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
- GAY RAP MIC
- 14 MORE OF THE MOST UNTENTNALLY GAY RAP LYRICS EVER
- 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
- VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL
- [WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY
- 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
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We saw when hip-hop heavyweight Emem peppered "Rap God" wh anti-gay slurs, spe claimg he had no problem wh homosexualy.
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.
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.
GAY RAP MIC
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"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). 1 but on the Billboard 200, and a multi-ln dollar rerd al wh RCA, which ontman Kev Abstract claimed was gog to help them ph their "gay agenda.
"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.
14 MORE OF THE MOST UNTENTNALLY GAY RAP LYRICS EVER
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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. 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.
"Jt give the Azealia Banks is a homophobe thg a rt bee I'm not. My whole life is gay. All of my iends are gay, I am bisexual....
30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
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"I want to create mic that n be played every gay club all over the world bee those are my people. However, her work still feels radil rather than regrsive, bee Young MA is one of the few outspokenly gay members of the greater hip-hop muny. The star knew she was gay sce her first year of school, but nied to her mother until she me out — to the support of her fay — when she was 18 years old.
"There's a lot of rappers out there, a lot of gay girls exprsg themselv; I'm not the first to say , I'm not the first to rap about , " she told The Guardian.
VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL
I've always enjoyed the hip hop and rap but plenty of tim I've found homophobic lyrics rap songs. In this post, I'll mentn some gay rap lyrics. Rap is a genre of mic which artists tell stori about racist police, racial profilg, and other jtic of the world. Ironilly, sce s creatn rap * gay in rap *
It's kd of sad that those few who do e out get so much attentn bee they are gay, rather than bee of their mic.
Mykki Blan told Pl that his father knew he was gay sce he was 3 years old, though he didn't e out publicly till much later.
[WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY
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When he told the world he was gay, Blan also revealed he was HIV posive.
He admted to "BBC Breakfast" that he didn't feel like homosexualy was "accepted eher the untry [or] hip-hop muny, " but he hoped fans would "feel fortable" wh . Da Brat ced pervasive homophobia the '90s for her cisn not to e out earlier.
" Cak is gay and discsed his g out story a vio for Billboard. Eventually, he told her he was gay and has been out and proud ever sce.
21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
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However, he urged gay fans to be ut when g out to homophobic parents, notg 's important to have a back-up plan if thgs go awry. NBC News noted his mic serv as a much-need opposn to a hip-hop culture where homophobic lyrics have tradnally been the norm (50 cent, famed for g the "f" word his songs, has sce apologized for past homophobia, as has Emem).
Pchfork exalted the rapper's unapologetic and unpromisg claratns regardg the joys of gay sex. "We need people who are willg to say: 'I'm gay and I don't give a f***, ' and the world will be a better place, " Cak told Attu. That year, Latifah was terviewed by Upsale (via Pri) where she was once aga asked to nfirm mors that she's gay.
" She also prevly told The New York Tim that she don't re whether people thk she's gay, but was important for her to mata a modicum of mystery around her personal life. "An terracial gay uple, I mean that's jt weird for Ameri right now. In 2012, he revealed he is gay and once claimed to be the first rapper to e out as such, though this is disputable (Frank Ocean's g out, for stance, cid wh Y-Love's).