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Index LGBT representations in hip hop music

LGBT representations in hip hop music have existed since the birth of the genre even while enduring blatant discrimination.[1]

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  1. 227 relations: Abdu Ali, Afrocentrism, AllHipHop, Amoeba Music, Anderson Cooper, Angel Haze, Anye Elite, Auntie Diaries, Azealia Banks, Backxwash, Bali Baby, Ball culture, Battle rap, BBC, BbyMutha, Beastie Boys, BET Hip Hop Awards, Big Dipper (rapper), Big Freedia, Billboard (magazine), Black Feminist Thought, Bounce music, Brockhampton (band), Brooke Candy, Busta Rhymes, Byron Hurt, Cakes da Killa, California, Caushun, Cazwell, Channel Orange, Columbia Records, Community building, Complex Networks, Cruise ship, Crunk, D'Lo, Da Brat, Dance Club Songs, David Atlanta, Deadlee, Deadnaming, Deep Dickollective, Details (magazine), Dev Hynes, Disco, Diss (music), Doechii, Doja Cat, Donna Summer, ... Expand index (177 more) »

  2. Criticism of hip-hop
  3. LGBT hip hop

Abdu Ali

Abdu Ali is an American multidisciplinary musician, community activist, poet and artist based in Baltimore.

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Afrocentrism

Afrocentrism is a worldview that is centered on the history of people of African descent or a biased view that favors it over non-African civilizations.

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AllHipHop

AllHipHop is a hip hop news website founded by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur in 1998.

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Amoeba Music

Amoeba Music is an American independent music store chain with locations in Berkeley, San Francisco, and Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

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Anderson Cooper

Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator currently anchoring the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°.

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Angel Haze

Raykeea Raeen-Roes Wilson (born July 10, 1991) known professionally as ROES (fka Angel Haze), is an American rapper and singer.

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Anye Elite

Anye Elite (born August 31, 1987) is an American singer, rapper and LGBT activist.

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Auntie Diaries

"Auntie Diaries" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar from his fifth studio album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022).

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Azealia Banks

Azealia Amanda Banks (born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Azealia Banks are LGBT-related controversies in music.

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Backxwash

Ashanti Mutinta, known professionally as Backxwash, is a Zambian-Canadian rapper and producer based in Montreal, Quebec.

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Bali Baby

Kaitlin Fletcher (born June 15, 1997), known under the name Bali Baby, is an American rapper based out of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Ball culture

The Ballroom scene (also known as the Ballroom community, Ballroom culture, or just Ballroom) is an African-American and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture.

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Battle rap

Battle rap (also known as rap battling)Edwards, Paul, 2009, p. 25.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BbyMutha

Brittnee Moore, known professionally as bbymutha, is an American rapper.

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Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981.

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BET Hip Hop Awards

The BET Hip Hop Awards are an annual awards show, airing on BET, showcasing hip hop performers, producers and music video directors.

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Big Dipper (rapper)

Dan Stermer is an American rapper and podcaster known professionally as Big Dipper.

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Big Freedia

Freddie Ross Jr. (born January 28, 1978), better known by his stage name Big Freedia, is an American rapper and performer known for his work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Black Feminist Thought

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment is a 1990 book by Patricia Hill Collins.

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Bounce music

Bounce music is a style of New Orleans hip hop music that is said to have originated as early as the late 1980s in the city's housing projects.

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Brockhampton (band)

Brockhampton was an American boy band/rap collective founded in 2014Brockhampton's predecessor group, AliveSinceForever, was founded in 2009.

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Brooke Candy

Brooke Dyan Candy (born July 20, 1989) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and tattoo artist.

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Busta Rhymes

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper and actor.

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Byron Hurt

Byron Patrick Hurt (born December 31, 1969) is an American activist, lecturer, writer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker.

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Cakes da Killa

Rashard Bradshaw, better known as Cakes da Killa, is an American rap artist who fuses genres of hip hop, house, and electronic dance music.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Caushun

Caushun (born Jason Herndon, 1977) is an American rapper, often erroneously referred to as the first openly gay hip-hop artist to be signed to a major record label in the United States.

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Cazwell

Luke Caswell, known mononymously as Cazwell, is an American rapper, record producer and songwriter.

