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ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY CSED PEOPLE TO “DISCRED” HIS TALENT & INFLUENCE

ILoveMakonnen ed Twter to tell fans that he is gay, sayg 's time for him to e out. * makkonen gay *

“For people to thk I me out as gay for promo is beyond me...

Rapper ​iLoveMakonnen me out as gay 2017 a year after leavg Drake’s OVO label, makg him one of the first mastream male hip-hop artists to e out.

ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY

ILoveMakonnen says g out as gay is why people discred his talent. The rapper me out 2017, followg the succs of his self-tled but EP. * makkonen gay *

Is c I me out as gay? Sce I me out as gay everyone has tried to discred my mic talents and origaly and fluence. I know y’all ashamed to say u was on a gay mans dick, but jt keep 100 sce everyone so real nowadays— Non-Fungible Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) April 2, 2021.

Gonna s up here and act like Atlanta not the black gay pol of the world, and Makonnen didn’t e om Atlanta.

And then kept all the way real and said himself he was gay! Not challeng of beg gay/bi today’s time c I feel like I took a lot of the heat for that so we n have all of that ’s givg now a more mastream arena Non-Fungible Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) April 2, 2021.

ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY

The Atlanta rapper and producer tweeted he was gay and a hh went over the trap. * makkonen gay *

He went on to ope about the issue of homophobia rap mic:.

ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS PEOPLE 'DISCRED' HIS TALENT SCE HE CAME OUT AS GAY

Hip hop star iLoveMakonnen says his "mic talents", "origaly" and "fluence" have been 'discreded' sce he me out as gay. * makkonen gay *

For people to thk I me out as gay for promo is beyond me. U thk im tryna get support a homophobic environment for promo. It’s really crazy how hip hop lov fashn brands ma by gay men but get upset when someone hip hop out as gay.

rappers be feelg nfint braggg about beg gay signer brands and buyg their so lled girliend gay signer handbags but u don’t fuck wh mic ma by a gay man c why?

Hip-hop has e a long way the last few years, particularly wh the dimished e of explic anti-gay slurs.

RAPPER MAKONNEN COM OUT: ‘I’M GAY… I’VE COME OUT.’

The aforementned rappers Tyler, the Creator, Kev Abstract, and Lil Nas X have proven that openly gay or queer men n fd mercial succs rap mic. However, the backlash to Lil Nas X’s recent “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” vio and the openly homophobic stanc some rappers ntue to poe also show the tenuo posn the artists still occupy. ILoveMakonnen has e out as gay.

He add, “And sce y’all love breakg news, here’s some old news to break, I’m gay. And sce y’all love breakg news, here’s some old news to break, I’m gay.

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While some may see today, Inguratn Day, as one of uncerta transns, ILoveMakonnen was all ndor the early morng, g Twter to announce that he is gay. "In an terview wh XXL last April, Makonnen spoke to the unrlyg homophobia hip-hop sayg, "y’all need to stop sayg all that gay this gay that, like ’s somethg wrong wh that sh when your bch ass feels better about themselv this gay signer sho or this gay signer cloth... I may not personally be gay but I got gay iends and people on earth that do what the fuck they do and they need to be accepted as well.

Four years after g out as gay, iLoveMakonnen took to Twter Friday to shed light on how his sexualy has affected his reer. “Is c I me out as gay? I know y’all ashamed to say u was on a gay mans dick, but jt keep 100 sce everyone so real nowadays.

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PROCLAIMG HIMSELF A “FASHN IN,” HE BELIEV THAT NOW IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY TO STEP OUT OF HIS SEXUALY CLOSET AND SPEAK HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS A FASHN IN, I N'T TELL U ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE'S CLOSET, I N ONLY TELL U ABOUT ME, AND 'S TIME I'VE E OUT,” HE TWEETED. “AND SCE Y'ALL LOVE BREAKG NEWS, HERE'S SOME OLD NEWS TO BREAK: I'M GAY. 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”In a seri of subsequent posts, Makonnen expand on how homophobia hip-hop has affected his reer.

“For people to thk I me out as gay for promo is beyond me. ”Makonnen also suggted the hypocrisy that’s apparent hip-hop’s love for fashn and lack of support for gay rappers.

“Rappers be feelg nfint braggg about beg gay signer brands and buyg their so lled girliend gay signer handbags but u don’t fuck wh mic ma by a gay man c why,?

THE WEEKND’S HAIR EVOLUTN AND A BREAKDOWN OF HIS HEIGHT AND GAY RUMORS

Mastream rap has s first openly gay male artist, after Makonnen, the artist who’s woozy, wobbly paean to the midweek, “Tuday, ” h the bigtime after was remixed by Drake, me out on Twter the early hours of Friday morng. Makonnen, born Makonnen Sheran, ma the announcement followg years of speculatn about his 2015 he told The New York Tim: “The rap world thks I’m gay.

ILOVEMAKONNEN CAME OUT AS GAY AND EVERYONE EXCEPT LIL PEEP GOT QUIET

They thk I’m a homosexual, which is not a problem. I don’t want to say I’m gay, I’m straight, I’m bisexual or any of that, bee that’s jt… Who r?

Thug—who raps about havg sex wh women and has several children—is known for msg wh tradnal ncepts of masculy, cludg patg his nails and wearg feme are remarkably few out gay male stars the hip-hop world; prr to today's claratn by Makonnen, the bt-known would have been the producer and rapper Le1f, born Khalif Duf.

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

Inevably, the onle homophobic abe has already started, but the majory of voic are salutg the artist for his thenticy and praisg him for livg his tth. Closeted gay stars will be watchg wh a tip? So the qutn is — Is The Weeknd gay?

On Beg Called Out for His Homophobic Lyrics.

RAPPER ILOVEMAKONNEN OUT AS GAY

He was beg lled out for wrg homophobic lyrics. It’s not only straight-up homophobic, but seems to suggt rrective rape, as well.

No, Abel Makkonen Tfaye, who is more popularly known as The Weeknd, is not gay.

HIP HOP STAR ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS HIS ‘TALENTS’ HAVE BEEN ‘DISCREDED’ SCE G OUT GAY

He may be volved homophobic issu, but he giv fans no reason to doubt his sexualy. 20) after he revealed that he is gay.

“And sce y'all love breakg news, here's some old news to break: I'm gay. The Weeknd is no stranger to ntroversi; the award-wng sger has been mored to be gay spe havg dated several popular female artists. His reer has been marked wh accatns of plagiarism, and some of his lyrics labeled homophobic.

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