All the gay rappers

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, produce and thrive. Check out our video of 35 male rappers who spot as gay and bisexual!

With:

• 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 (†) (Puert
  

  LGBTQ Hip Hop Artists

  Hip Hop

  Hip Hop gets a terrible 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 age.

  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 hour.

  Many of the prominent gay hip hop artists are huge underground phenomena, if not so in the mainstream. Consider Recent 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 confident gay entertainer and actively encourage

  Lady Gaga

  It’d be impossible to understate out bisexual musician and actor Lady Gaga‘s impact on culture and pop music, or the impact she’s made as an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. Every Gaga performance and high-camp costume was iconic. Her male alter-ego Jo Calederone was absurdly hot. Her melody video for “Telephone” opened with Gaga making out with butch Canadian performance artist Heather Cassils and ended with her holding hands with Beyonce and driving into the sunset. “Born This Way” doesn’t even matter —it’s “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face” and “Alejandro” and “Bad Romance” and “You and I” and “Paparazzi.” Lady Gaga is a queen of gay pop.

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  Hayley Kiyoko

  On the cover of Nylon Magazine’s first-ever Pride Issue, Hayley Kiyoko was described as an unprecedented oblige in the gay pop scene, a lesbian teen heartthrob unafraid to court a passionate, starving queer fan base who crowned her Lesbian Jesus. She was the first lesbian pop s