Is J. Alphonse Nicholson's Lil Murda Gay on P-Valley? Is Lil Murda Based on a Real Rapper?

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• IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
• IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY

IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?

The stage and film star who was last seen on Broadway earlier this year A Soldier's Play opens up to TV Gui about his portrayal of the closeted rapper who has fallen for the non-bary Uncle Clifford, whether or not he believ his character is gay, his own sexualy—Nicholson intifi as heterosexual—utilizg his role and the seri to spark discsns the Black muny around homophobia and beg an ally to the LGBTQ Communy. " Nicholson, who intifi as heterosexual, says part of his preparatn for the part meant lookg back on his own upbrgg an all-Black muny Greensboro, North Carola, and the entrenched, normalized homophobia that led people like Lil' Murda to live silence, shame, and fear. How n I unrstand Black gay men, all gay people, and be an ally?

Homophobia and vlent fear of the unknown put not only the non-bary or trans people at risk of harm but their partners too. The format of the scene hews closely to a talog of work that executive producer Patrik-Ian Polk has built over the span of his reer that double as s of sex tn for gay men. There was no overt ditn he was gay, but for some reason...

This isn't a crique, but there has always been somethg que heteronormative about pictns of gay sex the mastream. But is tertg to thk about how still today, 2022, an dience that has been tung to watch a show centerg around a strip club and s genr rebell owner for a season and a half uld be turned off by a gay sex scene -- particularly one handled as refully as this. RELATED | Historic Gay Film Punks Is Fally Beg Released Wily This Year.

IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY

"The cultural nversatns that were sparked that fied masculy, expectatns, and assumptns the Black muny, both straight and gay, ntue to prove why shows like P-Valley need to exist to tell the pivotal stori.". Not bee they don't want people to know, ’s jt they nnot say ‘I'm gay’ whout feelg that their life is danger.". Wh homophobia and a lack of accs to mental healthre still alive and well, Lil’ Murda’s character, Katori Hall's creatn, and Nicholson's breakout performance uld be the difference.

Ever sce the begng of Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford’s trite relatnship, admirers of the characters have been wonrg whether the former is gay.