Rapper J. Alphonse Nicholson has taken big risks playg a gay gangster rapper Starz's P-Valley.
Contents:
- IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY
- IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
- P-VALLEY WRER BLASTS HOMOPHOBIC CRICISM FROM RAPPER LIL DUVAL: 'THE GAY A'T GO' NOWHERE'
IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY
Starz' h strip club seri "P-Valley" is, notably, losg a uple of famo fans -- Lil Duval and Pli are gog viral for hatg on the show's gay sex scen, but one of the stars says the rappers' criqu are BS. * p valley gay rapper *
But while their nsensual and rpectful lovemakg seems to su them jt fe (for now anyway) might likely raise a qutn the md of some viewers: Is Lil' Murda gay? Nicholson, who intifi as heterosexual, says part of his preparatn for the part meant lookg back on his own upbrgg an all-Black muny Greensboro, North Carola, and the entrenched, normalized homophobia that led people like Lil' Murda to live silence, shame, and fear.
How n I unrstand Black gay men, all gay people, and be an ally? Homophobia and vlent fear of the unknown put not only the non-bary or trans people at risk of harm but their partners too.
IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
Ever sce the begng of Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford’s trite relatnship, admirers of the characters have been wonrg whether the former is gay. Nicholson, who intifi himself as heterosexual, looked back on the homophobia that prevailed the all-Black muny he grew up while preparg for the role. Through the character, Hall also explor the homophobia of the hip-hop scene.
“Homophobia is pecially rampant the hip-hop world wh some still havg to choose between succs and tth, ” the creator shared.
“How many gay Southern rappers n you name? Even though the rapper is yet to terme his sexual orientatn, he still fears the homophobic nature of his muny. The format of the scene hews closely to a talog of work that executive producer Patrik-Ian Polk has built over the span of his reer that double as s of sex tn for gay men.
P-VALLEY WRER BLASTS HOMOPHOBIC CRICISM FROM RAPPER LIL DUVAL: 'THE GAY A'T GO' NOWHERE'
There was no overt ditn he was gay, but for some reason... This isn't a crique, but there has always been somethg que heteronormative about pictns of gay sex the mastream.