Is Missy Elltt Gay? Insi the Rumors That Plague the Rapper

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• IS MISSY ELLTT GAY? INSI THOSE NEVER-ENDG RUMORS
• IS MISSY ELLTT GAY? KNOW HER EARLY LIFE, RELATNSHIPS AND MORE
• IS MISSY ELLT GAY? IS SHE MARRIED?
• EVA MARCILLE ON HOW MISSY ELLTT RPOND TO GAY RELATNSHIP RUMORS
• RUMOR HAS IT: ‘THE FOUR’S SHARAYA J UNRWENT GAY MARRIAGE WH MISSY ELLT! GET THE EXCLIVE DETAILS!
• MISSY ELLTT - BGRAFIA, PATRIMôN LíQUIDO, ELA é GAY, QUEM é O NAMORADO OU A NAMORADA?
• GAY RAP, THE UNTHKABLE BE REALY
• MISS ELLTT GAY WEDDG 2013: WED RAPPER SHARAYA J? FRIEND REACTS [EXCLUSIVE]
• SOCK' IT TO 'EM: MISSY ELLTT'S "SUPA DUPA FLY" AND THE QUEERG OF HIP HOPHOW THE INOCLAST'S BUT ALBUM—AND THAT FAMO TRASH BAG—PAVED THE WAY FOR A NEW GENERATN OF RAPPERS.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJULY 17, 2019/11:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1448PX;WIDTH:1448PX;}ELEKTRA RERDSBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJULY 17, 2019 / 11:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SOCK' IT TO 'EM: MISSY ELLTT'S \"SUPA DUPA FLY\" AND THE QUEERG OF HIP HOP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-07-17T15:37:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-07-17T15:37:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER A FISH-EYE-LENSED MISSY "MISMEANOR" ELLTT FLOPPED ONTO TELEVISN SCREENS 22 YEARS AGO CKED OUT AN FLATED TRASH BAG, NOTHG WOULD BE THE SAME AGA. WELL, AT LEAST HIP HOP WOULDN'T BE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MIC VIO FOR ELLTT'S FIRST SOLO SGLE, “THE RA (SUPA DUPA FLY),” WAS UNLIKE ANYTHG THE GENRE HAD SEEN OR HEARD BEFORE. AND THE SAME ULD BE SAID FOR THE MICIAN HERSELF. WH HER BUT ALBUM, SUPA DUPA FLY, RELEASED THIS WEEK 1997, ELLTT TABLISHED HERSELF NOT ONLY AS A SGULAR RAPPER, BUT ALSO AS AN IRREVERENT VISNARY UNAAID TO PH HIP HOP TO MORE EXPERIMENTAL AND AVANT-GRA DIRECTNS, HER VIOS FTLY TOYG WH AND SUBVERTG GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RAP WORLD 1997 WAS DISARRAY. IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR, THE NOTOR B.I.G. WAS GUNNED DOWN LOS ANGEL, A YEAR AFTER HIS RIVAL TUPAC SHAKUR SUFFERED A SIAR FATE LAS VEGAS. IN THE EY OF THE MEDIA, HIP HOP WAS OVERWHELMGLY BLACK, OVERWHELMGLY MALE, AND OVERWHELMGLY VLENT. ONLY A HANDFUL OF WOMEN HAD FOUND A SEAT AT THE GENRE'S HYPERMASCULE TABLE, OFTEN HAVG TO SEXUALIZE THEMSELV ORR TO DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELLTT'S IEND AND OCSNAL LLABORATOR LIL' KIM WAS THE BIGGT FEMALE MC AT THE TIME OF SUPA DUPA FLY'S RELEASE. ULTRA FEME APPEARANCE BUT ABLE TO SP LIKE A DU, KIM SET THE BAR FOR MID-'90S FEMALE RAPPERS. SHE ROCKED FURS AND BIKIS, MULTIHUED WIGS, AND DRAMATIC MAKP—A FORM OF DRAG UNTO SELF. ELLTT OPTED FOR A MORE ANDROGYNO LOOK ON- AND OFFSTAGE—SWEATSUS AND HER TRAMARK FGER WAV. BUT THAT FLATED TRASH BAG WAS THE BEGNG OF SOMETHG ELSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEREAS KIM FLNTED HER BODY, ELLTT AMPLIFIED HERS TO EDIC EXTREM, GETTG SWEET REVENGE ON AN DTRY THAT TOLD HER SHE WAS TOO FAT TO BE A STAR. IN SUBSEQUENT VIOS, HER LOOKS GREW MORE OUTRé, EHER PLAYG UP HER FEMY TO PARODIC HEIGHTS, OPTG FOR TOTAL ANDROGYNY, OR FLNTG A MIX OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WAS A MEGA MAN–QUE TERGALACTIC SUPERHERO "SOCK IT 2 