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• GAY RAPROACHMG777OCT. 29, 20063 VIEWERS315K VIEWS2 CONTRIBUTORSGAY RAP LYRICS[INTRO]WAHWAH, WAH, WAH WAHWAHYO3, 2[VERSE]I LIKE FAST, RIGHT MY ASS (HEHEHE, HEH!)I LIKE RIGHT AFTER I CUT THE GRASSBEE I'M SWEATY, I DON'T LIKE GIRLS NAMED BETTYI LIKE MEN, NAMED, CARLTONI LIKE WHEN THEY BLACK, 'E I GET ON MY BACKAND LIFT UP MY SACK, AND LICK MY ASS CRACKI DON'T PLAY THEM GAM, I DON'T PLAY THEM GIRLSI LIKE WHEN THEM BOYS ROCK MY WORLDI'M OM THAT WTBANK, I AM A SKANKI LIKE DICK, I'LL PLAY, I'LL FUCK YO CLICK'CSE I'LL BEND 'EM OVER, THE SHOWERI'LL DO FOR ONLY TWO DOLLARS (HEHEHE)I LIKE WHEN, THEY PUT ME ON MY BUTTCALL ME A DIRTY, LTLE SLUT'CSE WE OM THAT WTBANK, OM THE WTBANKWE GAY, ON THE WTBANKYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO]UH, UH, 3, 2, 1, END!EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTTHIS SONG B IS UNREVIEWEDGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTOR“GAY RAP” IS A SUPPOSEDLY HUMORO, TONGUE--CHEEK LOOK AT HOMOSEXUALY. MIKEY-G PLAYFULNS AND LIGHTHEARTEDNS TO ADDRS THE TOPICS OF MALE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS, AS WELL AS PERFORMG SEXUAL ACTS FOR MONEY.EXPAND SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID ROACHMG777 RELEASE “GAY RAP”?WHO WROTE “GAY RAP” BY ROACHMG777?CREDSWRTEN BYROACHMG777RELEASE DATEOCTOBER 29, 2006TAGSRAPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• RAPPERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
• 30 BT GAY RAPPERS (LGBTQ+ HIP-HOP ARTISTS)
• AWAG BETTER MIC LYRICS"THE GAY RAP"
• 14 MORE OF THE MOST UNTENTNALLY GAY RAP LYRICS EVER
• GAY (RACK CY REMIX)NEKEHNOV. 23, 20181 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSGAY (RACK CY REMIX) LYRICSINTRO:LIKE I JT FEEL LIKE S TIME FOR A GAY NEW HIP HOP RAPPERI AM THE GAY HIP HOP RAPPER!HOOK:BCH I’M GAYGAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAYBCH I’M PAIDPAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAIDBCH I SLAYSLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAYWATCH MENAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAEYASS!VERSE ONE:MY MONEY LONG MORE THAN SOME OF YA NIGGAS DICKSAND WHEN I WRE A RHYME ALL I DO IS WRE HSTHAT SH BE SWEET JT LIKE MY FUCKG SUGAR GRSIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND THEN YOU A STUPID BCHTHEY BE PYG MY SWAG LIKE A POST WON’T FOLLOWCLAIM THEY A BOSS BCH BUT THEY WORK AT MCDONALDSTHIS NIGGA SUCKED A DAMN DICK NOW HE THKS HE’S A MOLAND ALL THE OTHER RAP NIGGAS I BE THE ONE THAT THEY IDOLI’VE BEEN A BAD BCH RIGHT HAND ON THE BIBLEAND THEY FOLLOW MY RAPS LIKE WAS THE GOSPELAND I READ THE HO MORE THAN A NOVELI’M ABOUT TO GRADUATE I PUT MY HAND ON MY TASSELCLAP MY ASS ON YOUR NIGGA DICK I DON’T GIVE A FUCKTHIS BCH HAD A FUCKG PROBLEM NOW THIS BCH WANTS TO HUGAND I BE THE CUT WH A GOON AND A THUGSO, I DARE A DUMB BCH TRY TO N UP E ON!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEHOOK:BCH I’M GAYGAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAYBCH I’M PAIDPAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAIDBCH I SLAYSLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAYWATCH MENAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAEYASS!VERSE TWO:LGHG AT THE HO THERE MY REAR VIEWEVERYTHG I DO THE BCHS THEY DO TOOWANT A FACE TO FACE LET ME GIVE YOU AN TERVIEWTHE BCHS WANT A CLUE BUT I AM NOT SOBY-DOOOUTF SUPER H YOU WANT TO ORR THATSLIM WAIST PRETTY FACE N’T PETE WH THATALL THIS ICE AROUND MY WRIST GRAB YOUR THERMOSTATAND WHEN I JUMP ON HIS DICK I DO THE ACROBATSTWO BRAIDS DOWN MY ASS THAT’S KANAKOLANGAYS N THE DAMN WORLD THAT SHOULD BE A SONGAND ALL THE FAKE ASS BCHS TRYNA TAG ALONGBUT IF GOT THAT SH FLOW I’M TAG ALONGI NEED MONEY I NEED SHTHROW THEM BANDS ON MY ASSTAKE YOUR NIGGA HOW BOUT THATWHERE YOU AT YOU TOOK A NAPI GOT THE JUICE HELLA CUTEY, I’M BAD TO THE BONETOLD THAT BCH LAST YEAR TAKE YOUR BROKE ASS HOMEHOOK:BCH I’M GAYGAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAYBCH I’M PAIDPAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAIDBCH I SLAYSLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAYWATCH MENAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAEYASS!EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID NEKEH RELEASE “GAY (RACK CY REMIX)”?WHO WROTE “GAY (RACK CY REMIX)” BY NEKEH?CREDSWRTEN BYNEKEHRELEASE DATENOVEMBER 23, 2018GAY (RACK CY REMIX) IS A REMIX OFRACK CY BY TYGATAGSRAPINSTMENTALNEW WAVETRAPFRETYLEREMIXQUEERREEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• GAY RAP, THE UNTHKABLE BE REALY
• 21 BT GAY RAPPERS WHO EMBODY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
• THE BT GAY RAP SONGS
• GAY RAP MIC
• GAYHIPHOP
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’

