Rappers Who Have Come Out As Gay

Contents:

• 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
• 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
• MEXI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FEMALE RAPPER IS MAKG WAV THE HIP-HOP INDTRY SCREENSHOT OM 'DALE' MIC VIO | © NIñA DZ/YOUTUBE LREN COCKG NORTHERN ENGLAND WRER 07 JUNE 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THE HIP-HOP DTRY IS NOT KNOWN FOR BEG WELG TO GAY ARTISTS, AND THAT GO DOUBLE WH A BROADLY MACHISTA SOCIETY SUCH AS MEXI. HOWEVER, ONE OPENLY LBIAN RAPPER IS CHANGG THE GAME, MAKG WAV THE HIP-HOP MUNY BOTH MEXI AND ABROAD WH HER POTENT LYRICS, GLOBAL BASS BEATS AND RECENT GENRE BOUNDARY-BREAKG LLABS. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LA-BASED MEXIN RAPPER NIñA DZ. VIEW ALL TRIPS RAISED MONTERREY, MEXI, THE BIRTHPLACE OF MANY OF THE UNTRY’S MOST SUCCSFUL ARTISTS, DZ – REAL NAME CARLA REYNA – HAD A HOMETOWN LEGACY TO LIVE UP TO WHEN SHE RELEASED HER FIRST 2007 EP MARPASOS. LIVE UP TO SHE DID, WNG THE BT HIP-HOP ALBUM AT THE INDIE-O MIC AWARDS TWO YEARS LATER, JT A FEW YEARS AFTER GETTG HER START PLAYG TO SMALL CROWDS OBSCURE MONTERREY BARS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR JAPAN SOUTH AI ICELAND THAILAND MOROC TURKEY EGYPT CROATIA SPA INDIA MEXI BALI GREECE SCE THEN, AND WH THE RELEASE OF HER SEND DISC, INSTCTIBLE, DZ’S FLEDGLG REER HAS GONE OM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: SHE’S PARTNERED WH SOME OF MEXI’S BIGGT NAM ACROSS DIVERSE GENR, SUCH AS ELECTRONIC/ALT ROCK GROUP PLASTILA MOSH (ALSO OM MONTERREY), THE DIE POP-ROCK SENSATNS NATALIA LAFOUR AND JULIETA VENEGAS, AND MEXI CY ROCK BAND MOLOTOV. ALONGSI THIS, YOU MIGHT REGNISE HER MIC ON SOME HUGE AD MPAIGNS, OR PERHAPS OM GRAND THEFT AUTO V. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP - AME - THIS ROAD TO REGNN HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN EASY FOR THE WHE SKNED, BLUE-EYED RAPPER, WHO BREAKS WH A MULTU STEREOTYP, WHETHER THROUGH HER SOUND, HER APPEARANCE OR HER VERY FEMALE, GAY PRENCE THE HEAVILY MALE HIP-HOP DTRY. IN FACT, WHILE INSTCTIBLE WAS RECEIVG GLOWG REVIEWS PEOPLE EN ESPAñOL, SHE WAS FIELDG ONLE ABE AND FIGHTG WH HER RELIANCE ON ALHOL, SOMETHG SHE’S SCE OVERE. SCE THEN, SHE’S BEEN SCRIBED VARLY AS THE MEXIN M.I.A AND ONE OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL LATA RAPPERS OF ALL TIME, ACLAS ACHIEVED WHILE WORKG AS AN ENTIRELY PENNT ARTIST, TOURG ACROSS MULTIPLE NTENTS AND RELEASG A NUMBER OF MIX TAP AND EPS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MOST RECENTLY, DZ RELEASED THE CYNTHIA VANCE-DIRECTED VIO FOR HER LATT SGLE ‘DALE’, FILMED LA AND MONTERREY. WHILE THE NAME NJUR UP A REGGAETON VIBE, THE TENSELY HIP-HOP SOUND OF HER LATT SGLE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY, AND WE’RE SURE TO HEAR MORE TRACKS LIKE ON HER UPG (AND SUPPOSEDLY SOMEWHAT TRAP-FLUENCED) CAPáN PLA AND FUTURA-PRODUCED EP BTIZADA EN FUEGO, SET TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR. - AME - ALONGSI THIS PROJECT, DZ ALSO RECENTLY TEAMED UP WH DETRO-BASED JAZZ AND HIP-HOP HEAVYWEIGHT PRODUCER SHIGETO, A LLABORATN THAT ME ABOUT AS A RULT OF THE SMIRNOFF SOUND COLLECTIVE SSNS. THE RULT, ‘NUB’, IS PTIVATG AND UNEXPECTED. INCINTALLY, WAS ON THIS TERNATNAL STAGE THAT SHE CHOSE TO E OUT AS LBIAN, A MOVE WHICH MA HER THE ONLY OPENLY GAY RAPPER MEXI. ONE THG’S FOR SURE – YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR EY AND EARS PEELED FOR PLENTY MORE NIñA DZ THE FUTURE. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
• HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

