31-year-old rapper Azealia Banks is coming under fire after storming out of her Miami Pride performance. The controversial New York native abruptly stopped her set after about 30 minutes and began telling the audience the event promoters had been rude, she was unhappy, and she didn’t want to be there.
“For the last good, like, month and a half, I’ve just been being fu***d with. I’ve been being fu***d around with, you know? Set time’s been moved and like, ‘Oh, you’re headlining. No, you’re not headlining. Now you’re not this.’ I’m really not happy to be here.”
Her microphone was then cut off by the backstage crew. Banks threw her microphone into the Wynwood Pride crowd before suddenly leaving the stage as some audience members booed.
Azealia Banks foi vaiada e deixou o palco mostrando os dedos do meio.
Over the weekend, Lil Nas X came out as gay after his concert in the UK. The “Old Town Road” rapper then took to social media to announce his sexuality to his 4 million-plus followers. In the past, Hip-Hop has not been the safest place for the LGBTQ community, but this is a new day and age. While he continues to enjoy the success of his young career, the expression of his truth brings about a new audience and united community.
He has received support from many people including Dwayne Wade and Irv Gotti. Wade took to the rapper’s comment section to share some encouraging words.
“Focus on all the good in your life,” said Wade. “Don’t allow these fools get to you. It’s a lot of us out here proud of who and what you represent.”
The retired NBA veteran has been a huge supporter of the LGBTQ community. Both he and his wife supported their son, Zion, 12 at Miami Beach Pride back in April.
Irv Gotti caught up with TMZ to share his thoughts on one of music’s breakout stars this year. The Tales creator feels that this day and age is more accepting. You must be who you are. No one cares about his sexual preference. The Murder Inc. executive says that this would have not been the case two or three decades ago. It goes to show that Hip-Hop has become extremely progressive and will continue to move in the right direction. Lil Nas X released his 7 EP last month. The EP generated two new Hot 100 entries in “Panini” and the Cardi B assisted, “Rodeo.” The two songs join the chart-topping smash, “Old Town Road,” which remains at number 1.
Lil Nas X celebrated the last day of Pride Month by announcing that he’s gay.
In the Twitter post below, the “Old Town Road” singer asked his fans to listen closely to the song “C7losure” off his recent EP, 7.
“Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure,” he said in a post that ended with rainbow and sparkle emojis.
some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure. pic.twitter.com/O9krBLllqQ
The lyrics to “c7osure” are vague but it’s clearly about someone struggling to come out. Lil Nas X is someone. “Brand new places I’ll choose and I’ll go, I know / Embracin’ this news I behold unfolding,” he raps. “I know, I know, I know it don’t feel like it’s time / But I look back at this moment, I’ll see that I’m fine.”
Fans as well as industry counterparts publicly supported the Georgia artist.
We hope the entire LGBTQ community and those that consider themselves allies had an amazing Pride Month for the entire duration of June!
As the Pride festivities comes to a close today, we wanted to identify that longstanding issue between those who proudly identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or any nonconforming sexual identity and the heteronormative and oftentimes hyper-masculine behavior that Hip-Hop has been built on for decades now, while also standing firmly against any kind of hate that may have resulted from that complicated relationship. Thankfully, we are progressing into a more inclusive era of human interaction, and there are many rappers who are helping to lead the way into a brighter future.
Keep scrolling for a look at five rappers who we feel will push the culture of Hip-Hop into a world that embraces the LGBTQ lifestyle:
As one of the forefront members of the highly popular “boyband” rap collective known as Brockhampton, Kevin Abstract has made it known countless times that he in fact a proud gay Black man. The 22-year-old came out in 2016, and proudly boasts his longtime boyfriend Jaden Walker on social media. Plus, he was one of the stars in Calvin Klein’s recent “I Speak My Truth in #MYCALVINS” campaign. Keep speaking it, fam!
Young M.A
One of the illest MCs to touch a mic in today’s era of rap, male or female alike, Young M.A is truly putting on with an unapologetic take on what it means to be a lesbian in Hip-Hop. The way she handled that unfortunate back-and-forth with Kodak Black earlier this year alone was worthy of respect, and we see her continuing to put on for the “AGs” that can finally see themselves represented in both her lyrics and personality. The story of her sexuality is broken down perfectly during her 2018 interview on Noisey’s The Therapist seen above.
You don’t have to “be” gay to show your Pride — that’s essentially what an ally is. Lil Uzi Vert has been doing so since his first run-in with mainstream success just a few years ago, especially with his flamboyantly fly outfit choices and mannerisms. Just a few days ago, he flexed on IG (seen above) rocking Nike’s latest BETRUE. collection for 2019, complete with a rainbow-themed tee and the new Air Max 720. Looking good, fam!
Even with a jaw-dropping girlfriend and beautiful newborn baby boy — what’s good young Charlie! — Taylor Bennett is very vocal about the fact that he is, in fact, bisexual. It’s a topic that plays a lot into his music, visuals for singles and most recent interviews, and he’s proving that sexuality doesn’t always have to fit into the box that society so often likes to put people in. Along with his big bro Chance the Rapper, Taylor Bennett is a much-needed voice in revolutionizing rap for the better.
JAY-Z
Sometimes it starts from the top, and it doesn’t really get much higher than Shawn Carter when it comes to the rap game. As his mother Gloria Carter identifies as a lesbian herself, JAY-Z has one of the most personal connections to the LGBTQ community. However, the power he holds in changing the stigma of homophobia in Hip-Hop lies in the fact that, quite honestly, he used to be one of the main perpetrators of emasculating his foes with “F bombs” and derogatory bars during the earlier part of his career. It’s his strength in seeing those flaws, standing in his mistakes and ultimately being able to rap about them like he did with “Smile” off 4:44 (seen above) that truly makes him the biggest pioneer in bridging that gap between the two warring worlds. We see you, Hov.
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