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Despite being on the cutting edge of setting trends, queer black folks are still last in line when it comes to representation across a mainstream pop culture zeitgeist heavily informed by black queer creatives. Queer rappers hardly got the attention needed to break into mainstream consciousness and if they did, they most certainly were never men — a reminder that a divide still remains on acceptance.

The evolution in hip-hop is significant, albeit more gradual and less pronounced than the larger shift in pop culture over representations of black male queerness. Black Straight Thugs Going Gay • Playlist • 26 videos •views Play all. The late XXXTentacion was as famous for his contemplative music as the violent mythology he constructed to sell it — including gleefully boasting about beating a man within an inch of life because he looked at him too long.

Gay despite their statuses as black rock hitmakers and gay icons, there was much hand-wringing over how biopics for Queen and Elton John would handle the queerness of its subjects. Ocean, who sprung from the rowdy, L. A diverse array of talents such as Brockhampton frontman Kevin Abstract, Steve Lacy also formerly affiliated with Odd Future and Skype Williams have all presented works this year that are freely crafted through a black queer lens.

Note: The preceding video contains strong language. Nicki Minaj incited her sizable queer fanbase by using a gay slur on her latest album. It helps that the streaming era has disrupted how stars are created. As a queer man, I have to constantly wonder if people will be more or less likely to buy my record if they knew how [I had sex].

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Artists are no longer beholden to an ecosystem ruled by gatekeepers and pop music has gotten far less homogenized. Especially in the … hip-hop community. So much of gay culture is influencing the world, including hip-hop, and yet the culture is ashamed of us.

A report by trend forecasting agency J. Pop music had lacked an openly gay superstar before Adam Lambert and Sam Smith made history with their chart debuts and Grammy victories, respectively. But the wave of New York queer rap and the coming out of Ocean and iLoveMakonnen, for many, felt like false starts.

Overnight, the year-old Atlanta native — born Montero Lamar Hill — became the biggest gay pop star in the world. A and the Beastie Boys boasted about their disdain for gay people in lyrics.