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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
Kev Fret , scribed as Lat Trap mic's first openly gay artist, was killed the pal San Juan on Thursday morng, police said. * gay reggaeton artist killed *
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Durg the emotnal and sometim nfg 80-mute d terview, which posted to YouTube on April 4, Rodríguez also alleged that Fret, who billed himself as the first gay trap Lat sger, and Ozuna had engaged an “timate relatnship” and that she had turned over text-msage nversatns between the two artists to law-enforcement officials. As Lat trap’s first openly gay standard bearer, Fret once aga igned bate over the space queer and trans people hold wh the urbano movement.
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UPDATE: REGGAE SGER AND HIS GAY-KILLG SONG STIRS OUTRAGE
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REGGAE SGER LILA IKé COM OUT AS GAY, SHAR SHE WAS RAPED & BLACKMAILED
Ppl mourns killg of Kev Fret Puerto Ri, 1st openly gay sger of Lato trap, who grew a followg for s unapologetic style & rap. 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!
GRAMMY AWARD GIVEN TO JAMAIN SGER OF ANTI-GAY ‘MURR MIC’
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