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• IS ANDRE 3000 GAY? THE RAPPER’S TE SEXUALY
• IS BIG BOI GAY? SHERLA PATTON REPORTEDLY FDS EXPLIC PHOTOS OF ANDRE 3000 ON ESTRANGED HBAND'S PHONE
• OUTKAST’S ANDRE 3000: I’M NOT GAY
• EXCLIVE: ANDRE 3000 OF OUTKAST NOT GAY, HAVG SEX WH FILM PRODUCER
• ANDRE 3000, BIG BOI FACE GAY RUMORS, TALK OF OUTKAST RNNBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 29, 2013/10:46 AMBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 29, 2013 / 10:46 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDRE 3000, BIG BOI FACE GAY RUMORS, TALK OF OUTKAST RNN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-29T15:46:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-29T15:46:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUTKAST HAS BEEN OFF OUR RADAR FOR SO LONG WE FOT ALL ABOUT THEM. BUT THE HIP-HOP DUO OF ANDRE "ANDRE 3000" BENJAM AND ANTWAN "BIG BOI" PATTON ARE MORED TO BE RETURNG TO THE SCENE AFTER A SIX YEAR HIAT. THE "MS JACKSON" SGERS ARE SUPPOSEDLY RNG AT THE COACHELLA MIC FTIVAL NEXT APRIL, FOLLOWED BY APPEARANC AT OTHER BIG MIC FTS THROUGH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2003'S SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW SRED BIG BOI AND ANDRE 3000 A GRAMMY FOR BT ALBUM, PL TWO NUMBER ONE SGL ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 ("HEY YA!" AND "THE WAY YOU MOVE"), BUT THEIR FILM, IDLEWILD, SANK LIKE A STONE AND THE TWO FOCED ON SOLO PROJECTS.  ANDRE GUTED ON SONGS BY KE$HA AND DRAKE, WHILE BIG BOI DROPPED TWO ALBUMS, 2010'S SIR LUC LEFT FOOT: THE SON OF CHI DTY AND 2012'S VIC LI AND DANGERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF DANGERO MORS, PATTON IS THE SUBJECT OF ONE HIMSELF, AS HIS SOON-TO-BE EX-WIFE IS CLAIMG THE RAPPER IS GAY: IN A POSN, SHERLA PATTON TOLD JURORS SHE FOUND EXPLIC PICTUR OF BEJAM ON HER HUBBY'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE WHOLE WORLD WONRG WHERE ANDRE 3K BEEN," SHE STATED. "JT CHECK BIG BOI'S PHONE. HE'S RIGHT THERE, NAKED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER SHERLA MEANT THE TWO ARE A UPLE OR THAT BIG BOI IS SECRETLY LTG AFTER ANDRE ISN'T CLEAR, BUT SHE DITED HER 11-YEAR MARRIAGE WAS "IRRETRIEVABLY BROKEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HONTLY, WE THOUGHT 'D BE ANDRE 3000 FACG GAY MORS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE GAY RAPPER
• ANDRE 3000: “JT BEE YOU LIKE TO DRS WELL … THAT DON’T MEAN YOU’RE GAY!”

IS ANDRE 3000 GAY? THE RAPPER’S TE SEXUALY

Is Andre 3000 gay? No, Andre 3000 is not gay. One of the worst mours I heard about myself was that I was homosexual.

IS BIG BOI GAY? SHERLA PATTON REPORTEDLY FDS EXPLIC PHOTOS OF ANDRE 3000 ON ESTRANGED HBAND'S PHONE

People feel like, jt bee you like to drs well … that don’t mean you’re gay! At a party for the lnch of his clothg le lled Benjam Bixby, Outkast's Andre 3000 told the New Yorker Observer that jt bee he drs like a dandy he's not gay:.

“People feel like, jt bee you like to drs well … that don't mean you're gay!

OUTKAST’S ANDRE 3000: I’M NOT GAY

But a tweet somewhere that says the followg: “So you mean to tell me he’s gay AND has a ty–weird penis. Is Andree 3000 Gay? He is neher gay nor bisexual and has not had such mors.

Speakg of dangero mors, Patton is the subject of one himself, as his soon-to-be ex-wife is claimg the rapper is gay: In a posn, Sherla Patton told jurors she found explic pictur of Bejam on her hubby's phone. "Hontly, we thought 'd be Andre 3000 facg gay mors first.

EXCLIVE: ANDRE 3000 OF OUTKAST NOT GAY, HAVG SEX WH FILM PRODUCER

Hip hop’s attu towards sexualy has often been divisive (Picture: Getty)There’s a lot to be said about the language hip hop when to homophobia. Emem has been forced to nont his e of the F-word and other gay slurs throughout his reer, while others, like Kanye Wt, have perpetuated the term ‘no homo’ through their lyrics.

