Check out the many hip-hop artists who are out and proud as gay, lbian or bisexual.
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- BLACK GAY UPLE VH1’S ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD’ BREAKS NEW GROUND
- HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- 'LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD' SPECIAL GETS REAL ABOUT GAY RAPPERSVH1'S NEW SPECIAL 'LHH: OUT IN HIP HOP' EXPLOR BEG OUT AND GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY GIL KFMANOCTOBER 19, 2015/4:14 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}VH1OUT HIP HOPBY GIL KFMANOCTOBER 19, 2015 / 4:14 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD' SPECIAL GETS REAL ABOUT GAY RAPPERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-19T20:14:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-19T20:14:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VH1'S "LOVE & HIP HOP" ANCHISE HAS SERVED UP PLENTY OF DRAMA OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, GIVG VIEWERS A PEEK AT THE OFF-STAGE LOVE LIV OF RAPPERS LIKE JIM JON, PETER GUNZ, JOE BUDN, SAIGON AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THEY SHARE THEIR CLOSETS WH. MAKE-UPS, BREAKUPS, MONEY, POWER, RPECT, DISRPECT, THE SERI HAS H ALL THE NOT -- EXCEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SEASON ON THE SEND EDN OF "LHH: HOLLYWOOD," WE WERE TRODUCED TO PRODUCER/RAPPER MILAN CHRISTOPHER AND HIS PARTNER, ASPIRG RAPPER MIL BROCK, WHO HAS SPENT MOST OF THE THE TIME SO FAR TRYG TO KEEP THEIR RELATNSHIP UNR WRAPS. WHY? BEE SPE ATTEMPTS BY KANYE WT AND "EMPIRE" TO BREAK DOWN ONE OF THE LAST BARRIERS OF ACCEPTANCE HIP-HOP, BEG OUT AND GAY RAP IS STILL A RISKY PROPOSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT MIGHT END WH TONIGHT'S (OCT. 19) EPISO, WHICH MILAN, 29 (WHO WAS ALREADY OUT BEFORE THE SEASON BEGAN, BUT NOT TO BROCK'S FAY) AND MIL, 27, AIM TO BREAK NEW GROUND WHEN THEY OFFICIALLY E OUT ON THE SHOW. THOUGH THE PAIR HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR TWO YEARS, BOTH ARE ANX ABOUT HOW THEIR FAI, AND THE DTRY, WILL REACT TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EP WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A ROUNDTABLE DISCSN, "LHH: OUT HIP HOP," ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP AND THE LACK OF ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALY THE BLACK CHURCH AND MASTREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS SNEAK PEEK ABOVE OF THE SPECIAL, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT AT 11 P.M ET, HOST T.J. HOLM OF ABC NEWS LEADS A DISCSN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR CHURCH DON'T ACCEPT YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHY SOME THE BLACK CHURCH HAVE RISTED EMBRACG LGBT MEMBERS FOR SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK WHAT THE BLACK CHURCH HAS GOTTEN WRONG IS THE IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A S," SAYS REV. DELMAN COAT OF MARYLAND'S MT. ENNON BAPTIST CHURCH. "THERE'S THIS IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS AN ABOMATN. THAT SAME-GENR LOVE AND SAME-GENR SEX IS A S AGAST GOD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TUNE TO FD OUT WHAT AN OPENLY GAY BLACK PASTOR THKS THE CHURCH NEEDS TO LEARN ABOUT WELG S LGBT FAY AND WHY ONE PASTOR IS REFG THE PH TO EMBRACE THE LGBT {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
- 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
BLACK GAY UPLE VH1’S ‘LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD’ BREAKS NEW GROUND
* gay girl on love and hip hop *
) gay and qutng, and more trans artists have entered the mix recent years. Adrienne, who sists she’s straight and “only gay for Snoop. An aspirg rapper himself, Bobby is the anchise’s first openly gay ma st member.
HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Listen to Queer Hip-Hop by GAY TIMES on Apple Mic. Stream songs cludg "My Power (From "Project Power")", "I A't Got Time!" and more. * gay girl on love and hip hop *
We see him alg wh homophobia the hip-hop dtry as well as stgglg his relatnship wh his boyiend Jefey, who Bobby learns is cheatg on him wh his ex Malik. Miami Tip clash wh her iend Scy Santana, an openly gay rapper, who was shot a drive-by last December which he believ was a hate crime. Well bee hip hop is known as beg herently homophobic (i do not believe that but 's a stereotype), and although there has been and still is homophobia the hip hop muny, queer rappers and hip hop heads are out here.
'LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD' SPECIAL GETS REAL ABOUT GAY RAPPERSVH1'S NEW SPECIAL 'LHH: OUT IN HIP HOP' EXPLOR BEG OUT AND GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY GIL KFMANOCTOBER 19, 2015/4:14 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}VH1OUT HIP HOPBY GIL KFMANOCTOBER 19, 2015 / 4:14 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'LOVE & HIP HOP: HOLLYWOOD' SPECIAL GETS REAL ABOUT GAY RAPPERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-19T20:14:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-19T20:14:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VH1'S "LOVE & HIP HOP" ANCHISE HAS SERVED UP PLENTY OF DRAMA OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, GIVG VIEWERS A PEEK AT THE OFF-STAGE LOVE LIV OF RAPPERS LIKE JIM JON, PETER GUNZ, JOE BUDN, SAIGON AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THEY SHARE THEIR CLOSETS WH. MAKE-UPS, BREAKUPS, MONEY, POWER, RPECT, DISRPECT, THE SERI HAS H ALL THE NOT -- EXCEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SEASON ON THE SEND EDN OF "LHH: HOLLYWOOD," WE WERE TRODUCED TO PRODUCER/RAPPER MILAN CHRISTOPHER AND HIS PARTNER, ASPIRG RAPPER MIL BROCK, WHO HAS SPENT MOST OF THE THE TIME SO FAR TRYG TO KEEP THEIR RELATNSHIP UNR WRAPS. WHY? BEE SPE ATTEMPTS BY KANYE WT AND "EMPIRE" TO BREAK DOWN ONE OF THE LAST BARRIERS OF ACCEPTANCE HIP-HOP, BEG OUT AND GAY RAP IS STILL A RISKY PROPOSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT MIGHT END WH TONIGHT'S (OCT. 19) EPISO, WHICH MILAN, 29 (WHO WAS ALREADY OUT BEFORE THE SEASON BEGAN, BUT NOT TO BROCK'S FAY) AND MIL, 27, AIM TO BREAK NEW GROUND WHEN THEY OFFICIALLY E OUT ON THE SHOW. THOUGH THE PAIR HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR TWO YEARS, BOTH ARE ANX ABOUT HOW THEIR FAI, AND THE DTRY, WILL REACT TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EP WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A ROUNDTABLE DISCSN, "LHH: OUT HIP HOP," ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP AND THE LACK OF ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALY THE BLACK CHURCH AND MASTREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS SNEAK PEEK ABOVE OF THE SPECIAL, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT AT 11 P.M ET, HOST T.J. HOLM OF ABC NEWS LEADS A DISCSN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR CHURCH DON'T ACCEPT YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHY SOME THE BLACK CHURCH HAVE RISTED EMBRACG LGBT MEMBERS FOR SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK WHAT THE BLACK CHURCH HAS GOTTEN WRONG IS THE IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A S," SAYS REV. DELMAN COAT OF MARYLAND'S MT. ENNON BAPTIST CHURCH. "THERE'S THIS IA THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS AN ABOMATN. THAT SAME-GENR LOVE AND SAME-GENR SEX IS A S AGAST GOD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TUNE TO FD OUT WHAT AN OPENLY GAY BLACK PASTOR THKS THE CHURCH NEEDS TO LEARN ABOUT WELG S LGBT FAY AND WHY ONE PASTOR IS REFG THE PH TO EMBRACE THE LGBT {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
Gay rappers, untry sgers, and hip hop artists are refg the role of LGBT mic. Follow Out for all the latt gay mic trends. * gay girl on love and hip hop *
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30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
Christopher is openly gay but Brock’s fay didn’t know about his sexualy before the show premiered (some of his fay members are no longer speakg to him, he said).
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