Ricky Mart on g out as gay: 'I've been super happy ever sce'

Contents:

• RICKY MART REFLECTS ON NOT BEG READY TO E OUT AS GAY, HOW 'AMAZG' FELT WHEN HE DID
• RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'
• RICKY MART TALKS NEW MIC, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GAY LATO IN
• GREATT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME
• RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY
• CHRIS MART SEXUALY: WHY FANS THK HE IS A GAY?
• CHRIS MART REVEALS CHILDHOOD STGGLE WH DISVERG HIMSELF: 'I WAS TERRIFIED' OF BEG GAY
• 35 BT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
• LAT SGER RICKY MART SAYS HE IS GAY

RICKY MART REFLECTS ON NOT BEG READY TO E OUT AS GAY, HOW 'AMAZG' FELT WHEN HE DID

In 2000, when he was 29, he was asked by Barbara Walters on natnal televisn if he was gay.

"Mart officially me out via a statement on his webse 2010, statg: "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

"Mart said, " jt felt amazg" when he eventually share wh the world that he was gay, but he knows everyone do so their own time and when they feel fortable.

RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'

(1939-1984)Who Was Marv Gaye?Marv Gaye sang his father's church and the Moonglows before signg wh Motown. Gaye's later rerds veloped his productn style and yield several hs, cludg "Let's Get It On," "Sexual Healg" and "I Heard Through the Grapeve." Gaye was killed 1984 durg a domtic dispute wh his father.Early LifeSger Marv Pentz Gaye, Jr., also known as the "Prce of Soul," was born Washgton, D.C., on April 2, 1939. Gaye was raised unr the strict ntrol of his father, Reverend Marv Gay Sr.—Marv Gaye Jr.

Throughout his childhood, Gaye often found peace mic, masterg the piano and dms at a young age. In the late 1950s, Gaye joed a vol group lled The New Moonglows.

It wasn't long before Gaye and Fuqua both me to the attentn of Detro mic imprar Berry Gordy Jr.

RICKY MART TALKS NEW MIC, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GAY LATO IN

And were signed to Gordy's legendary Motown Rerds.Motown RerdsGaye's first certified h unr his own name wouldn't e until 1962, but his early years at Motown were full of behd-the-scen succs. Showg his strip as Motown's renaissance man, Gaye went on to break to the Top 40 for the first time on his own 1962 wh his solo sgle "Hch Hike." Throughout the 1960s, Gaye would show his immense range, churng out solo dance hs and romantic duets wh h-makers like Diana Ross and Mary Wells. "Can I Get a Wns" and "I Heard Through the Grapeve" were some of Gaye's biggt hs of the perd, the latter achievg s place as Motown's bt-sellg sgle of the 1960s.

For three high-flyg years, Gaye and Tammi Terrell wowed the untry wh their soarg duet performanc of songs like "A't No Mounta High Enough" and "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You." Unfortunately, their reign as the Royal Couple of R&B end when Terrell succumbed to a bra tumor 1970. His beloved partner's ath hered a dark perd for the sger, who swore never to partner wh another female volist and threatened to abandon the stage for good.Polil MsageIn 1970, spired by latg vlence and polil unrt over the Vietnam War, Gaye wrote the landmark song "What's Gog On." Dpe clash wh Motown over the song's creative directn, the sgle was released 1971 and beme an stant smash. Its succs prompted Gaye to take even more risks, both milly and polilly.

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When was released the sprg of 1971, the What's Gog On album served to open Gaye up to new dienc while matag his Motown followg.

Departg om the tried and te Motown formula, Gaye went out on his own artistilly, pavg the way for other Motown artists like Wonr and Michael Jackson to branch out later years. Beyond fluencg his peers, the album garnered wispread cril acclaim, wng the Rollg Stone Album of the Year award.Crossover SuccsIn 1972, Gaye moved to Los Angel and soon met Janis Hunter, who would later bee his send wife.