GAY RAPROACHMG777OCT. 29, 20063 VIEWERS315K VIEWS2 CONTRIBUTORSGAY RAP LYRICS[INTRO]WAHWAH, WAH, WAH WAHWAHYO3, 2[VERSE]I LIKE FAST, RIGHT MY ASS (HEHEHE, HEH!)I LIKE RIGHT AFTER I CUT THE GRASSBEE I'M SWEATY, I DON'T LIKE GIRLS NAMED BETTYI LIKE MEN, NAMED, CARLTONI LIKE WHEN THEY BLACK, 'E I GET ON MY BACKAND LIFT UP MY SACK, AND LICK MY ASS CRACKI DON'T PLAY THEM GAM, I DON'T PLAY THEM GIRLSI LIKE WHEN THEM BOYS ROCK MY WORLDI'M OM THAT WTBANK, I AM A SKANKI LIKE DICK, I'LL PLAY, I'LL FUCK YO CLICK'CSE I'LL BEND 'EM OVER, THE SHOWERI'LL DO FOR ONLY TWO DOLLARS (HEHEHE)I LIKE WHEN, THEY PUT ME ON MY BUTTCALL ME A DIRTY, LTLE SLUT'CSE WE OM THAT WTBANK, OM THE WTBANKWE GAY, ON THE WTBANKYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO]UH, UH, 3, 2, 1, END!EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTTHIS SONG B IS UNREVIEWEDGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTOR“GAY RAP” IS A SUPPOSEDLY HUMORO, TONGUE--CHEEK LOOK AT HOMOSEXUALY. MIKEY-G PLAYFULNS AND LIGHTHEARTEDNS TO ADDRS THE TOPICS OF MALE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS, AS WELL AS PERFORMG SEXUAL ACTS FOR MONEY.EXPAND SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID ROACHMG777 RELEASE “GAY RAP”?WHO WROTE “GAY RAP” BY ROACHMG777?CREDSWRTEN BYROACHMG777RELEASE DATEOCTOBER 29, 2006TAGSRAPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

”“It’s hard to be out genr where beg gay, or exprsg your sexualy, is owned upon, ” add platum rapper and sger iLoveMakonnen, born Makonnen Sheran, who rose to fame as a protégé of Drake and me out as gay 2017.