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Channel Orange

Channel Orange is the debut studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Frank Ocean.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Community building is a field of practices directed toward the creation or enhancement of community among individuals within a regional area (such as a neighborhood) or with a common need or interest.

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Complex Networks

Complex Networks is an American media and entertainment company for youth culture, based in New York City.

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Cruise ship

Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.

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Crunk

Crunk is a subgenre of southern hip hop that emerged in the early 1990s and gained mainstream success during the early to mid 2000s.

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D'Lo

D'LO is a transgender Sri Lankan-American performer, writer, and community activist, who performs in America, Canada, the UK, Germany, Sri Lanka, and India.

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Da Brat

Shawntae Harris-Dupart (née Harris; born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper.

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Dance Club Songs

Dance Club Songs was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by Billboard magazine.

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David Atlanta

David Atlanta magazine was an Atlanta-based weekly periodical for the gay community. It was owned by gay press publisher Window Media until Window Media closed operations, and ceased publication on November 16, 2009. On March 11, 2010, David Atlanta returned to publishing weekly issues after being purchased from the bankruptcy court by Gaydar Atlanta.

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Deadlee

Joseph Thomas Lee, better known by his stage name Deadlee, is an American rapper and songwriter.

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Deadnaming

Deadnaming is the act of referring to a transgender or non-binary person by a name they used prior to transitioning, such as their birth name.

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Deep Dickollective

Deep Dickollective (D/DC) was an LGBT hip hop group based in Oakland, California that were active in the homo hop scene of openly queer/LGBT artists during the 2000s.

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Details (magazine)

Details (stylized in all caps) was an American monthly men's magazine that was published by Condé Nast, founded in 1982 by Annie Flanders.

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Dev Hynes

Devonté Hynes (born David Joseph Michael Hynes, 23 December 1985), also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and director based in New York City.

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Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.

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Diss (music)

A diss track, diss record or diss song (diss – abbr. from disrespect or disparage) is a song whose primary purpose is to verbally attack someone else, usually another artist.

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Doechii

Jaylah Ji'mya Hickmon (born August 14, 1998), known professionally as Doechii, is an American rapper and singer.

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Doja Cat

Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (born October 21, 1995), known professionally as Doja Cat, is an American rapper and singer.

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Donna Summer

Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.

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Drag (entertainment)

Drag is a performance of exaggerated femininity, masculinity, or other forms of gender expression, usually for entertainment purposes.

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Dyke (slang)

Dyke is a slang term, used as a noun meaning lesbian.

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Elijah Daniel

Elijah Daniel (born January 9, 1994) is an American comedian, rapper, record producer, songwriter, and author.

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Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, television host, and writer.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, music producer and songwriter. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Eminem are LGBT-related controversies in music.

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Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is an American men's magazine.

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Faggot

Faggot, often shortened to fag in American usage, is a term, usually considered a slur, used to refer to gay men.

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Fall (Eminem song)

"Fall" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his 2018 album Kamikaze.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Fly Young Red

Franklin Freeman Randall, known by his stage name Fly Young Red is an American rapper who gained notoriety due to his controversial song "Throw That Boy Pussy".

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Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean (born Christopher Edwin Breaux; October 28, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper.

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Fugues (magazine)

Fugues is a magazine with a focus on gay content, which publishes monthly in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, since April 1984.

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Fuse (TV channel)

Fuse is an American television channel owned by Fuse Media, LLC, that launched in 1994.

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Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture and values typical of urban gangs, reality of the world and street hustlers. LGBT representations in hip hop music and gangsta rap are criticism of hip-hop.

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Gay bashing

Gay bashing is an attack, abuse, or assault committed against a person who is perceived by the aggressor to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+).

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George Michael

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropist.

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Goblin (album)

Goblin is the debut studio album by American rapper Tyler, the Creator.

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God-Des and She

God-Des and She are an American hip-hop/pop/soul duo from the Midwest, composed of Alicia Smith (God-des) and Tina Gassen (She).

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GQ

GQ (which stands for Gentlemen's Quarterly and is also known Apparel Arts) is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931.

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Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Commonly known as "The Big Award", Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammy Awards, and is one of the four general field categories alongside Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year that have been presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959.

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Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

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Hate group

A hate group is a social group that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, nation, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other designated sector of society.

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Hey (EP)

Hey is the label debut EP by American rapper/producer Le1f, released on March 11, 2014 on the Terrible Records.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is a 2006 documentary film written, produced, and directed by Byron Hurt.

