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• ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY CSED PEOPLE TO “DISCRED” HIS TALENT & INFLUENCE
• RAPPER MAKONNEN COM OUT: ‘I’M GAY… I’VE COME OUT.’HAT’S OFFMAKONNEN, THE ARTIST BEHD THE DREAMY H, ‘TUDAY,’ HAS BEE THE BIGGT STAR YET THE RAP WORLD TO E OUT. TOM SYKROYALIST CORRPONNTUPDATED APR. 11, 2017 4:10PM EDT / PUBLISHED JAN. 20, 2017 7:45AM EST VIA TWTERMASTREAM RAP HAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ARTIST, AFTER MAKONNEN, THE ARTIST WHO’S WOOZY, WOBBLY PAEAN TO THE MIDWEEK, “TUDAY,” H THE BIGTIME AFTER WAS REMIXED BY DRAKE, ME OUT ON TWTER THE EARLY HOURS OF FRIDAY MORNG. MAKONNEN, BORN MAKONNEN SHERAN, MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWG YEARS OF SPECULATN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. IN 2015 HE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM: “THE RAP WORLD THKS I’M GAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DO. THEY THK I’M A HOMOSEXUAL, WHICH IS NOT A PROBLEM. I DON’T WANT TO SAY I’M GAY, I’M STRAIGHT, I’M BISEXUAL OR ANY OF THAT, BEE THAT’S JT… WHO R? ALL THAT’S DOG IS DIVIDG .”MAKONNEN, WHO WAS NOMATED FOR A GRAMMY, IS CLOSELY INTIFIED WH THE NEW WEIRD ATLANTA RAP SCENE WHICH RECENT YEARS HAS PRODUCED INOCLASTIC STARS LIKE FUTURE AND YOUNG THUG. THUG—WHO RAPS ABOUT HAVG SEX WH WOMEN AND HAS SEVERAL CHILDREN—IS KNOWN FOR MSG WH TRADNAL NCEPTS OF MASCULY, CLUDG PATG HIS NAILS AND WEARG FEME CLOTHG. THERE ARE REMARKABLY FEW OUT GAY MALE STARS THE HIP-HOP WORLD; PRR TO TODAY'S CLARATN BY MAKONNEN, THE BT-KNOWN WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PRODUCER AND RAPPER LE1F, BORN KHALIF DUF. MAKONNEN’S STATEMENT IS A HUGE MOMENT FOR RAP MIC. INEVABLY, THE ONLE HOMOPHOBIC ABE HAS ALREADY STARTED, BUT THE MAJORY OF VOIC ARE SALUTG THE ARTIST FOR HIS THENTICY AND PRAISG HIM FOR LIVG HIS TTH. CLOSETED GAY STARS WILL BE WATCHG WH TERT. TOM SYK
• ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
• ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
• ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY

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!

RAPPER MAKONNEN COM OUT: ‘I’M GAY… I’VE COME OUT.’HAT’S OFFMAKONNEN, THE ARTIST BEHD THE DREAMY H, ‘TUDAY,’ HAS BEE THE BIGGT STAR YET THE RAP WORLD TO E OUT. TOM SYKROYALIST CORRPONNTUPDATED APR. 11, 2017 4:10PM EDT / PUBLISHED JAN. 20, 2017 7:45AM EST VIA TWTERMASTREAM RAP HAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ARTIST, AFTER MAKONNEN, THE ARTIST WHO’S WOOZY, WOBBLY PAEAN TO THE MIDWEEK, “TUDAY,” H THE BIGTIME AFTER WAS REMIXED BY DRAKE, ME OUT ON TWTER THE EARLY HOURS OF FRIDAY MORNG. MAKONNEN, BORN MAKONNEN SHERAN, MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWG YEARS OF SPECULATN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. IN 2015 HE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM: “THE RAP WORLD THKS I’M GAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DO. THEY THK I’M A HOMOSEXUAL, WHICH IS NOT A PROBLEM. I DON’T WANT TO SAY I’M GAY, I’M STRAIGHT, I’M BISEXUAL OR ANY OF THAT, BEE THAT’S JT… WHO R? ALL THAT’S DOG IS DIVIDG .”MAKONNEN, WHO WAS NOMATED FOR A GRAMMY, IS CLOSELY INTIFIED WH THE NEW WEIRD ATLANTA RAP SCENE WHICH RECENT YEARS HAS PRODUCED INOCLASTIC STARS LIKE FUTURE AND YOUNG THUG. THUG—WHO RAPS ABOUT HAVG SEX WH WOMEN AND HAS SEVERAL CHILDREN—IS KNOWN FOR MSG WH TRADNAL NCEPTS OF MASCULY, CLUDG PATG HIS NAILS AND WEARG FEME CLOTHG. THERE ARE REMARKABLY FEW OUT GAY MALE STARS THE HIP-HOP WORLD; PRR TO TODAY'S CLARATN BY MAKONNEN, THE BT-KNOWN WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PRODUCER AND RAPPER LE1F, BORN KHALIF DUF. MAKONNEN’S STATEMENT IS A HUGE MOMENT FOR RAP MIC. INEVABLY, THE ONLE HOMOPHOBIC ABE HAS ALREADY STARTED, BUT THE MAJORY OF VOIC ARE SALUTG THE ARTIST FOR HIS THENTICY AND PRAISG HIM FOR LIVG HIS TTH. CLOSETED GAY STARS WILL BE WATCHG WH TERT. TOM SYK

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. 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. 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?

ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY

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.

ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY

Mastream rap has s first openly gay male artist, after Makonnen, the artist who’s woozy, wobbly paean to the midweek, “Tuday, ” h the bigtime after was remixed by Drake, me out on Twter the early hours of Friday morng. Makonnen, born Makonnen Sheran, ma the announcement followg years of speculatn about his 2015 he told The New York Tim: “The rap world thks I’m gay. They thk I’m a homosexual, which is not a problem.

I don’t want to say I’m gay, I’m straight, I’m bisexual or any of that, bee that’s jt… Who r? Thug—who raps about havg sex wh women and has several children—is known for msg wh tradnal ncepts of masculy, cludg patg his nails and wearg feme are remarkably few out gay male stars the hip-hop world; prr to today's claratn by Makonnen, the bt-known would have been the producer and rapper Le1f, born Khalif Duf. Inevably, the onle homophobic abe has already started, but the majory of voic are salutg the artist for his thenticy and praisg him for livg his tth.

Closeted gay stars will be watchg wh a tip? 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.

ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS 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... 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.

20) after he revealed that he is gay. “And sce y'all love breakg news, here's some old news to break: I'm gay. ILoveMakonnen has e out as gay.