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.
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THE ANTI-GAY AGENDA
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. * lgbt hip hop *
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There’s also Le1f and Brockhampton’s Kev Abstract (who are both gay), Angel Haze (who is openly pansexual) and Mykki Blan (a trans woman), who reprent their muni while lettg their talents take center stage. That go for straight men or gay men. A and Chika are lbians who prent as “butch” (mascule), while Big Freedia, who intifi as gay, wears lorful outfs and long wigs, and both “he/him” and “she/her” pronouns.