LGBTQ reprentatn the hip-hop scene has flourished the last few years. Read on to learn more about some of the biggt gay and lbian rappers the mic dtry.
Contents:
- RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
- 50 CENT COMPAR JAY-Z TO ‘GAY PATER’ BASQUA AFTER JIGGA CALLS EMEM ‘THAT WHE GUY’
RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
While other genr, gay sgers like Elton John and Sam Smh have been phed by labels, rappers that are gay are vastly outnumbered by their straight unterparts.
Keep readg for some of the top gay rappers the dtry.
Related: How a mic vio about a gay teen may have saved hundreds of liv. Homophobia Hip-Hop.
50 CENT COMPAR JAY-Z TO ‘GAY PATER’ BASQUA AFTER JIGGA CALLS EMEM ‘THAT WHE GUY’
In a 2005 terview wh SPIN, 50 Cent stated that homosexualy is taboo hip-hop: “In hip-hop, there’s (sic) certa standards of thgs you n’t do. Beg gay isn’t ol – ’s not what the mic is based on. There’s always been nflict at the center of hip-hop, bee ’s all about which guy has the petive edge, and you n’t be that aggrsive if you’re gay.
Wh this mdset, ’s no wonr that homophobic language hip-hop has been treated by so many rappers as an easy way to prove their masculy. In many stanc, hip-hop artists have fend their e of anti-gay language, claimg as a generic sult.
Emem, who famoly the slur “f*****t” multiple songs, claimed a Rollg Stone terview that he never equated the term wh homosexualy, but “[i]t was more like llg someone a b**** or a punk or a******. Pop star Lil Nas X me out as gay durg Pri Month 2019 while his song “Old Town Road” was number one on the Billboard Hot 100, tellg his fans “efore this month ends, I want y’all to listen closely to c7osure” wh a rabow emoji.