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Read about the artists below for more fascinating biographies, including links to videos and interviews:
 
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* [[Angel Haze]], United States
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'''Canada'''
* [[Azealia Banks]], United States
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* [[Taylor Bennett]], United States
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* [[Socalled]]
* [[Mykki Blanco]], United States
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* [[F. Virtue]]
* [[Miles Siir Brock]], United States
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* [[Cakes da Killa]], United States
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'''France'''
* [[Aaron Carter]], United States
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* [[Milan Christopher]], United States
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* [[Eddy de Pretto]]
* [[Quay Dash]], United States
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* [[Eddy de Pretto]], France
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'''Great Britain'''
* [[Big Dipper]], United States
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* [[Big Freedia]], United States
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* [[Honey G]]
* [[Brooke Candy]], United States
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* [[Karnage]]
* [[Luke Caswell]], also known as Cazwell, United States
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* [[Lady Leshurr]]
* [[Bry'nt]], United States
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* [[Lucy Spraggan]]
* [[Frank Ocean]], United States
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* [[Feloni]], United States
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'''Mexico'''
* [[Fergie]], United States
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* [[Catherine Harris-White]], United States
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* [[Robby Antonio Zumaya]], also known as ROB.B
* [[Honey G]], Great Britain
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* [[Stasia Irons]], United States
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'''Puerto Rico'''
* [[Freddie Ross]], United States
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* [[Katastrophe]], United States
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* [[Kevin Fret]]
* [[Kaoz]], United States
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* [[Karnage]], Great Britain
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'''United States'''
* [[Kehlani]], United States
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* [[Kin4life]], United States
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* [[Kevin Abstract]]
* [[LastO]], United States
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* [[Angel Haze]]
* [[LE1F]], United States
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* [[Azealia Banks]]
* [[Mister Cee]], United States
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* [[Tony Banks]], also known as Music Bear Tony Banks
* [[Rica Shay]], United States
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* [[Taylor Bennett]]
* [[Makonnen Sheran]], aka iLoveMakonnen, United States
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* [[Mykki Blanco]]
* [[Lucy Spraggan]], Great Britain
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* [[Miles Siir Brock]]
* [[Shaun T]], United States
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* [[Cakes da Killa]]
* [[Shorty Roc]], United States
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* [[Aaron Carter]]
* [[Soce]], United States
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* [[Milan Christopher]]
* [[Solomon]], United States
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* [[Quay Dash]]
* [[Will Sheridan]], United States
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* [[Big Dipper]]
* [[Uncle Meg]], United States
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* [[Big Freedia]]
* [[F. Virtue]], Canada
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* [[Brooke Candy]]
* [[Young M.A]], United States
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* [[Luke Caswell]], also known as Cazwell
* [[Robby Antonio Zumaya]], aka ROB.B, Mexico/United States
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* [[Bry'nt]]
* [[Zebra Katz]], United States
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* [[Frank Ocean]]
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* [[Feloni]]
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* [[Fergie]]
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* [[Alexander Xavier Harris]], also known as F. D. Bordeaux
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* [[Shawntae Harris]], known as Da Brat
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* [[Catherine Harris-White]]
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* [[Montero Lamar Hill]], known as Lil Nas X
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* [[Stasia Irons]]
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* [[Freddie Ross]]
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* [[Katastrophe]]
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* [[Kaoz]]
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* [[Kehlani]]
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* [[Kin4life]]
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* [[Jacob Kohinoor]]
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* [[LastO]]
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* [[LE1F]]
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* [[Lor Choc]]
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* [[Mister Cee]]
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* [[Tyler Okonma]], aka Tyler the Creator
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* [[Rica Shay]]
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* [[Makonnen Sheran]], also known as iLoveMakonnen
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* [[Shaun T]]
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* [[Isaiah Rashad]]
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* [[Shorty Roc]]
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* [[Soce]]
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* [[Solomon]]
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* [[Will Sheridan]]
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* [[Uncle Meg]]
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* [[Young M.A]]
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* [[Robby Antonio Zumaya]], also known as ROB.B
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* [[Zebra Katz]]
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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* [[LGBTQ Folk Music Singers]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Folk Music Singers]]
 
* [[Electronic and Synthetic Music Performers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
 
* [[Electronic and Synthetic Music Performers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[Celebrated LGBTQ Pianists]]
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* [[Rhythm & Blues and the LGBTQ Community]]
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* [[Creative LGBTQ Management of Symphony Orchestras]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/13/gay-rap-becomes-reality
 
* http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/13/gay-rap-becomes-reality
 
* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/gay-hip-hop
 
* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/gay-hip-hop
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* https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/music-bear-tony-banks-hip-hop/
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:03, 23 January 2023

Hip Hop

Hip Hop gets a bad rap as a homophobic music genre. However, there are more and more high profile hip hop artists who are out and are well known to the public today than ever: gay Frank Ocean and bisexual Fergie (also lead vocalist for the Black Eyed Peas) spring to mind. Several artists of this genre have been out and proud for some time.

Hip Hop itself rose to prominence in the 1990s. Gay Shorty Roc is considered a pioneer of the hip hop scene since he first appeared in New York City at that time.

Many of the prominent gay hip hop artists are huge underground phenomena, if not so in the mainstream. Consider New Orlean's Big Freedia's YouTube videos with over 1 million hits, lesbian Brooke Candy with 1.5 million hits, pansexual Angel Haze with 1.7 million hits, or lesbian Azealia Banks with over 6 million hits.

LGBTQ hip hop artists are often also LGBTQ activists. In 2014, Solomon cancelled his Russian tours in protest of that country's homophobic laws. He describes himself as an out and proud gay entertainer and actively encourages other gay hip hop artists to come out of the closet.

Admittedly, the bulk of the hip hop artists are on the fringes of the music scene. Mainstream hip hop artists continue to feature homophobia in their lyrics (such as those of Eminem). The LGBTQ hip hop artist often relies on either the underground scene or social media to attract their listeners, not the mainstream. Nevertheless, though they may not let their sexual identity define them as a person or entertainer, they still do not shy away from it.

Hip Hop artists do not fall into a standard definition of music style. Their music differs widely from each other, so there is no signature element to identify an LGBTQ musician from one who is not (except perhaps through the lyrics).

One notable characteristic of the LGBTQ hip hop scene - almost all of these entertainers are American.

Read about the artists below for more fascinating biographies, including links to videos and interviews:

Canada

France

Great Britain

Mexico

Puerto Rico

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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