J Cole drew cricism when he ed the F-word three tim on his 2013 track Villumati but later said was ed to highlight the issue of homophobia rap. In 2015, Travis Stt apologised for hurlg gay slurs on-stage at a gig when he felt the dience weren’t beg enthiastic enough. The mician has prevly scribed herself as a gay man but embrac her ‘feme’ si through cloth, hair and make-up.

In this new era of hip hop, Lil Nas X has notably found himself at the centre of the nversatn after g out as gay 2017 and unapologetilly owng his sexualy sce. Sharma explaed: ‘The distctn between male artists that have worked the hip hop space beg gay/bisexual vers actual MCs beg gay/bisexual is tertg.

ANDRE 3000, BIG BOI FACE GAY RUMORS, TALK OF OUTKAST RNNBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 29, 2013/10:46 AMBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 29, 2013 / 10:46 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDRE 3000, BIG BOI FACE GAY RUMORS, TALK OF OUTKAST RNN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-29T15:46:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-29T15:46:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUTKAST HAS BEEN OFF OUR RADAR FOR SO LONG WE FOT ALL ABOUT THEM. BUT THE HIP-HOP DUO OF ANDRE "ANDRE 3000" BENJAM AND ANTWAN "BIG BOI" PATTON ARE MORED TO BE RETURNG TO THE SCENE AFTER A SIX YEAR HIAT. THE "MS JACKSON" SGERS ARE SUPPOSEDLY RNG AT THE COACHELLA MIC FTIVAL NEXT APRIL, FOLLOWED BY APPEARANC AT OTHER BIG MIC FTS THROUGH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2003'S SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW SRED BIG BOI AND ANDRE 3000 A GRAMMY FOR BT ALBUM, PL TWO NUMBER ONE SGL ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 ("HEY YA!" AND "THE WAY YOU MOVE"), BUT THEIR FILM, IDLEWILD, SANK LIKE A STONE AND THE TWO FOCED ON SOLO PROJECTS.  ANDRE GUTED ON SONGS BY KE$HA AND DRAKE, WHILE BIG BOI DROPPED TWO ALBUMS, 2010'S SIR LUC LEFT FOOT: THE SON OF CHI DTY AND 2012'S VIC LI AND DANGERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF DANGERO MORS, PATTON IS THE SUBJECT OF ONE HIMSELF, AS HIS SOON-TO-BE EX-WIFE IS CLAIMG THE RAPPER IS GAY: IN A POSN, SHERLA PATTON TOLD JURORS SHE FOUND EXPLIC PICTUR OF BEJAM ON HER HUBBY'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE WHOLE WORLD WONRG WHERE ANDRE 3K BEEN," SHE STATED. "JT CHECK BIG BOI'S PHONE. HE'S RIGHT THERE, NAKED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER SHERLA MEANT THE TWO ARE A UPLE OR THAT BIG BOI IS SECRETLY LTG AFTER ANDRE ISN'T CLEAR, BUT SHE DITED HER 11-YEAR MARRIAGE WAS "IRRETRIEVABLY BROKEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HONTLY, WE THOUGHT 'D BE ANDRE 3000 FACG GAY MORS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

‘Beg a rapper still wh a certa set of clichés, even if subnsc or unspoken, that don’t align wh what people wrongly assume homosexualy mt be.

Young MA has prevly scribed herself as gay but now prefers not to e labels. ‘Many men [ rap] are embarrassed, ashamed, or unfortable to be around gay, bisexual, and transgenr people bee of what [others] may thk, but they don’t have this energy for girls who are bisexual. In 2017, Taylor Bent me out as bisexual, and ILoveMakonnen me out as gay.

Sharma argued: ‘Beg a rapper still wh a certa set of clichés, even if subnsc or unspoken, that don’t align wh what people wrongly assume homosexualy mt be. OutKast's Andre 3000 summed up the mood of most rappers when he said: "One of the worst mours I heard about myself was that I was homosexual.

THE GAY RAPPER

"Known for s braggadoc boastg and heterosexual posturg, hip-hop has ltle time for exprsns of homosexualy. "Unsubstantiated gossip has long circulated as to who "the gay rapper" might be - the ia that there uld be only one is tellg.

ANDRE 3000: “JT BEE YOU LIKE TO DRS WELL … THAT DON’T MEAN YOU’RE GAY!”

Erick Sermon, Queen Latifah and "Gay"-Z have all nied ttle-tattle. Kimora Lee Simmons, the wife of Def Jam founr Rsell Simmons, recently signed black, gay rapper Cshun to her Baby Phat rerd label. So long as you're not overtly gay and tryg to ph on me.

A 25-year-old om Basildon, Essex, he is also the UK's first openly homosexual hip-hopper. And, as QBoy, he has no plans to let homophobia stand his way.