"Tuday" sger Makonnen, formerly known as ILoveMakonnen, fally out as gay after years of speculatn and nial.
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- ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY CSED PEOPLE TO “DISCRED” HIS TALENT & INFLUENCE
- MAKONNEN FALLY CONFIRMS THAT HE’S 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
- ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS PEOPLE 'DISCRED' HIS TALENT SCE HE CAME OUT AS GAY
- BREAKG NEWS: MAKONNEN CONFIRMS HE IS GAY
- ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
- MIGOS ON ILOVEMAKONNEN COMG OUT AS GAY: “THAT’S WACK, BRO”
- ILOVEMAKONNEN COM 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 COM OUT AS GAY
- ILOVEMAKONNEN ADDRS MIGOS’ GAY COMMENTS
ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY CSED PEOPLE TO “DISCRED” HIS TALENT & INFLUENCE
* makonnen is gay *
“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.
MAKONNEN FALLY CONFIRMS THAT HE’S GAY
ILoveMakonnen says g out as gay is why people discred his talent. The rapper me out 2017, followg the succs of his self-tled but EP. * makonnen is gay *
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.
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 ed Twter to tell fans that he is gay, sayg 's time for him to e out. * makonnen is 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.
ILOVEMAKONNEN SAYS PEOPLE 'DISCRED' HIS TALENT SCE HE CAME OUT AS GAY
Rap mic might not be as homophobic as once was, but we’ve got a long way to go before ’s ee of homophobia. Case pot: Last month, Atlanta sg-rapper iLoveMakonnen me out as gay on Twter, and most of the reactn was lovg and supportive. But the great Atlanta rap tr Migos, who […] * makonnen is gay *
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? 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.
BREAKG NEWS: MAKONNEN CONFIRMS HE IS GAY
Makonnen talks about Migos, Drake, g out as gay, and movg to Portland. * makonnen is 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.
ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
ILoveMakonnen, the Atlanta sg-rapper and former Drake associate who helped ph Atlanta rap toward a spacier and weirr sound, has never spoken about his sexualy. This, self, was a radil act a world as historilly heteronormative as rap. But last night on Twter, Makonnen announced proudly to the world that he is gay. […] * makonnen is 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.
MIGOS ON ILOVEMAKONNEN COMG OUT AS GAY: “THAT’S WACK, BRO”
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.
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. So you gog to be bashg gay people, you know what I’m sayg?
ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
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. 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. 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?
ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
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. “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.
“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,? He is gay.
RAPPER ILOVEMAKONNEN OUT AS GAY
In 2015 the Grammy-nomated artist told the New York Tim that he wasn’t gay, or straight eher, for the matter.
“The rap world thks I’m gay, ” he said. Then a 2016 terview wh XXL, he blasted his fellow rap peers for wrg anti-gay lyrics, while rockg cloth by gay signers.
ILOVEMAKONNEN ON BREAKG FREE OF ‘INDTRY POLICS,’ BEG GAY HIP-HOP AND WHEN THGS ‘SOURED’ WH DRAKE
Also, he said that he “may not be personally 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... 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.
ILOVEMAKONNEN COM OUT AS GAY
Migos On iLoveMakonnen Comg Out As Gay: “That’s Wack, Bro”. Rap mic might not be as homophobic as once was, but we’ve got a long way to go before ’s ee of homophobia. Case pot: Last month, Atlanta sg-rapper iLoveMakonnen me out as gay on Twter, and most of the reactn was lovg and supportive.
And so I’m surprised by Migos’ reactn when I mentn iLoveMakonnen, the lol MC who jt me out as gay on Twter. “We a’t sayg ’s nothg wrong wh the gays, ” says Quavo. The ia that gay people nnot sell dgs is a weird one.
ILOVEMAKONNEN ADDRS MIGOS’ GAY COMMENTS
ILoveMakonnen has e out as gay. He add, “And sce y’all love breakg news, here’s some old news to break, I’m gay.
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 ed social media to announce that he was gay.