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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. 27; ’s a startlgly raw and tailed tobgraphy that explor her hardscrabble upbrgg, mental health battl, relatnship stggl, homophobia and the perils of fame.
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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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» RELATED: Atlanta rappers: 7 rappers Atlanta mic fans loveFellow emcee Kodak Black recently name-dropped her a new track tled “Pimp A’t Eazy, ” and clus homophobic slurs. A., who is openly gay, has even taken to social media to to learn more about Young M.
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. ’ She really knew when I went to gay pri one day, and she was like ‘Come on now. The lyricist stopped labelg her inty "a few years ago, " she said, but still gets asked for terviews most equently when the media wants to talk about homophobia hip-hop, or durg Pri month.
I ed to thk to myself, man, there’s a lot of gay people out here. In an terview, the rapper explaed to ‘Hollywood Unlocked’ that she do not nsir herself as a gay woman. 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.
RAPPER YOUNG M.A OPENS UP ABOUT BEG OPENLY GAY: 'I NEED TO JT BE MYSELF'
Rapper Young M.A is not only super popular, she's proud to be a role mol for young gay people tryg to fd themselv. * young ma before she was gay *
The emcee told paps she feels she’s important to the dtry as an openly gay rapper and thks she n be a role mol to young people everywhere. I ed to thk to myself, Man, there’s a lot of gay people out here.
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I'm an Inspiratn to Young Gay Men and Women.
RAPPER YOUNG M.A'S AN INSPIRATN FOR YOUNG GAY MEN AND WOMEN
Brooklyn rapper Young M.A. talks street h "OOOUUU," beg openly gay hip-hop and knowg that she would be a star. * young ma before she was gay *
She's proud to be a role mol for young gay people tryg to fd themselv. The openly gay artist -- who is CRUSHING 2016 wh her h "Ooouuu" -- seemed happy she's spirg the next generatn. A is the first female rapper to own her sexual inty and h the mastream an dtry that’s not only unkd to gay people — slurs are mon, and there is virtual silence around LGBTQ rights — but also hard on women.
"I’m not tryg to force the fact that I’m gay on people. I’m not rappg ‘Why aren’t there more gays hip-hop?