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(#1) Lil Nas X
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On World Pride Day 2019, rapper Lil Nas X posted the video for his song "C7osure," writing, "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," along with a rainbow emoji.
The single includes lyrics like, "Ain't no more actin', man that forecast say I should just let me grow/No more red light for me baby, only green, I gotta go/Pack my past up in the back, oh, let my future take ahold/This is what I gotta do, can't be regrettin' when I'm old" and "True say, I want and I need to let go, use my time to be free."
Lil Nas X followed up the initial tweet with photos of his album artwork and a closeup of a rainbow building in the background, writing, "Deada** thought I made it obvious."
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(#2) ILoveMakonnen
Rapper iLoveMakonnen told his more than 130,000 Twitter followers he was gay in January 2017. "And since y'all love breakign news, here's some old news to break, I'm gay," he wrote. "And now I've told u about my life, maybe u can go life [sic] yours."
He said through his account that as a fashion icon, he thought it was time he come out and embrace himself.
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(#4) Frank Ocean
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(#5) Kevin Abstract
Founding member of the hip hop boy band Brockhampton, Kevin Abstract realized he was gay at 16 after his first sexual experience with another male. He sees Frank Ocean's 2012 Tumblr letter as an inspiration to discuss his sexuality.
His 2016 album, American Boyfriend, includes lyrics about the first boy he fell in love with.
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(#6) Angel Haze
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Angel Haze came out as pan-sexual, defining her sexuality as, "someone who sees people for who they are, and not gender." She says that she "doesn't base all of [her] relationships off of sex," and that "to kind of identify as pansexual, to [her], means to just want love."
Haze performed her own version of Macklemore's "Same Love," detailing her experience coming out to her mom as not-straight.
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Things are not always as good as they are now. Now all mainstream cultures reject racial discrimination, gender discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, any kind of prejudice and discrimination are also expressly prohibited. Today, the focus of mainstream music is on tolerance and equality. In the past decades, the social awareness of rap music has continued to increase, and a number of great LGBTQ+ rappers have played a vital role.
More LGBTQ+ rappers have great achievements and use various forms of music to speak for the sexual minorities over the years. The random tool introduces 21 famous LGBTQ+ rappers here who are brave and make contributions to equal rights.
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