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Homophobia

Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.

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Homophobia in ethnic minority communities

Homophobia in ethnic minority communities is any negative prejudice or form of discrimination in ethnic minority communities worldwide towards people who identify as–or are perceived as being–lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), known as homophobia.

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House of Ladosha

House of Ladosha is a New York City-based artistic collective and LGBT rap duo including Antonio Blair ("Dosha Devastation aka La Fem LaDosha") and Adam Radakovich ("Cunty Crawford").

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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I Want Your Sex

"I Want Your Sex" is a song by English singer and songwriter George Michael.

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Ice Spice

Isis Naija Gaston (born January1, 2000), known professionally as Ice Spice, is an American rapper.

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Ice-T

Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor.

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ILoveMakonnen

Makonnen Kamali Sheran (born April 12, 1989), better known by his stage name iLoveMakonnen (often stylized as ILOVEMAKONNEN), is an American rapper and singer.

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Insane Clown Posse

Insane Clown Posse, often abbreviated as ICP, is an American hip hop duo.

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Isaiah Rashad

Isaiah Rashad Joel McClain (born May 16, 1991) is an American rapper.

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Ivan Matias

Ivan Matias is an American singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, hip hop ghostwriter, and entrepreneur.

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Jack Halberstam

Jack Halberstam (born December 15, 1961), also known as Judith Halberstam, is an American academic and author, best known for his book Female Masculinity (1998).

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Jack Harlow

Jackman Thomas "Jack" Harlow (born March 13, 1998) is an American rapper and singer.

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper and entrepreneur.

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Jean Grae

Tsidi Ibrahim (born November 26, 1976), known professionally as Jean Grae (formerly What? What?), is an American rapper.

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Jesse Dangerously

Jesse Alexander McDonald, better known by their stage name Jesse Dangerously or The Halifax Rap Legend, is an alternative hip hop artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia and operating out of Ottawa, Ontario.

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Jipsta

John Patrick Masterson (born October 13, 1974), known professionally as Jipsta, is an American rapper, songwriter, and music producer.

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John Q. Public

John Q. Public (and several similar names; see the Variations section below) is a generic name and placeholder name, especially in American English, to denote a hypothetical member of society, deemed a "common man", who is presumed to represent the randomly selected "man on the street".

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Jonny Makeup

Jonny Makeup is an American socialite, musician and Internet personality.

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Jonny McGovern

Jonny McGovern (born July 12, 1976) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, songwriter and podcaster.

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Juba Kalamka

Juba Kalamka (born July 12, 1970) is an African American bisexual artist and activist recognized for his work and founding member of homohop group Deep Dickollective (D/DC) and his development of the micro-label sugartruck recordings.

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Justin Vernon

Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

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K.Flay

Kristine Meredith Flaherty (born June 30, 1985), better known as K.Flay, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and rapper.

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Kae Tempest

Kae Tempest (formerly Kate Tempest) is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright.

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Kamikaze (Eminem album)

Kamikaze (stylized as KAMIKAZƎ) is the tenth studio album by the American rapper Eminem, released on August 31, 2018, through Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Kamikaze (Eminem album) are LGBT-related controversies in music.

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Kanye West

Ye (born Kanye Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer.

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Katastrophe (rapper)

Rocco Kayiatos, known professionally as Katastrophe and in some later releases as Rocco Katastrophe, is an American rapper.

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Katey Red

Katey Red (born May 17, 1983) is a bounce artist and M.C. from New Orleans.

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Kaytranada

Louis Kevin Celestin (born August 25, 1992), known professionally as Kaytranada (stylized as KAYTRANADA, shortened as KAYTRA), is a Haitian-Canadian music producer, rapper, singer and DJ.

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Kehlani

Kehlani Ashley Parrish (born April 24, 1995) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter.

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Kevin Abstract

Clifford Ian Simpson (born July 16, 1996), known by his stage name Kevin Abstract, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter known for his role as a founding member of Brockhampton.

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Kidd Kenn

Dontrell Smith (born January 16, 2003), known professionally as Kidd Kenn, is an American rapper and singer from Chicago, Illinois.

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LA Weekly

LA Weekly is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California.

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Lady Sovereign

Louise Amanda Harman (born 1985), better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is a British rapper, best known for the songs "9 to 5" and "Love Me or Hate Me".

