30 Bt Gay Rappers (LGBTQ+ Hip-Hop Artists)

Contents:

• RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
• RAPPER SACKLIFE PG EXPOSED AS GAY FOR PAY AFTER $EX TAPE VIO OF HIS HOLE WI OPEN AND SACKLIFE PG TWERKG NAKED LEAKS
• 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
• 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
• GAY RAPPERS EXPOSED P DIDDY MIC INDTRY BLACKMAIL HOMOSEXUAL CULTURE
• GANGSTA BOO SAYS THERE ARE "A LOT OF GAY RAPPERS OUT"
• [WATCH] DJ AKAMIKS CLAIMS DOWN LOW GAY RAPPERS ARE SLEEPG WH MIC EXECUTIV
• 14 CELEBRY MEN ACCED OF BEG GAY
• ALLEGED ‘GAY’ VIO OF ‘JUJU ON THE BEAT’ RAPPER ZAY HILFIGERRR LEAKS!! (GRAPHIC)

RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

We saw when hip-hop heavyweight Emem peppered "Rap God" wh anti-gay slurs, spe claimg he had no problem wh homosexualy. We saw Snoop Dogg's famo 2013 terview wh The Guardian, when the "G and Juice" rapper claimed, "[Homosexualy is] acceptable the sgg world, but the rap world I don't know if will ever be acceptable bee rap is so mascule. Though the hip-hop muny is jt begng to accept queerns, the openly gay rappers are bravely pavg the way.

Odd Future has long been cricized for s homophobic lyrics, so much so that the band was booted om Atralia's massive Big Day Out ftival 2011, acrdg to Billboard.

In Ocean's letter, which was origally meant to be clud the "Channel Orange" ler not, the rapper spoke about havg his first gay romance at the age of 19. "I cid to do bee I wish I had someone like that [an openly gay female artist] while I was g up, " she told LA Weekly.

RAPPER SACKLIFE PG EXPOSED AS GAY FOR PAY AFTER $EX TAPE VIO OF HIS HOLE WI OPEN AND SACKLIFE PG TWERKG NAKED LEAKS

Nohels, the Odd Future DJ wasn't exactly accepted to the gay muny, particularly nsirg Odd Future's ntroversial history (Tyler the Creator the word "f****t" 200 tim on "Gobl" alone). 1 but on the Billboard 200, and a multi-ln dollar rerd al wh RCA, which ontman Kev Abstract claimed was gog to help them ph their "gay agenda.

"I'd see negative ments and fet [beg gay] was a big al to some people, that some people hadn't heard before, " he told ShortList.

21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY

Sheran has sce parted ways wh Drake, who helped him nab a Grammy nomatn, but he ma an even bigger impact on his own when he me out as gay on Twter 2017. By 2015, the rapper felt like people still didn't get the ht and took to Twter to air her grievanc followg an onslght of accatns claimg she was homophobic. "I want to create mic that n be played every gay club all over the world bee those are my people.

However, her work still feels radil rather than regrsive, bee Young MA is one of the few outspokenly gay members of the greater hip-hop muny. The star knew she was gay sce her first year of school, but nied to her mother until she me out — to the support of her fay — when she was 18 years old. "There's a lot of rappers out there, a lot of gay girls exprsg themselv; I'm not the first to say , I'm not the first to rap about , " she told The Guardian.

It's kd of sad that those few who do e out get so much attentn bee they are gay, rather than bee of their mic. Mykki Blan told Pl that his father knew he was gay sce he was 3 years old, though he didn't e out publicly till much later. He admted to "BBC Breakfast" that he didn't feel like homosexualy was "accepted eher the untry [or] hip-hop muny, " but he hoped fans would "feel fortable" wh .

30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)

However, he urged gay fans to be ut when g out to homophobic parents, notg 's important to have a back-up plan if thgs go awry.

NBC News noted his mic serv as a much-need opposn to a hip-hop culture where homophobic lyrics have tradnally been the norm (50 cent, famed for g the "f" word his songs, has sce apologized for past homophobia, as has Emem). Pchfork exalted the rapper's unapologetic and unpromisg claratns regardg the joys of gay sex. "We need people who are willg to say: 'I'm gay and I don't give a f***, ' and the world will be a better place, " Cak told Attu.

