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
- GAYHIPHOP
- 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
- HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
The legacy of Black gay hip-hop artists subverts old notns of hip-hop as much as affirms what hip-hop is: an outlet for disenanchised Black youth to exprs our reali through art. * gay hop *
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Back 2004, when Deep Dickollective released The Famo Outlaw League of Proto-Negro, beme one of Out magaze’s Top Ten Gay Albums, was still normal to hear a gay slur a mastream rap song. Kev Abstract’s livered a passnate love story om the heart of a suburban gay Black boy Amerin Boyiend, and unleashed a more raw, sexual si of himself after formg Brockhampton — a team of like-md dividuals who’ve risen to cril acclaim mastream magaz as the Far and Rollg Stone. We saw when hip-hop heavyweight Emem peppered "Rap God" wh anti-gay slurs, spe claimg he had no problem wh homosexualy.
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We saw Snoop Dogg's famo 2013 terview wh The Guardian, when the "G and Juice" rapper claimed, "[Homosexualy is] acceptable the sgg world, but the rap world I don't know if will ever be acceptable bee rap is so mascule.
30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
GayHipHop (also known as Korare) is a channel where they make homosexual remak of popular songs. The clu, “Rubb' Off The Dick”, a parody of YBN Nahmir’s h song, “ * gay hop *
Though the hip-hop muny is jt begng to accept queerns, the openly gay rappers are bravely pavg the way.
Odd Future has long been cricized for s homophobic lyrics, so much so that the band was booted om Atralia's massive Big Day Out ftival 2011, acrdg to Billboard.
In Ocean's letter, which was origally meant to be clud the "Channel Orange" ler not, the rapper spoke about havg his first gay romance at the age of 19. "I cid to do bee I wish I had someone like that [an openly gay female artist] while I was g up, " she told LA Weekly. Nohels, the Odd Future DJ wasn't exactly accepted to the gay muny, particularly nsirg Odd Future's ntroversial history (Tyler the Creator the word "f****t" 200 tim on "Gobl" alone).
HERE ARE HIP-HOP ARTISTS WHO EMBRACE BEG GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Are you wonrg if there are famo gay rappers? If so, we have created a list of the top 30 bt gay rappers around the world. Check this out! * gay hop *
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"I'd see negative ments and fet [beg gay] was a big al to some people, that some people hadn't heard before, " he told ShortList. Sheran has sce parted ways wh Drake, who helped him nab a Grammy nomatn, but he ma an even bigger impact on his own when he me out as gay on Twter 2017. And sce y'all love breakg news, here's some old news to break, I'm gay.
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
Check out the many hip-hop artists who are out and proud as gay, lbian or bisexual. * gay hop *
By 2015, the rapper felt like people still didn't get the ht and took to Twter to air her grievanc followg an onslght of accatns claimg she was homophobic.