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Late Show with David Letterman

The Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise.

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Le1f

Khalif Libasse Diouf, known by the stage name Kalifa (born April 6, 1989), formerly known by the stage name Le1f, is an American rapper and producer.

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Lesbophobia

Lesbophobia comprises various forms of prejudice and negativity towards lesbians as individuals, as couples, as a social group, or lesbianism in general.

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LGBT

is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender".

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The LGBT community (also known as the LGBTQ+ community, LGBTQIA+ community, GLBT community, or queer community) is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals united by a common culture and social movements.

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LGBT culture

LGBT culture is a culture shared by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals.

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LGBT rights in the Americas

Laws governing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights are complex and diverse in the Americas, and acceptance of LGBT persons varies widely.

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Licensed to Ill

Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys.

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Lil Nas X

Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known by his stage name Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.

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Lil Peep

Gustav Elijah Åhr (November 1, 1996 – November 15, 2017), known professionally as Lil Peep, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter.

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Lil Uzi Vert

Symere Bysil Woods (born July 31, 1995), known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert, is an American rapper.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Machismo

Machismo is the sense of being "manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity".

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Macklemore

Benjamin Hammond Haggerty (born June 19, 1983), better known by his stage name Macklemore (formerly Professor Macklemore), is an American rapper.

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Mélange Lavonne

Mélange Lavonne is an American rapper.

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Megan Thee Stallion

Megan Jovon Ruth Pete (born February 15, 1995), known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion, is an American rapper.

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Meshell Ndegeocello

Meshell Ndegeocello (born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist.

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Mike E. Clark

Michael Earl Clark (born December 25, 1962) is an American record producer and DJ from Michigan, best known for working with Kid Rock, Insane Clown Posse, Prozak and Mickey Avalon.

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Misogynoir

Misogynoir is a term referring to the combined force of anti-Black racism and misogyny directed towards black women. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Misogynoir are criticism of hip-hop.

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Misogyny in rap music

Misogyny in rap music is defined as lyrics, videos, or other components of rap music that encourage, glorify, justify, or legitimize the objectification, exploitation, or victimization of women. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Misogyny in rap music are criticism of hip-hop.

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Missy Elliott

Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.

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MTV News

MTV News was the news production division of MTV.

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Murs (rapper)

Nicholas Neil Carter (born March 16, 1978), better known by his stage name Murs, is an American rapper.

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Music to Be Murdered By

Music to Be Murdered By is the eleventh studio album by the American rapper Eminem.

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Mykki Blanco

Mykki Blanco (born April 2, 1986) is an American rapper, performance artist, poet and activist.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (Maraj; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-born rapper and singer based in the United States.

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Nicky da B

Nickesse Trimaine Toney (March 13, 1990 – September 2, 2014), known by his stage name Nicky Da B, was an American rapper specializing in the regional genre of bounce music.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.

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No homo

"No homo" is a slang phrase used at the end of a sentence to assert the statement or action by the speaker had no intentional homosexual implications.

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O.G. Original Gangster

O.G. Original Gangster is the fourth studio album by American rapper Ice-T, released May 14, 1991, by Sire Records.

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Odd Future

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, better known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF or OFWGKTA, was an American alternative hip-hop music collective formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Odd Future are LGBT-related controversies in music.

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Old Town Road

"Old Town Road" is the debut mainstream single by American rapper Lil Nas X, first released independently in December 2018.

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Out (magazine)

Out is an American LGBTQ news, fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine, with the highest circulation of any LGBTQ monthly publication in the United States.

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PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival

The PeaceOUT (World) Homo Hop Festival was an annual festival of hip hop music and culture created by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people from 2001 to 2007. LGBT representations in hip hop music and PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival are LGBT hip hop.

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Performance art

Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants.

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Pick Up the Mic

Pick Up the Mic is a documentary film, released in 2006, which profiles the underground homo hop scene, which is a subgenre of hip hop that includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender artists. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Pick Up the Mic are LGBT hip hop.

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Pierre Kwenders

Pierre Kwenders is the stage name of José Louis Modabi.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music publication founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis.

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Plantation Lullabies

Plantation Lullabies is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and bassist Me'shell NdegéOcello.

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Political hip hop

Political hip hop (also known as political rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning hip hop into a form of political activism.

