Kev Fret , scribed as Lat Trap mic's first openly gay artist, was killed the pal San Juan on Thursday morng, police said.
Contents:
- GAY PUERTO RIN RAPPER SHOT DEAD IN SAN JUAN
- UPDATE: REGGAE SGER AND HIS GAY-KILLG SONG STIRS OUTRAGE
- REGGAE SGER LILA IKé COM OUT AS GAY, SHAR SHE WAS RAPED & BLACKMAILED
- GRAMMY AWARD GIVEN TO JAMAIN SGER OF ANTI-GAY ‘MURR MIC’
GAY PUERTO RIN RAPPER SHOT DEAD IN SAN JUAN
* gay reggaeton artist killed *
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He was a equent cric of the ternalized homophobia displayed by many of his peers, makg his ath a bter remr of why greater visibily for queer artists is an important step towards addrsg genr and sexualy-based discrimatn wh the mic dtry. Fans and artists regularly challenge the myth that reggaeton and mbow are herently homophobic and misogynistic, though the symptoms are unniably graed our society through normalized slurs and glarg double standards. Kev Fret, scribed as Lat Trap mic's first openly gay artist, was killed the pal San Juan on Thursday morng, police said.
UPDATE: REGGAE SGER AND HIS GAY-KILLG SONG STIRS OUTRAGE
Kev broke many barriers, servg as a very necsary reprentatn, nouncg whout filter the homophobia on the part of lleagu artistic genr that are notor for their machismo and misogyny.
Ppl mourns killg of Kev Fret Puerto Ri, 1st openly gay sger of Lato trap, who grew a followg for s unapologetic style & rap.
REGGAE SGER LILA IKé COM OUT AS GAY, SHAR SHE WAS RAPED & BLACKMAILED
In 2010 when Ricky Mart me out as a gay, he marked a shift acceptance of the LGBTQ+ muny among Latos the mastream media. ” In the club banger, she sps Spanish, “Long live the gays! Blue Rojo is phg Lat pop mic forward while proudly reprentg his gay inty his songs.
On March 29, 2010, Ricky Mart me out as gay on a post on his webse.
GRAMMY AWARD GIVEN TO JAMAIN SGER OF ANTI-GAY ‘MURR MIC’
“I am very proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man, ” he wrote. Wh Mart’s announcement, gay artists, who had long kept their sexual inti a secret, fally had a bean of hope.