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”Before the viral sensatn of “Old Town Road” turned Hill to a pop star and gay in, hip-hop was already reachg a turng pot s clivy, as more young black men explorg sexualy and terrogatg masculy their work are gettg mastream attentn.

Rap culture has always been powered by unbridled machismo, and one would be hard prsed to not fd a gay slur embedd the lyrics of any of the genre’s most famo archects. Slang such as “s” and “No homo” and “Pse” that e queerns as a punchle have been thrown around sually for as the old guard has been replaced wh a younger generatn unncerned wh rigid labels and unbothered by genre, today’s rap and R&B scene isn’t as exclively heteronormative as once was. “We know folks our muny have always been religly nservative, and beg gay is still seen as taboo, ” said Ebro Darn, the global edorial head of hip-hop and R&B for Apple Mic and host of “Ebro the Morng” on New York’s Hot 97 rad statn.

”Over the past uple of years, Ocean’s former Odd Future llaborator, Tyler, the Creator, has transned om a bratty provotr who hurled gay slurs wh reckls abandon to a thoughtful nfsnalist, one who surprisgly and rather matter-of-factly raps about his own attractn to men. A diverse array of talents such as Brockhampton ontman Kev Abstract, Steve Lacy (also formerly affiliated wh Odd Future) and Skype Williams have all prented works this year that are eely crafted through a black queer his “Arizona Baby” album, -produced by Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift), Abstract reflects on growg up gay and Corp Christi at the turn of the lennium.

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1 song Ameri and jt eclipsed a chart rerd that Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men set 23 years ago wh “One Sweet Day, ” a song spired by the AIDS crisis and the tragic peril brought to so many black gay men this untry. Walter Thompson Innovatn Group back 2016 found that only 48% of 13-20 year-olds intified as exclively heterosexual, pared to 65% of the generatn before is an dience that shgs when Tyler, the Creator do an about-face the way he did on 2017’s stellar “Flower Boy” where he sually rapped about beg attracted to men after years of g gay slurs — a topic he still ref to addrs outsi of the mic (he cled to be terviewed for this piece). “Tth is, sce a youth kid, thought was a phase / thought ’d be like the phrase; ‘poof, ’ gone / But, ’s still go’ on, ” he that’s not to say the rt of the mic dtry is that much further mic had lacked an openly gay superstar before Adam Lambert and Sam Smh ma history wh their chart buts and Grammy victori, rpectively.

And spe their stat as legendary rock hmakers and gay ins, there was much hand-wrgg over how bpics for Queen and Elton John would handle the queerns of s evolutn hip-hop is signifint, albe more gradual and ls pronounced than the larger shift pop culture over reprentatns of black male was Fox’s hip-hop drama “Empire, ” which ma a powerful statement by makg one of s leads a gay black R&B sger (for a time, the rerds released by the character — played by Jsie Smollett — were the only mic by an out gay black man gettg mastream rad play. )“Moonlight, ” a g of age tale about a gay black boy, won bt picture at the Amy Awards 2017 and for the first time queer people of lor outnumbered their whe unterparts on TV, acrdg to GLAAD’s annual TV diversy report.

Seri such as “Queen Sugar, ” “Dear Whe People” and “This Is Us” feature storyl abound nuanced black LGBTQ characters; meanwhile, Ryan Murphy’s “Pose, ” which has exposed the world to a part of black queer culture that has spired pop divas for s, is up for two Emmys, cludg one for Billy Porter, the first openly gay black man to receive a lead actor nod.

