Is Macklemore Gay? Rapper Says ‘Alright ... We’re Gay!’ [VIDEO]

Contents:

• SEXUALY: IS MACKLEMORE GAY?
• MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS' GAY RIGHTS ANTHEM 'SAME LOVE' WS AT MTV VMAS
• RAP STAR MACKLEMORE: ‘GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. THERE IS NO SEPARATN’
• MACKLEMORE & LEWIS’ “SAME LOVE” IS MORE THAN A PRO-GAY MARRIAGE ANTHEM
• IS MACKLEMORE GAY? RAPPER SAYS ‘ALRIGHT ... WE’RE GAY!’ [VIDEO]
• MACKLEMORE, THE UNAPOLOGETILLY PRO-GAY RAPPER

SEXUALY: IS MACKLEMORE GAY?

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Sexualy: Is Macklemore Gay?

MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS' GAY RIGHTS ANTHEM 'SAME LOVE' WS AT MTV VMAS

Contrary to speculatn, Macklemore isn't gay. “If I was gay, I would thk Hip Hop hat me.

Now, creatg a space where men n talk about sexism, where wh n talk about racism and where straight people n talk about homophobia is important. Black and openly gay rapper Le1f tweeted, “ sadns me out that a straight man is the voice pop mic has chosen for gay rights. ” The New York-based artist cricized Macklemore for profg off the creatn of a gay rights anthem whout thoroughly addrsg the heteronormative nstras of the mic dtry that have allowed for his song and not a gay rapper’s song to be accepted.

Le1f ranted on Twter alludg to his song “Wut” when he tweeted, “that time that straight whe du ripped off my song then ma a vio about gay terracial love and ma a ln dollars”, and “news jt : gay people don’t re about your vio about gay people. The lack of queer reprentatn Hip Hop and the selective public acceptance should not overshadow the fact that there have been rappers before Macklemore who don’t have a Billboard toppg gay rights anthem that teeny boppers Middle Ameri n sg along to the r wh their parents, but who still openly support gay marriage.

RAP STAR MACKLEMORE: ‘GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. THERE IS NO SEPARATN’

Granted, the hip-hop muny do not have the greatt reputatn when to homophobia. However, rebg the entire muny to that of a vilently homophobic group is rctive.

Cohen lv to the flawed homogenized study of which queer reprentatn has fallen unr.

She wr, “Disappotgly, left largely unexplored has been the role of race and one’s relatnship to domant power nstctg the range of public and private possibili for such fundamental ncepts…So while we n talk of the heterosexual and the queer, the labels/tegori tell very ltle about the differenc the relative power of, for example, middle-class Whe gay men and poor heterosexual Black women and men” (29).

MACKLEMORE & LEWIS’ “SAME LOVE” IS MORE THAN A PRO-GAY MARRIAGE ANTHEM

Dpe the fact that there are openly queer and transgenr rappers the dtry such as Le1f, Nicki Maj, Azealia Banks, Mykki Blan, Cak Da Killa, and Zebra Katz,  took a whe, heterosexual male for mastream society to regnize gay acceptance hip-hop. He is not the first rapper to support gay rights.

Will see s first gay rapper. She exclaimed, “I’m a gay rapper!

IS MACKLEMORE GAY? RAPPER SAYS ‘ALRIGHT ... WE’RE GAY!’ [VIDEO]

” Azealia Banks also addrsed the issue of homosexual reprentatn hip hop by sayg, “I’m not tryg to be like the bisexual, lbian rapper. Cln of homosexualy wh the rap dtry.

In a Mother Jon terview Augt, rapper Talib Kweli said, “There jt needs to be a gay rapper—he don’t have to be flamboyant, jt a rapper who intifi as gay—who’s better than everybody.

MACKLEMORE, THE UNAPOLOGETILLY PRO-GAY RAPPER

” Hip-hop don’t want to hear Macklemore speak for gays. Hip-hop wants gays to speak for gays.

The issue li wh the fibers of whe heterosexual male privilege, that the same opn beg voiced by untls mori and homosexuals is not receivg the same gree of attentn and aclas that Macklemore is receivg om one song.