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

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21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY

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MEXI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FEMALE RAPPER IS MAKG WAV THE HIP-HOP INDTRY SCREENSHOT OM 'DALE' MIC VIO | © NIñA DZ/YOUTUBE LREN COCKG NORTHERN ENGLAND WRER 07 JUNE 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THE HIP-HOP DTRY IS NOT KNOWN FOR BEG WELG TO GAY ARTISTS, AND THAT GO DOUBLE WH A BROADLY MACHISTA SOCIETY SUCH AS MEXI. HOWEVER, ONE OPENLY LBIAN RAPPER IS CHANGG THE GAME, MAKG WAV THE HIP-HOP MUNY BOTH MEXI AND ABROAD WH HER POTENT LYRICS, GLOBAL BASS BEATS AND RECENT GENRE BOUNDARY-BREAKG LLABS. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LA-BASED MEXIN RAPPER NIñA DZ. VIEW ALL TRIPS RAISED MONTERREY, MEXI, THE BIRTHPLACE OF MANY OF THE UNTRY’S MOST SUCCSFUL ARTISTS, DZ – REAL NAME CARLA REYNA – HAD A HOMETOWN LEGACY TO LIVE UP TO WHEN SHE RELEASED HER FIRST 2007 EP MARPASOS. LIVE UP TO SHE DID, WNG THE BT HIP-HOP ALBUM AT THE INDIE-O MIC AWARDS TWO YEARS LATER, JT A FEW YEARS AFTER GETTG HER START PLAYG TO SMALL CROWDS OBSCURE MONTERREY BARS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ECUADOR JAPAN SOUTH AI ICELAND THAILAND MOROC TURKEY EGYPT CROATIA SPA INDIA MEXI BALI GREECE SCE THEN, AND WH THE RELEASE OF HER SEND DISC, INSTCTIBLE, DZ’S FLEDGLG REER HAS GONE OM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: SHE’S PARTNERED WH SOME OF MEXI’S BIGGT NAM ACROSS DIVERSE GENR, SUCH AS ELECTRONIC/ALT ROCK GROUP PLASTILA MOSH (ALSO OM MONTERREY), THE DIE POP-ROCK SENSATNS NATALIA LAFOUR AND JULIETA VENEGAS, AND MEXI CY ROCK BAND MOLOTOV. ALONGSI THIS, YOU MIGHT REGNISE HER MIC ON SOME HUGE AD MPAIGNS, OR PERHAPS OM GRAND THEFT AUTO V. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP - AME - THIS ROAD TO REGNN HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN EASY FOR THE WHE SKNED, BLUE-EYED RAPPER, WHO BREAKS WH A MULTU STEREOTYP, WHETHER THROUGH HER SOUND, HER APPEARANCE OR HER VERY FEMALE, GAY PRENCE THE HEAVILY MALE HIP-HOP DTRY. IN FACT, WHILE INSTCTIBLE WAS RECEIVG GLOWG REVIEWS PEOPLE EN ESPAñOL, SHE WAS FIELDG ONLE ABE AND FIGHTG WH HER RELIANCE ON ALHOL, SOMETHG SHE’S SCE OVERE. SCE THEN, SHE’S BEEN SCRIBED VARLY AS THE MEXIN M.I.A AND ONE OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL LATA RAPPERS OF ALL TIME, ACLAS ACHIEVED WHILE WORKG AS AN ENTIRELY PENNT ARTIST, TOURG ACROSS MULTIPLE NTENTS AND RELEASG A NUMBER OF MIX TAP AND EPS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MOST RECENTLY, DZ RELEASED THE CYNTHIA VANCE-DIRECTED VIO FOR HER LATT SGLE ‘DALE’, FILMED LA AND MONTERREY. WHILE THE NAME NJUR UP A REGGAETON VIBE, THE TENSELY HIP-HOP SOUND OF HER LATT SGLE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY, AND WE’RE SURE TO HEAR MORE TRACKS LIKE ON HER UPG (AND SUPPOSEDLY SOMEWHAT TRAP-FLUENCED) CAPáN PLA AND FUTURA-PRODUCED EP BTIZADA EN FUEGO, SET TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR. - AME - ALONGSI THIS PROJECT, DZ ALSO RECENTLY TEAMED UP WH DETRO-BASED JAZZ AND HIP-HOP HEAVYWEIGHT PRODUCER SHIGETO, A LLABORATN THAT ME ABOUT AS A RULT OF THE SMIRNOFF SOUND COLLECTIVE SSNS. THE RULT, ‘NUB’, IS PTIVATG AND UNEXPECTED. INCINTALLY, WAS ON THIS TERNATNAL STAGE THAT SHE CHOSE TO E OUT AS LBIAN, A MOVE WHICH MA HER THE ONLY OPENLY GAY RAPPER MEXI. ONE THG’S FOR SURE – YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR EY AND EARS PEELED FOR PLENTY MORE NIñA DZ THE FUTURE. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

