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Although other popular mic genr also rerce misogyny, rape culture, vlence, dg age and homophobia, the populary and -optg of hip-hop allows to be the spegoat for societal hip-hop is viewed as "black mic, " this narrative not only disurag black kids like me om branchg out but also puts a posn of sufferg a siar fate to Jordan Davis, 17, and most recently Elijah Al-Am, 17, who were both young boys of lor killed for listeng to rap Davis, murred 2014, was shot three tim his r by 45-year-old whe Michael Dunn who was annoyed by his "thug" mic.

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More:Lil Nas X on backlash after g out as gay: 'Oh, I'm already gettg 'A uple of days ago, on the 4th of July, 27-year-old Michael Pl Adams sl Elijah Al-Am's throat statg that "anyone who listens to rap mic is a threat to the whole muny. "Lil Nas X, the gay, 20-year-old, black, wboy-hat-wearg rappg rock star wh the hottt song the world, is important bee he's changg that narrative. Outsi of his mic, Young Thug is a rpected hip-hop artist known for his appreciatn (or appropriatn) of queer culture, spe the ia that hip-hop and the black muny uniquely have a homophobia problem.

Actual black openly gay artists, specifilly succsful black cis-men, like Frank Ocean and Tyler the Creator, and now Lil Nas X, have seen the creasg support for their sexualy wh the black mic muny, however the backlash and vlence still exist. Also:After teasg pani llaboratn, Lil Nas X and Gordon Ramsay get okgThe heterosexist and homophobic ments that he's receivg should give an ia of the everyday vlence that LGBTQ+ people experience om people fightg to mata a heteronormative culture om which they benef.

Andrew Sger is the nict gay, Jewish, whe rapper alive.

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He also happens to be the only gay, Jewish, whe rapper alive. It wasn’t until he fished school and me to New York 2003, though, that he really started rappg about his own experience as a whe, gay, Jewish Ivy Leaguer (he attend Yale) om New Hampshire. “I didn’t e to be this crazy over the top gay rapper until I got here, ” he told the Forward over a shwarma the neighborhood he now lls home.

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His persona as the first gay, Jewish, whe rapper was born. The gay si. So I might as well make fun, which is playg out the gay and Jewish thg.