Rappers Who Have Come Out As Gay

Contents:

• LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS
• RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
• AMERI NEED A GAY, BLACK MAN TO TOP S UNTRY CHARTS. PROTECT LIL NAS X AT ALL STS
• 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
• HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
• 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY

LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS

(Matt Wkelmeyer / Getty Imag) Lil Nas X ma history Wednday night at the 53rd CMA Awards when he beme the first openly gay black mician to take home a w om the Country Mic h “Old Town Road, ” a llaboratn wh veteran untry sger Billy Ray Cys, was named the mil event of the year. 14, 2019An earlier versn of this article rrectly stated that Lil Nas X was the first openly gay artist to w a CMA Award.

He is the first openly gay black artist to do so. Country sgers Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark, both of whom are whe and openly gay, shared the 2014 song of the year CMA Award wh Kacey Mgrav for “Follow Your Arrow.

RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

However, would be wrong to nsir Lil Nas to be the first openly gay rapper.

Whilst Lil Nas has bee one of the most high profile and succsful openly gay rappers, there are many other Black LGBTQ+ rappers, some of whom have spired Lil Nas himself. Whilst LGBTQ+ rappers have historilly been subject to homophobic abe wh certa hip-hop muni, they have been central to the velopment of the 'bounce' movement, wh Freedia beg one of the most proment artists this sub-genre.

Front-man, Kele Okereke is an openly gay man who has spired many to e out. As an openly gay rapper, Le1F is well know for his mil and performance styl.

AMERI NEED A GAY, BLACK MAN TO TOP S UNTRY CHARTS. PROTECT LIL NAS X AT ALL STS

ILoveMakonneniLoveMakonnen follows one person on Instagram -- jt 12 ls than Kanye Shropshire via Getty ImagThe Atlanta native who embolned to thk clubbg on “Tuday” was acceptable 2014 performed a bolr act this January when he announced that he was gay. Given the hip-hop muny’s reputatn of homophobia, which is particularly geared towards gay men, iLoveMakkonen’s cisn to e out to the public was mendably unapologetic.

Followg the the mass shootg at Pulse nightclub, Ocean took Tumblr to share his experienc wh homophobia followg the horrific attack which targeted the LGBTQ muny last June.

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

Young hip-hop muny’s acceptance of gay rapper Young M. Syd the KidSyd the Kid was formerly a member of hip-hop group Odd Grimwa via Getty ImagThe only thg better than an artist beg openly gay is listeng to them croon about their same-sex attractns their mic. “I do regnize myself as a bisexual male & do & have always openly supported the gay muny & will keep dog so 2017.

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.

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

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.

21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY

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).