From Tyler, the Creator to Lil Nas X, hip-hop has never had so many stars who intify as gay or bisexual. Is this a blip or a turng pot?
Contents:
- IS TYLER, THE CREATOR G OUT AS A GAY MAN OR JT A QUEER-BAG PROVOTR?
- TYLER, THE CREATOR IS OPENLY GAY: WHO IS HIS BOYIEND?
IS TYLER, THE CREATOR G OUT AS A GAY MAN OR JT A QUEER-BAG PROVOTR?
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It’s not easy beg a gay hip-hop fan.
For years, I’ve wrtled wh my love of the mic on one hand wh my distaste for the homophobia embedd wh on the other, grimacg at the tratg ease wh which a rapper is able to say faggot, a hateful word that no straight person has any right to be g.
TYLER, THE CREATOR IS OPENLY GAY: WHO IS HIS BOYIEND?
I’ve found this pecially problematic wh the mic of Tyler, the Creator, the 26-year-old provotr whose lyrics have often aimed to shock and repulse, whether addrsg vlence agast women (“Punch a bch her mouth jt for talk’ sh”) or his apparent disgt at gay men (“Come take a stab at , faggot, I pre-orred your sket”). “I’m bummed out bee ’s like, du, I’m not homophobic.
This progrsn has e to a crcendo wh his latt album, the dreay melancholic Flower Boy, the tle of which potentially acts as a clue to what might be his most ntroversial statement the rapper who ed the word faggot, or other anti-gay variatns, 213 tim on his but album actually be gay or bisexual himself?
In an terview, he once said he “100% would go gay for ’96 Leo”, and a recent Instagram post married a picture of DiCapr om Romeo + Juliet wh the words “y boyiend y” another new track, Garn Shed, there are a number of referenc, both oblique and obv. ”The songs have led fans to turn tectiv by lvg to Tyler’s past terviews, songs and social media posts, surg them for evince that might support the assertn that one of rap’s most seemgly homophobic figur might have been gay all along.