ME":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LIVG PRCS DOLL "BEEP ME 911":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND, ALTERNATELY, A MEDIEVAL SORCERS AND A BPOKE GANGSTER "H EM W DA HEE":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE ARGUABLY H HER QUEER, OFF-KILTER PEAK WH HER BLACK, BALD, AND BONDAGE-Y VIO FOR "SHE'S A BCH," THE LEAD SGLE OM HER SEND ALBUM, DA REAL WORLD, WHICH CELEBRATED S 20TH ANNIVERSARY LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELLTT'S IDSYNCRATIC PERSONALY AND STYLE LED TO MORS THAT SHE'S A LBIAN THAT PERSIST TO THIS DAY—SHE'S BEEN LKED TO EVERYONE OM HER PROTéGéS AALIYAH AND TWEET TO, MOST RECENTLY, R&B SGER KERI HILSON AND REALY STAR EVA MARCILLE OF THE REAL HOEWIV OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THEY BLAZE THEIR TRAIL THROUGH A MALE-DOMATED DTRY, NEARLY ALL FEMALE RAPPERS ARE SUBJECTED TO GAY MORS. SOME ARE MORE PERSISTENT THAN OTHERS: ELLTT, DA BRAT, AND QUEEN LATIFAH IMMEDIATELY E TO MD. NO DOUBT STOKG THE SAPPHIC FLAM, ELLTT JOED THE SEMAL SISTERS-DOG--FOR-THEMSELV MIC-FT LILH FAIR AS PART OF SUPA DUPA FLY'S PROMOTNAL TOUR, BEG THE FIRST RAPPER TO APPEAR ON THE BILL.STEVE EICHNER/GETTY IMAGMISSY ELLT PERFORMS AT LILH FAIR AT JON BEACH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JULY 16, 1998. (PHOTO BY STEVE EICHNER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISSY ELLT AT LILH FAIR AT JON BEACH, NEW YORK, ON JULY 16, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NO MATTER HOW GENRE-FYG OR GROUNDBREAKG MISSY ELLTT WAS, SHE ME OF AGE WHEN HIP HOP WAS STRINTLY HOMOPHOBIC, WHEN THE THOUGHT OF A RAPPER BEG OUT AND VOL ABOUT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRG ABOUT THE QUEERG OF HIP HOP THE GUARDIAN 2013, HATTIE COLLS RELLED THE FAMO "FX LEZFT AT THE 2003 MTV VMA AWARDS" WHICH MADONNA SMOOCHED BRNEY SPEARS AND CHRISTA AGUILERA. LT WE FET, MISSY WAS THERE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLLS REUNTED ASKG HER AT THE TIME WHY SHE DIDN'T JO "WH THE SNOGGG":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[MISSY] LOOKED AT ME AGHAST AND NEARLY CHOKED ON AN M&M. "NO, NO, NO," SHE GASPED, "HIP-HOP WOULD NEVER DO THAT. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER A LN YEARS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY RECENTLY HAVE QUEER RAPPERS BEEN ABLE TO BE OPEN AND SUCCSFUL. THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE: LIL NAS X, WHO ME OUT AT THE TAIL END OF PRI MONTH THIS SUMMER. HIS H SONG "OLD TOWN ROAD" IS SPENDG S 15TH WEEK AS THE NO. 1 SONG THE UNTRY. MEANWHILE, ACTS SUCH AS YOUNG M.A, MYKKI BLAN, BROCKHAMPTON'S KEV ABSTRACT, AND ANGEL HAZE HAVE MANAGED TO RVE OUT THEIR OWN KD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR HER PART, ELLTT HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY OM SEXUALY HER MIC—SHE'S JT ALWAYS PRENTED HERSELF AS A PURVEYOR OF HETEROSEXUAL SIRE. HOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC PERSONA HEWS TO HER PRIVATE SELF IS UP FOR BATE, BUT FOR ALL THE THGS THAT MAKE MISSY ELLTT QUEER, HER SEXUALY IS THE LEAST OF THEM. IT'S HER OTHERNS THAT OPENED THE DOOR SO THAT THE NEXT GENERATN OF RAPPERS N WALK ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISSY, MORE THAN ANY OTHER HIP-HOP ARTIST RECENT MEMORY, MA OKAY TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