That year, Latifah was terviewed by Upsale (via Pri) where she was once aga asked to nfirm mors that she's gay. " She also prevly told The New York Tim that she don't re whether people thk she's gay, but was important for her to mata a modicum of mystery around her personal life.

GAY RAPPERS EXPOSED P DIDDY MIC INDTRY BLACKMAIL HOMOSEXUAL CULTURE

In 2012, he revealed he is gay and once claimed to be the first rapper to e out as such, though this is disputable (Frank Ocean's g out, for stance, cid wh Y-Love's).

" He highlighted the signifince of livg his tth, revealg he spent years worryg about the potential effects g out might have on his public reputatn, before ultimately ncedg that his personal happs — and the value of reprentatn as a Black gay rapper — eclipsed a need for acceptance wh the hip-hop muny. "Navigatg life the heteronormative Wtern world n be tricky for a gay gal like me, " she wrote.

" She also discsed the prevalence of vlence agast butch-prentg gay women, highlightg the murr of a number of lbians a regn of Chile that has bee notor for s homophobic hate crim.

GANGSTA BOO SAYS THERE ARE "A LOT OF GAY RAPPERS OUT"

"Beg 'butch' means wearg your sexualy on your sleeve, which, an age still explibly marred by homophobia, n have grave nsequenc all over the world, " she stated. In an terview wh Tablet, Big Dipper intified as a bear, a term that refers to hirsute, well-built gay men. "I never knew where I stood [ the gay scene] until I looked around and realized that not only did a certa group of people fd me attractive, but the feelg was mutual, and that was the bear muny, " he revealed.

Regardg beg a gay hip-hop artist, he ntrasted himself wh straight rappers, many of whom he emed preoccupied wh rcg women to the sum of their parts.

Acrdgly, he said he ially fell to that same trap, albe om a gay perspective, rappg about beg thirsty for men.

[WATCH] DJ AKAMIKS CLAIMS DOWN LOW GAY RAPPERS ARE SLEEPG WH MIC EXECUTIV

He don't shy away om beg open his mic about his sexualy and sex life, which isn't unmon for straight artists to do hip hop mic, but not necsarily for a gay artist.

14 CELEBRY MEN ACCED OF BEG GAY

Atlanta rapper SackLife PG was exposed as Gay for pay after a $ex Tape vio of his hole wi open and Sacklife PG twerkg naked leaked. Rather, speakg on alone is a huge step advotg and normalizg the fact that “gay rapper” shouldn’t be an oxymoron or a stereotype. Brish drill rapper Mista Strange has spoken about the perils of unrtimatn that e om beg a publicly gay rapper.

He approach the same topic on this track: “Won’t let me through ‘e I’m back like Santan, Won’t let me through ‘e I’m gay like Schofield. Mic is a tool for her to honor and engage wh her personal relatnships, whout beg labeled as jt another gay rapper. ” This ndid and punny tweet likely took a lot of bravery to liver the 2017 mic scene when beg a gay rapper was more ntroversial.

ALLEGED ‘GAY’ VIO OF ‘JUJU ON THE BEAT’ RAPPER ZAY HILFIGERRR LEAKS!! (GRAPHIC)

She mentned, “As a gay female rapper, I have the opportuny to show my lleagu that beg attracted to the female body don’t mean I have to fetishize . Lil Nas X me out as a gay rapper while his h song Old Town Road held the number 1 spot the Billboard Top 100 Chart for 19 weeks—the longt nng sce 1958. Hip-hop artist Le1f had his share of negative feedback not unknown to gay rappers when he me out 2012.

There has been a well-known stigma towards homosexualy hip-hop which has led to some artists’ reers beg tarnished by mors that they had associatns wh people of the same sex.

To celebrate the ntributns the artists have ma to the hip-hop scene, here are the top 30 gay rappers. While his h song “Old Town Road” was at the top of the Billboard Top 100 Chart for a rerd-breakg 19 weeks, Lil Nas X ma the brave cisn to e out as a gay rapper.