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” And Emem has yet to retire his age of “faggot” the 18 years sce he famoly performed wh Elton John at the Grammys as a PR-orchtrated act of good will agast his vicly homophobic lyrics.

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A wave of black queer rap artists, cludg Le1f, Zebra Katz, Cak Da Killa, Mykki Blan and Hoe of LaDosha, broke out of New York at the start of the wh mic and visuals that upend the very same genr nstcts that have been weaponized agast gay men for the last century by pairg hyper-feme athetics — high fashn looks, weave, manicured fgertips — wh braggadocs’ rhym.

”Jt a few weeks ago, New Orleans rapper Young KSB went viral wh a glorly rnchy o to anilg that’s as sexually explic as anythg domatg Spotify playlists — but ’s impossible to image that viralns transng to the as Hill was celebrated for breakg rap’s gay glass ceilg, the jok about his sex life also ma to the news verage.

GAY (RACK CY REMIX)NEKEHNOV. 23, 20181 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSGAY (RACK CY REMIX) LYRICSINTRO:LIKE I JT FEEL LIKE S TIME FOR A GAY NEW HIP HOP RAPPERI AM THE GAY HIP HOP RAPPER!HOOK:BCH I’M GAYGAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAYBCH I’M PAIDPAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAIDBCH I SLAYSLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAYWATCH MENAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAEYASS!VERSE ONE:MY MONEY LONG MORE THAN SOME OF YA NIGGAS DICKSAND WHEN I WRE A RHYME ALL I DO IS WRE HSTHAT SH BE SWEET JT LIKE MY FUCKG SUGAR GRSIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND THEN YOU A STUPID BCHTHEY BE PYG MY SWAG LIKE A POST WON’T FOLLOWCLAIM THEY A BOSS BCH BUT THEY WORK AT MCDONALDSTHIS NIGGA SUCKED A DAMN DICK NOW HE THKS HE’S A MOLAND ALL THE OTHER RAP NIGGAS I BE THE ONE THAT THEY IDOLI’VE BEEN A BAD BCH RIGHT HAND ON THE BIBLEAND THEY FOLLOW MY RAPS LIKE WAS THE GOSPELAND I READ THE HO MORE THAN A NOVELI’M ABOUT TO GRADUATE I PUT MY HAND ON MY TASSELCLAP MY ASS ON YOUR NIGGA DICK I DON’T GIVE A FUCKTHIS BCH HAD A FUCKG PROBLEM NOW THIS BCH WANTS TO HUGAND I BE THE CUT WH A GOON AND A THUGSO, I DARE A DUMB BCH TRY TO N UP E ON!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEHOOK:BCH I’M GAYGAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAYBCH I’M PAIDPAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAIDBCH I SLAYSLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAYWATCH MENAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAEYASS!VERSE TWO:LGHG AT THE HO THERE MY REAR VIEWEVERYTHG I DO THE BCHS THEY DO TOOWANT A FACE TO FACE LET ME GIVE YOU AN TERVIEWTHE BCHS WANT A CLUE BUT I AM NOT SOBY-DOOOUTF SUPER H YOU WANT TO ORR THATSLIM WAIST PRETTY FACE N’T PETE WH THATALL THIS ICE AROUND MY WRIST GRAB YOUR THERMOSTATAND WHEN I JUMP ON HIS DICK I DO THE ACROBATSTWO BRAIDS DOWN MY ASS THAT’S KANAKOLANGAYS N THE DAMN WORLD THAT SHOULD BE A SONGAND ALL THE FAKE ASS BCHS TRYNA TAG ALONGBUT IF GOT THAT SH FLOW I’M TAG ALONGI NEED MONEY I NEED SHTHROW THEM BANDS ON MY ASSTAKE YOUR NIGGA HOW BOUT THATWHERE YOU AT YOU TOOK A NAPI GOT THE JUICE HELLA CUTEY, I’M BAD TO THE BONETOLD THAT BCH LAST YEAR TAKE YOUR BROKE ASS HOMEHOOK:BCH I’M GAYGAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAYBCH I’M PAIDPAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAID, PAIDBCH I SLAYSLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAY, SLAYWATCH MENAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAE, NAEYASS!EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID NEKEH RELEASE “GAY (RACK CY REMIX)”?WHO WROTE “GAY (RACK CY REMIX)” BY NEKEH?CREDSWRTEN BYNEKEHRELEASE DATENOVEMBER 23, 2018GAY (RACK CY REMIX) IS A REMIX OFRACK CY BY TYGATAGSRAPINSTMENTALNEW WAVETRAPFRETYLEREMIXQUEERREEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