Inspired part by his newfound pennce, Gaye rerd one of the most revered love anthems of all time, "Let's Get It On." The song beme his send no. Shortly afterwards, Motown phed Gaye to tourg to palize on his most recent succs; reluctantly the sger-songwrer returned to the stage. Through most of the mid-1970s, Gaye was tourg, llaboratg or producg.

RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY

In 2013, Gaye's tate asserted that producer/songwrer Pharrell Williams and sger/songwrer Rob Thicke had mted pyright gement by takg major mil elements om the dis track for the mega-h "Blurred L." After a se which Thicke ttified that he'd had ltle to do wh the wrg of the song, the jury led favor of Gaye's fay, who were award $7.3 ln damag and prof shar. The jury also led that neher Williams or Thicke had purposely mted gement.) After two s at Motown, Gaye signed wh CBS's Columbia Rerds 1982 and began to work on his last album, Midnight Love. The lead sgle om that album, "Sexual Healg," beme a huge eback h for the R&B star and earned him his first two Grammy Awards and an Amerin Mic Award for Favore Soul Sgle.Personal LifeIn 1975, Gaye's wife Anna Gordy—Berry Gordy's sister—filed for divorce, and two years later Gaye married Hunter, who had by then given birth to their dghter, Nona (born September 4, 1974) and their son Frankie (born November 16, 1975).

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Gaye also had an adopted son (Marv Pentz Gaye III) om his prev marriage. The sger's marriage to Hunter proved short lived and tumultuo, endg divorce 1981.Death and LegacyDpe his succsful eback the early 1980s, Gaye stggled badly wh the substance abe and bouts of prsn that had plagued him for most of his life.

CHRIS MART REVEALS CHILDHOOD STGGLE WH DISVERG HIMSELF: 'I WAS TERRIFIED' OF BEG GAY

Three years after his ath, Gaye was ducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Creatg betiful art om a troubled life, Gaye aga and aga brought his visn, range and artistry to the world stage. Hopefully, I rerd so that I n help someone overe a bad time."QUICK FACTSName: Marv GayeBirth Year: 1939Birth date: April 2, 1939Birth Cy: Washgton, D.

C.Birth Country: Uned StatGenr: MaleBt Known For: Marv Gaye was a soul sger-songwrer wh Motown the 1960s and 1970s.

He produced his own rerds and often addrsed ntroversial them.IndtriPopAstrologil Sign: AriIntertg FactsBefore makg as a solo artist, Marv Gaye played dms for artists such as Stevie Wonr and The Suprem.Death Year: 1984Death date: April 1, 1984Death State: CaliforniaDeath Cy: Los AngelDeath Country: Uned StatFact CheckWe strive for accuracy and fairns.If you see somethg that don't look right,ntact !CITATION INFORMATIONArticle Tle: Marv Gaye BgraphyAuthor: EdorsWebse Name: The webseUrl: /micians/marv-gayeAccs Date: Publisher: A&E; Televisn NetworksLast Updated: April 19, 2021Origal Published Date: April 2, 2014QUOTESWar is not the answer, bee only love n nquer hate.If you nnot fd peace wh yourself, you will never fd anywhere else.I rerd so that I n feed people what they need, what they feel.

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Hopefully, I rerd so that I n help someone overe a bad time.Marv Gaye is one of the greatt male voic of all time.

So verg a Marv Gaye song, pecially one as qutsential as 'What's Gog On,' I was a ltle hant dog so.

”“I got to the place I was fightg as I was wrg my book between sayg, ‘Am I gay?

LAT SGER RICKY MART SAYS HE IS GAY

And then I said, ‘Rick, you are a very fortunate homosexual man. In 2010, the Puerto Rin sger me out to his fans as a gay man; nearly 10 years later, he received his first Emmy nomatn, for his role The Assassatn of Gianni Versace: Amerin Crime Story. It really tickl me to see Bad Bunny as a gay in — jt like Cher uld be.

To see Rossello rign, pecially after those flammatory chats were leaked [where Mart is scribed as a “male chvist” for beg gay] — was a powerful show of force.