IS MISSY ELLTT GAY? INSI THOSE NEVER-ENDG RUMORS

Is Missy Elltt Gay? Missy Elltt fans are cur if the female rapper is gay — si all we know about her sexualy!

And sce her sexualy has been qutn for years, they're cur: Is Missy Elltt gay? Article ntu below advertisementIt's unclear if Missy Elltt is gay, as she's never directly spoken out and said whether or not she is or isn't. Is Missy Elltt gay?

IS MISSY ELLTT GAY? KNOW HER EARLY LIFE, RELATNSHIPS AND MORE

At the same time, she also tweeted that she wasn’t sure if she was straight or gay. So, do you thk Missy Ellt is gay?

Leavg them to qutn: is Missy Elltt gay? It’s still unclear whether she is gay or bi. Missy Ellt, Melissa Arte Elltt, is an Amerin rapper who has gaed notoriety for advotg for the acceptance of gay dividuals.

Melissa Arte Elltt, is an Amerin rapper who has gaed notoriety for advotg for the acceptance of gay people.

IS MISSY ELLT GAY? IS SHE MARRIED?

A Gay/Lbian Artist’s IdolMissy Ellt has always been outspoken about the homosexual muny, but she acknowledg that the LBTQIA+ muny has found difficult to make an effect the rap stated an terview the early 2000s that homosexual people would never be accepted the hip-hop dtry.

EVA MARCILLE ON HOW MISSY ELLTT RPOND TO GAY RELATNSHIP RUMORS

Addnally, Missy Elltt was mentned as an in for gay and lbian artists by renowned thor and lecturer Dr.

RUMOR HAS IT: ‘THE FOUR’S SHARAYA J UNRWENT GAY MARRIAGE WH MISSY ELLT! GET THE EXCLIVE DETAILS!

Nikki Lane her article Black Women Queerg the Mic: Missy Elltt Disturbg the Boundari of Racialized Sexualy and Genr, which was published the Journal of Homosexualy. But furthermore, like I said, my irratn really is the fact that there’s like this negative nnotatn or ia around homosexualy. There has been speculatn that she is gay.

She has been romantilly lked to other famo people on several ocsns but has never been married and had no kids, although she has admted wantg Elltt Was Rumored to Be Gay and Lked to Many Famo People over the YearsMissy Elltt's sexualy has been a pot of ntentn among the media and fans for most of her reer. There has been wispread speculatn that Elltt is gay and has been alleged to be romantic relatnships wh several other female celebri, cludg Keri Hilson, Olivia, and Lil Kim. Back 2013, mors speculated around Sharaya J and the legendary rapper Missy Ellt that the pair unrwent gay marriage.

MISSY ELLTT - BGRAFIA, PATRIMôN LíQUIDO, ELA é GAY, QUEM é O NAMORADO OU A NAMORADA?

O artista nascido em Portsmouth vale US $ 50 hõ é gay? Dpe trottg out the old "I don't have a problem wh gay people. I even have some gay homi" le, Snoop Ln né Dogg recently echoed Elltt's thoughts when he said that hip-hop would stggle to accept a gay rapper.

GAY RAP, THE UNTHKABLE BE REALY

Photograph: Alis Pellchi"Hip-hop is so homophobic, " sighs Californian rapper Brooke Candy. A lbian who is open and (often explicly) ank about her sexualy, she is a livg riposte to Elltt's suggtn that gay rap would never be allowed to flourish.

MISS ELLTT GAY WEDDG 2013: WED RAPPER SHARAYA J? FRIEND REACTS [EXCLUSIVE]

It's like a dad who has spent his whole life tellg his son not to be gay, only for the son to turn out to be gay. Also, people n be gay whout beg excsively flamboyant or nstantly throwg themselv at other men.

I thk there's room hip-hop for tons of gay rappers.