When asked about Hill’s g out, Young Thug — a rapper who jumped on an “Old Town Road” remix and has toyed wh genr norms by drsg uture gowns — said that Hill “probably shouldn’t have told the world” he was gay.

Dcribg the spiratn behd “Sorry I’m Late, ” he clared that “work ma by gay people don’t necsarily need to be like Troye-Sivan-twk-lily-whe-lhe-pastel-pk-pop.. But don’t have to be turbo-homo-DL-thug [stuff], eher, ” a snipe at the reali that face black queer artists when tryg to get their mic heard.

)I like right after I cut the grassBee I'm sweaty, I don't like girls named BettyI like men, named, CarltonI like when they black, 'e I get on my backAnd lift up my sack, and lick my ass crackI don't play them gam, I don't play them girlsI like when them boys rock my worldI'm om that Wtbank, I am a skankI like dick, I'll play, I'll fuck yo click'Cse I'll bend 'em over, the showerI'll do for only two dollars (Hehehe)I like when, they put me on my buttCall me a dirty, ltle slut'Cse we om that Wtbank, om the WtbankWe gay, on the Wtbank[Outro]Uh, uh, 3, 2, 1, end!

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He don't shy away om beg open his mic about his sexualy and sex life, which isn't unmon for straight artists to do hip hop mic, but not necsarily for a gay artist. While other genr, gay sgers like Elton John and Sam Smh have been phed by labels, rappers that are gay are vastly outnumbered by their straight unterparts.

In a 2005 terview wh SPIN, 50 Cent stated that homosexualy is taboo hip-hop: “In hip-hop, there’s (sic) certa standards of thgs you n’t do.

There’s always been nflict at the center of hip-hop, bee ’s all about which guy has the petive edge, and you n’t be that aggrsive if you’re gay. Wh this mdset, ’s no wonr that homophobic language hip-hop has been treated by so many rappers as an easy way to prove their masculy.

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Emem, who famoly the slur “f*****t” multiple songs, claimed a Rollg Stone terview that he never equated the term wh homosexualy, but “[i]t was more like llg someone a b**** or a punk or a******. Pop star Lil Nas X me out as gay durg Pri Month 2019 while his song “Old Town Road” was number one on the Billboard Hot 100, tellg his fans “efore this month ends, I want y’all to listen closely to c7osure” wh a rabow emoji.

Still, Banks’ outspokenns onle go both ways, as the bisexual artist has also ed her platform to ll out transphobia and homophobia.

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” Sce then, the artist has released an album lled Hedonism, as well as several extend plays and mixtap characterized by quickfire rap, aggrsn, and unabashed gay eroticism. The artist’s name ntas a nod to gay slang, as he noted, “[i]n the gay muny, your backsi is lled your k, and I have a lot of that… [w]hen I thk about ke, I thk sweet, mpy and edible, which is one si of me. The artist has spoken out agast allegedly homophobic treatment after beg arrted Portugal and posted solidary wh Rsia’s LGBTQ muny after news of a police raid on a Mosw venue where Blan was schled to perform.

Though he never explicly intified wh a gay or bisexual label, sger and rapper Frank Ocean ma breakg news after he posted a letter on Tumblr 2012 talkg about his “first love” wh another boy that the rapper met early his life. Wh the movement toward clivy the world hip-hop scene, we n hopefully look forward to more lbian and gay rappers 2022.

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.

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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. "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.

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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. 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.

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.

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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. 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.

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 . 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.