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Lil Nas X, Saucy Santana, Ice Spice: LGBTQ rappers are queering hip-hop love never before
LGBTQ hip-hop is here and proudly queer — and it’s been here all along.
Gender-bending provocateur Lil Nas X struck gold with his Top 10 pop hit “Star Walkin’” this spring when the song sold a half-million copies, marking his 10th single certified by the Recording Industry Association of America at the time. Viral emcee Saucy Santana, who received a cosign from gay star Madonna when they teamed up for a Pride Month show, got a nod for a MTV Video Music Award for a recital of his Billboard Rap Airplay smack “Booty.”
And rap princess Ice Spice is melting down heteronormativity with her red-hot success. The rapper gave a breezy shoutout to her queer sexuality on the song “Bikini Bottom,” taken from her Top 5 rap EP “Like..?”
While these rappers have ushered in an “unprecedented visibility of LGBTQ hip-hop” with their queer-friendly lyrics and aesthetics, they link a storied lineage of queer pioneers – including Age of Consent, Medusa and Deep D--kollective – who hold been pushing the envelope in hip-hop since its inception 50 years ago.
“It’s an exciting moment,” says Lau
Today, the International Day against LGBTphobia acts as a reminder of the violence and discrimination experienced by LGBTQIA people around the world.
To mark IDAHOT 2022, Madame Rap would like to remind you that hip hop can also be a gorgeous place for LGBTQIA artists to express themselves, create and thrive. Check out our video of 35 male rappers who spot as gay and bisexual!
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- Todrick Hall (Texas/Los Angeles, USA)
- Kevin Abstract (Los Angeles, USA)
- iLoveMakonnen (Los Angeles, USA)
- Deadlee (Los Angeles, USA)
- Jipsta (New York, USA)
- Le1f (New York, USA)
- Cakes da Killa (New York, USA)
- Zebra Katz (New York, USA /Berlin Germany)
- Big Freedia (New Orleans, USA)
- Chris Conde (San Antonio, USA)
- BabiBoi (Austin, USA)
- Fly Young Red (Houston, USA)
- Big Dipper (Chicago, USA)
- Taylor Bennett (Chicago, USA)
- Lil Nas X (Georgia, USA)
- Slutashia (Oregon, USA)
- Y-Love (Baltimore, USA)
- Big Momma (Florida, USA)
- Cazwell (Worchester, USA)
- Mista Strange (London, UK)
- Qboy (London, UK)
- Karnage Kills (London, UK)
- James Indigo (London, UK)
- Kevin Fret (†) (Puerto Rico)
- Guigo (Brazil)
- Murillo Zyess (Brazil)
- Umlilo (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Keabruh&Ja
This list contains information on rappers who are double attraction, ranked from best to worst by user votes. Bisexual rappers come in many forms. Some fluid rappers write songs about their relationships while other rappers who like men and women like to keep their private lives private. A few celebrated rap stars who are bisexual have even enter out on social media platforms.
Who will you detect on this rappers who are bisexual list? Frank Ocean has to be at the top. In 2012, Ocean took to his blog to inscribe an open letter detailing a past romantic partnership he'd had with a man. "4 summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old," he said. "He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost… Sleep I would often share with him. By the time I realized I was in like, it was malignant. It was hopeless. There was no escaping."
In the past, Azealia Banks has gotten into hot water for using gay slurs, but she defended her language. "For f*ck’s sake, just give the Azealia banks is a homophobe thing a rest because I’m not. I have a transgender sibling. My whole life is gay," she said. "All of my friends are gay, I am bisexual…. So please… Stop.” Other famous bisexu
Here Are Rappers Who Embrace Being Same-sex attracted, Lesbian or Bisexual
It's no secret that there's been a longstanding stigma when it comes to homosexuality in hip-hop. Some artists contain even had their rap careers tarnished by rumors that they were connected to someone of the equal sex. As a brand-new generation of hip-hop consumers emerge and artists are living in their correctness when it comes to their sexuality, the culture is proving to be more open-minded than ever before.
One of the biggest examples of hip-hop's maturation when it comes to LGBTQ+ acceptance is Lil Nas X. The Georgia-bred artist had the biggest song on the planet when he came out on the last day of Parade month in June of 2019. Since then, the "Old Town Road" rhymer has continued to wave the flag for rappers in the queer community, helping push the movement further into the mainstream.
Young M.A has been forthright about her sexual orientation from the leap, speaking freely about her sexual preferences often in her music. She's even embraced it on a new level, having come out with a line of sex toys called Play NYCe in 2020.
Yung Miami of the City Girls confirmed her double attraction