Dpe the culture articulated by Snoop, spe the breezy, bigoted tchphras like "no homo", gay rappers are g out and takg centre stage. There have always been exceptns to the le, of urse, a smatterg of openly gay rhymers such as Yo!

SOCK' IT TO 'EM: MISSY ELLTT'S "SUPA DUPA FLY" AND THE QUEERG OF HIP HOPHOW THE INOCLAST'S BUT ALBUM—AND THAT FAMO TRASH BAG—PAVED THE WAY FOR A NEW GENERATN OF RAPPERS.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJULY 17, 2019/11:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1448PX;WIDTH:1448PX;}ELEKTRA RERDSBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJULY 17, 2019 / 11:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SOCK' IT TO 'EM: MISSY ELLTT'S \"SUPA DUPA FLY\" AND THE QUEERG OF HIP HOP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-07-17T15:37:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-07-17T15:37:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER A FISH-EYE-LENSED MISSY "MISMEANOR" ELLTT FLOPPED ONTO TELEVISN SCREENS 22 YEARS AGO CKED OUT AN FLATED TRASH BAG, NOTHG WOULD BE THE SAME AGA. WELL, AT LEAST HIP HOP WOULDN'T BE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MIC VIO FOR ELLTT'S FIRST SOLO SGLE, “THE RA (SUPA DUPA FLY),” WAS UNLIKE ANYTHG THE GENRE HAD SEEN OR HEARD BEFORE. AND THE SAME ULD BE SAID FOR THE MICIAN HERSELF. WH HER BUT ALBUM, SUPA DUPA FLY, RELEASED THIS WEEK 1997, ELLTT TABLISHED HERSELF NOT ONLY AS A SGULAR RAPPER, BUT ALSO AS AN IRREVERENT VISNARY UNAAID TO PH HIP HOP TO MORE EXPERIMENTAL AND AVANT-GRA DIRECTNS, HER VIOS FTLY TOYG WH AND SUBVERTG GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RAP WORLD 1997 WAS DISARRAY. IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR, THE NOTOR B.I.G. WAS GUNNED DOWN LOS ANGEL, A YEAR AFTER HIS RIVAL TUPAC SHAKUR SUFFERED A SIAR FATE LAS VEGAS. IN THE EY OF THE MEDIA, HIP HOP WAS OVERWHELMGLY BLACK, OVERWHELMGLY MALE, AND OVERWHELMGLY VLENT. ONLY A HANDFUL OF WOMEN HAD FOUND A SEAT AT THE GENRE'S HYPERMASCULE TABLE, OFTEN HAVG TO SEXUALIZE THEMSELV ORR TO DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELLTT'S IEND AND OCSNAL LLABORATOR LIL' KIM WAS THE BIGGT FEMALE MC AT THE TIME OF SUPA DUPA FLY'S RELEASE. ULTRA FEME APPEARANCE BUT ABLE TO SP LIKE A DU, KIM SET THE BAR FOR MID-'90S FEMALE RAPPERS. SHE ROCKED FURS AND BIKIS, MULTIHUED WIGS, AND DRAMATIC MAKP—A FORM OF DRAG UNTO SELF. ELLTT OPTED FOR A MORE ANDROGYNO LOOK ON- AND OFFSTAGE—SWEATSUS AND HER TRAMARK FGER WAV. BUT THAT FLATED TRASH BAG WAS THE BEGNG OF SOMETHG ELSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEREAS KIM FLNTED HER BODY, ELLTT AMPLIFIED HERS TO EDIC EXTREM, GETTG SWEET REVENGE ON AN DTRY THAT TOLD HER SHE WAS TOO FAT TO BE A STAR. IN SUBSEQUENT VIOS, HER LOOKS GREW MORE OUTRé, EHER PLAYG UP HER FEMY TO PARODIC HEIGHTS, OPTG FOR TOTAL ANDROGYNY, OR FLNTG A MIX OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WAS A MEGA MAN–QUE TERGALACTIC SUPERHERO "SOCK IT 2 ME":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LIVG PRCS DOLL "BEEP ME 911":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND, ALTERNATELY, A MEDIEVAL SORCERS AND A BPOKE GANGSTER "H EM W DA HEE":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE ARGUABLY H HER QUEER, OFF-KILTER PEAK WH HER BLACK, BALD, AND BONDAGE-Y VIO FOR "SHE'S A BCH," THE LEAD SGLE OM HER SEND ALBUM, DA REAL WORLD, WHICH CELEBRATED S 20TH ANNIVERSARY LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELLTT'S IDSYNCRATIC PERSONALY AND STYLE LED TO MORS THAT SHE'S A LBIAN THAT PERSIST TO THIS DAY—SHE'S BEEN LKED TO EVERYONE OM HER PROTéGéS AALIYAH AND TWEET TO, MOST RECENTLY, R&B SGER KERI HILSON AND REALY STAR EVA MARCILLE OF THE REAL HOEWIV OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THEY BLAZE THEIR TRAIL THROUGH A MALE-DOMATED DTRY, NEARLY ALL FEMALE RAPPERS ARE SUBJECTED TO GAY MORS. SOME ARE MORE PERSISTENT THAN OTHERS: ELLTT, DA BRAT, AND QUEEN LATIFAH IMMEDIATELY E TO MD. NO DOUBT STOKG THE SAPPHIC FLAM, ELLTT JOED THE SEMAL SISTERS-DOG--FOR-THEMSELV MIC-FT LILH FAIR AS PART OF SUPA DUPA FLY'S PROMOTNAL TOUR, BEG THE FIRST RAPPER TO APPEAR ON THE BILL.STEVE EICHNER/GETTY IMAGMISSY ELLT PERFORMS AT LILH FAIR AT JON BEACH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JULY 16, 1998. (PHOTO BY STEVE EICHNER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISSY ELLT AT LILH FAIR AT JON BEACH, NEW YORK, ON JULY 16, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NO MATTER HOW GENRE-FYG OR GROUNDBREAKG MISSY ELLTT WAS, SHE ME OF AGE WHEN HIP HOP WAS STRINTLY HOMOPHOBIC, WHEN THE THOUGHT OF A RAPPER BEG OUT AND VOL ABOUT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRG ABOUT THE QUEERG OF HIP HOP THE GUARDIAN 2013, HATTIE COLLS RELLED THE FAMO "FX LEZFT AT THE 2003 MTV VMA AWARDS" WHICH MADONNA SMOOCHED BRNEY SPEARS AND CHRISTA AGUILERA. LT WE FET, MISSY WAS THERE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLLS REUNTED ASKG HER AT THE TIME WHY SHE DIDN'T JO "WH THE SNOGGG":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[MISSY] LOOKED AT ME AGHAST AND NEARLY CHOKED ON AN M&M. "NO, NO, NO," SHE GASPED, "HIP-HOP WOULD NEVER DO THAT. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER A LN YEARS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY RECENTLY HAVE QUEER RAPPERS BEEN ABLE TO BE OPEN AND SUCCSFUL. THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE: LIL NAS X, WHO ME OUT AT THE TAIL END OF PRI MONTH THIS SUMMER. HIS H SONG "OLD TOWN ROAD" IS SPENDG S 15TH WEEK AS THE NO. 1 SONG THE UNTRY. MEANWHILE, ACTS SUCH AS YOUNG M.A, MYKKI BLAN, BROCKHAMPTON'S KEV ABSTRACT, AND ANGEL HAZE HAVE MANAGED TO RVE OUT THEIR OWN KD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR HER PART, ELLTT HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY OM SEXUALY HER MIC—SHE'S JT ALWAYS PRENTED HERSELF AS A PURVEYOR OF HETEROSEXUAL SIRE. HOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC PERSONA HEWS TO HER PRIVATE SELF IS UP FOR BATE, BUT FOR ALL THE THGS THAT MAKE MISSY ELLTT QUEER, HER SEXUALY IS THE LEAST OF THEM. IT'S HER OTHERNS THAT OPENED THE DOOR SO THAT THE NEXT GENERATN OF RAPPERS N WALK ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISSY, MORE THAN ANY OTHER HIP-HOP ARTIST RECENT MEMORY, MA OKAY TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

"Hontly, for me what really feels like is that I now actively… explore life now my natural gay, homosexual, mascule way, and this very different feme way.

Ined, one artist cled to take part this feature for that very reason, preferrg to be known first as a rapper rather than a "gay rapper" Candy is sympathetic: "What is so bothersome to me, wh the emergg gay rappers, is that they've created a new genre lled 'queer hip-hop'. Half of the people rappg up there are gay and people don't even know .