ILoveMakonnen Says People 'Discred' His Talent Sce He Came Out As Gay | Complex

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• ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY CSED PEOPLE TO “DISCRED” HIS TALENT & INFLUENCE
• MAKONNEN FALLY CONFIRMS THAT HE’S GAY
• ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS PEOPLE 'DISCRED' HIS TALENT SCE HE CAME OUT AS GAY
• ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
• ILOVEMAKONNEN CLAIMS TO BE FIRST GAY RAPPER: “I STARTED THIS GAY SH”
• ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
• ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS PEOPLE “DISCRED” HIS TALENT SCE HE CAME OUT AS GAY
• ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
• RAPPER ILOVEMAKONNEN OUT AS GAY
• ILOVEMAKONNEN ON BREAKG FREE OF ‘INDTRY POLICS,’ BEG GAY HIP-HOP AND WHEN THGS ‘SOURED’ WH DRAKE

ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY CSED PEOPLE TO “DISCRED” HIS TALENT & INFLUENCE

“For people to thk I me out as gay for promo is beyond me... Rapper ​iLoveMakonnen me out as gay 2017 a year after leavg Drake’s OVO label, makg him one of the first mastream male hip-hop artists to e out.

Is c I me out as gay? Sce I me out as gay everyone has tried to discred my mic talents and origaly and fluence. I know y’all ashamed to say u was on a gay mans dick, but jt keep 100 sce everyone so real nowadays— Non-Fungible Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) April 2, 2021.

Gonna s up here and act like Atlanta not the black gay pol of the world, and Makonnen didn’t e om Atlanta. And then kept all the way real and said himself he was gay! Not challeng of beg gay/bi today’s time c I feel like I took a lot of the heat for that so we n have all of that ’s givg now a more mastream arena Non-Fungible Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) April 2, 2021.

MAKONNEN FALLY CONFIRMS THAT HE’S GAY

He went on to ope about the issue of homophobia rap mic:. For people to thk I me out as gay for promo is beyond me. U thk im tryna get support a homophobic environment for promo.

It’s really crazy how hip hop lov fashn brands ma by gay men but get upset when someone hip hop out as gay.

ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS PEOPLE 'DISCRED' HIS TALENT SCE HE CAME OUT AS GAY

rappers be feelg nfint braggg about beg gay signer brands and buyg their so lled girliend gay signer handbags but u don’t fuck wh mic ma by a gay man c why?

Hip-hop has e a long way the last few years, particularly wh the dimished e of explic anti-gay slurs. The aforementned rappers Tyler, the Creator, Kev Abstract, and Lil Nas X have proven that openly gay or queer men n fd mercial succs rap mic. However, the backlash to Lil Nas X’s recent “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” vio and the openly homophobic stanc some rappers ntue to poe also show the tenuo posn the artists still occupy.

Jt a few days after Chance The Rapper’s ltle brother announced to fans he was bisexual, “Tuday” sger Makonnen, formerly, ILoveMakonnen, fally bts “out the closet” and reveals he’s gay.

ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY

And jt so we’re clear, gay as queer, homosexual, lik the same sex. “[…] sce y’all love breakg news, here’s some old news to break, I’m gay. And sce y'all love breakg news, here's some old news to break, I'm gay.

” Sayg, “The rap world thks I’m gay.

They thk I’m a homosexual, which is not a problem.

ILOVEMAKONNEN CLAIMS TO BE FIRST GAY RAPPER: “I STARTED THIS GAY SH”

I don’t want to say I’m gay, I’m straight, I’m bisexual or any of that, bee that’s jt. Last year, Mak slammed homophobia hip-hop and said that while he “may not personally be gay, ” he was here to stand up and fight for acceptance.

One thg about hip-hop and rap that really gets on my nerve is that they got so much sh*t to say about gays, lbians and so anti-gay, all that is jt a lot of sh*t where they want to say f*ggot and gay bashg. All the signers that y’all are spendg on are the gayt niggas the world. So y’all need to stop sayg all that gay this, gay that like ’s somethg wrong wh that sh*t when your bch ass feels better about themselv this gay signer sho or this gay signer cloth.

ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY

So you gog to be bashg gay people, you know what I’m sayg? I may not personally be gay but I got gay iends, and people on earth that do what the f*ck they do and they need to be accepted as well.

Four years after g out as gay, iLoveMakonnen took to Twter Friday to shed light on how his sexualy has affected his reer. “Is c I me out as gay?

I know y’all ashamed to say u was on a gay mans dick, but jt keep 100 sce everyone so real nowadays. ”In a seri of subsequent posts, Makonnen expand on how homophobia hip-hop has affected his reer.

ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS PEOPLE “DISCRED” HIS TALENT SCE HE CAME OUT AS GAY

“For people to thk I me out as gay for promo is beyond me. ”Makonnen also suggted the hypocrisy that’s apparent hip-hop’s love for fashn and lack of support for gay rappers.

ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY

“Rappers be feelg nfint braggg about beg gay signer brands and buyg their so lled girliend gay signer handbags but u don’t fuck wh mic ma by a gay man c why,?

RAPPER ILOVEMAKONNEN OUT AS GAY

While some may see today, Inguratn Day, as one of uncerta transns, ILoveMakonnen was all ndor the early morng, g Twter to announce that he is gay.

And sce y’all love breakg news, here’s some old news to break, I’m gay. "In an terview wh XXL last April, Makonnen spoke to the unrlyg homophobia hip-hop sayg, "y’all need to stop sayg all that gay this gay that, like ’s somethg wrong wh that sh when your bch ass feels better about themselv this gay signer sho or this gay signer cloth...

ILOVEMAKONNEN ON BREAKG FREE OF ‘INDTRY POLICS,’ BEG GAY HIP-HOP AND WHEN THGS ‘SOURED’ WH DRAKE

I may not personally be gay but I got gay iends and people on earth that do what the fuck they do and they need to be accepted as well. Sce Lil Nas X’s unexpected ascensn 2019 and subsequent reveal that he was gay, he has labeled himself as a pneer for the LGBTQ+ rap muny.