Yterday, I fally received my advance py of Hidg Hip Hop, former closeted entertament dtry gadfly (pictured) Terrance Dean's much-hyped tobgraphy about all of the gays that are, well, hidg hip hop. I've read about half of so far. Dean has already proven himself eager to trot out bld ems about male celebri he says he's hooked up wh, and the book don't disappot that regard. Today, an overview of what the book is and isn't, and then some of what you've been wag for: three TV actors, a famo rapper, and a "megastar," anonymoly outed.
Contents:
- RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
- 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
- THE GAY HIP HOP BOOK, REVEALED: ACTORS, RAPPERS, AND A 'MEGASTAR'
RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
Wonrg if there are LGBTQ+ members the rap dtry? Check out the 21 bt gay rappers who embody this muny. * list of gay rappers exposed *
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.
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.
21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
"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. 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).
1 but on the Billboard 200, and a multi-ln dollar rerd al wh RCA, which ontman Kev Abstract claimed was gog to help them ph their "gay agenda. "I'd see negative ments and fet [beg gay] was a big al to some people, that some people hadn't heard before, " he told ShortList. Sheran has sce parted ways wh Drake, who helped him nab a Grammy nomatn, but he ma an even bigger impact on his own when he me out as gay on Twter 2017.
THE GAY HIP HOP BOOK, REVEALED: ACTORS, RAPPERS, AND A 'MEGASTAR'
And sce y'all love breakg news, here's some old news to break, I'm gay. By 2015, the rapper felt like people still didn't get the ht and took to Twter to air her grievanc followg an onslght of accatns claimg she was homophobic.