In a 2005 terview wh SPIN, 50 Cent stated that homosexualy is taboo hip-hop: “In hip-hop, there’s (sic) certa standards of thgs you n’t do. Beg gay isn’t ol – ’s not what the mic is based on. There’s always been nflict at the center of hip-hop, bee ’s all about which guy has the petive edge, and you n’t be that aggrsive if you’re gay.

RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

Wh this mdset, ’s no wonr that homophobic language hip-hop has been treated by so many rappers as an easy way to prove their masculy.

In many stanc, hip-hop artists have fend their e of anti-gay language, claimg as a generic sult. Emem, who famoly the slur “f*****t” multiple songs, claimed a Rollg Stone terview that he never equated the term wh homosexualy, but “[i]t was more like llg someone a b**** or a punk or a******. Pop star Lil Nas X me out as gay durg Pri Month 2019 while his song “Old Town Road” was number one on the Billboard Hot 100, tellg his fans “efore this month ends, I want y’all to listen closely to c7osure” wh a rabow emoji.

HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

One of the most well-known gay female rappers Ameri, Harlem-born Azealia Banks intifi wh the bisexual label. Still, Banks’ outspokenns onle go both ways, as the bisexual artist has also ed her platform to ll out transphobia and homophobia. ” Sce then, the artist has released an album lled Hedonism, as well as several extend plays and mixtap characterized by quickfire rap, aggrsn, and unabashed gay eroticism.

The artist’s name ntas a nod to gay slang, as he noted, “[i]n the gay muny, your backsi is lled your k, and I have a lot of that… [w]hen I thk about ke, I thk sweet, mpy and edible, which is one si of me. The artist has spoken out agast allegedly homophobic treatment after beg arrted Portugal and posted solidary wh Rsia’s LGBTQ muny after news of a police raid on a Mosw venue where Blan was schled to perform. Though he never explicly intified wh a gay or bisexual label, sger and rapper Frank Ocean ma breakg news after he posted a letter on Tumblr 2012 talkg about his “first love” wh another boy that the rapper met early his life.

Wh the movement toward clivy the world hip-hop scene, we n hopefully look forward to more lbian and gay rappers 2022.