCLUSIVE: YOUNG M.A: KNOWG SHE WAS GAY AT 5 (FLASHBACK)
- YOUNG M.A HOP TO INSPIRE YOUNG GAY PEOPLE
- RAPPER YOUNG M.A OPENS UP ABOUT BEG OPENLY GAY: 'I NEED TO JT BE MYSELF'
- RAPPER YOUNG M.A'S AN INSPIRATN FOR YOUNG GAY MEN AND WOMEN
YOUNG M.A. REVEALS THAT SHE IS NO LONGER GAY
Kodak Black recently mentned rapper Young M.A., who is openly gay, a song that clus anti-lbian lyrics. * young ma before she was gay *
Fast forward to seven years later, she was on top of the hip-hop world when her song “Ooouuu” broke out as a fg sgle of 2016, makg her a risg star and one of the few succsful openly gay women hip-hop history.
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EXCLUSIVE: YOUNG M.A: KNOWG SHE WAS GAY AT 5 (FLASHBACK)
In this flashback, Young M.A. opened up about knowg she was gay when she was 5-years-old. However, she explaed that she didn't e out for a l... * young ma before she was gay *
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YOUNG M.A HOP TO INSPIRE YOUNG GAY PEOPLE
Rapper Young M.A opened up about what 's really like to be an openly gay woman rapper the world of hip hop. * young ma before she was gay *
In 2016, she told rad hosts at The Breakfast Club she knew she was gay around the first gra.
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In an terview, the rapper explaed to ‘Hollywood Unlocked’ that she do not nsir herself as a gay woman.
RAPPER YOUNG M.A OPENS UP ABOUT BEG OPENLY GAY: 'I NEED TO JT BE MYSELF'
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Opened up about knowg she was gay when she was 5-years-old. TMZ ught up wh the Brooklyn rapper and asked the 24-year-old if she felt like she uld spire young gay people.
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RAPPER YOUNG M.A'S AN INSPIRATN FOR YOUNG GAY MEN AND WOMEN
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