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Pop rap

Pop rap (also known as pop hip-hop, pop hop, hip pop, melodic hip-hop or melodic rap) is a genre of music fusing the rhythm-based lyricism of hip-hop music with pop music's preference for melodious vocals and catchy tunes emphasizing on pop like productions and structure.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture.

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Ppcocaine

Lilliane Catherine Diomi (born June 1, 2001), known professionally as ppcocaine (previously known as trapbunniebubbles), is an American social media personality and rapper.

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Pride Month

Pride Month, sometimes specified as LGBT Pride Month, is a monthlong observance dedicated to the celebration of LGBT pride, commemorating the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) culture and community.

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Princess Nokia

Destiny Nicole Frasqueri (born June 14, 1992), known professionally as Princess Nokia, is an American rapper and songwriter.

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Progressive rap

Progressive rap (or progressive hip hop) is a broad subgenre of hip hop music that aims to progress the genre thematically with socially transformative ideas and musically with stylistic experimentation.

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QBoy

QBoy (born Marcos Jose Brito on 10 October 1978) is a UK-based rapper, producer, DJ, writer and presenter.

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Queen Pen

Lynise Walters (born September 24, 1972), known professionally as Queen Pen, is an American rapper.

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Queer

Queer is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender.

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Queer theory

Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of queer studies (formerly often known as gay and lesbian studies) and women's studies.

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Rapper's Delight

"Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 hip hop track that serves as the debut single of American hip-hop trio the Sugarhill Gang, produced by Sylvia Robinson.

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Rosie O'Donnell

Roseann O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American comedian, television producer, actress, author, and television personality.

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Run This Town

"Run This Town" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z featuring Barbadian singer Rihanna and fellow American rapper Kanye West.

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Ryan Lewis

Ryan Scott Lewis (born March 25, 1988) is an American musician and record producer based in Seattle, Washington.

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Salon.com

Salon is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995.

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Samantha Ronson

Samantha Judith Ronson (born 7 August 1977) is an English DJ, singer, and songwriter who lives in Santa Monica, California.

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Saucy Santana

Rashad Jamiyl Spain (born October 8, 1993), known professionally as Saucy Santana, is an American rapper.

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Saul Williams

Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor.

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Scud missile

A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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Seymour Stein

Seymour Steinbigle (April 18, 1942 – April 2, 2023), known professionally as Seymour Stein, was an American entrepreneur and music executive.

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SFGate

SFGate is a news website based out of San Francisco, California, covering news, culture, travel, food, politics and sports in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hawaii and California.

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Sissy Nobby

Terrelle Gallo (known by his stage name, Sissy Nobby) is an American bounce artist from New Orleans, known for his hit songs, "Consequences" and "Gitty Up".

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Skin-tight garment

A skin-tight garment is a garment that is held to the skin usually by elastic tension using some type of stretch fabric.

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Snap music

Snap music (also known as ringtone rap or snap rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music derived from crunk that originated in southern United States in the 2000s, in Bankhead, West Atlanta, United States.

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Snow Tha Product

Claudia Alexandra Madriz Meza (born June 24, 1987), known professionally as Snow tha Product, is a Mexican American rapper and singer from San Jose, California.

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Soce, the elemental wizard

Andrew Singer, also known as Soce, the elemental wizard, is an American rapper and producer and one of the rap scene’s openly gay MCs.

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Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks.

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Solomon Ray

Solomon Raymond Barnett, better known as Solomon Ray, is an American recording artist, producer, DJ, singer and songwriter.

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Stan (song)

"Stan" is a song by American rapper Eminem, with vocals sampled from the opening lines of British singer Dido's song "Thank You".

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Steve Lacy

Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya (born May 23, 1998) is an American musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Stop Murder Music

Stop Murder Music is a campaign to oppose Caribbean artists who produce music with lyrics alleged to glorify murder of homosexual men. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Stop Murder Music are LGBT-related controversies in music.

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Studio 360

Studio 360 was an American weekly public radio program about the arts and culture hosted by novelist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and Slate in New York City.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Sway Calloway

Jonathan Ahmad Calloway (born July 3, 1971), known as Sway, is an American radio personality, journalist and former rapper known for hosting music, news, and culture programming.

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Syd (singer)

Sydney Loren Bennett (born April 23, 1992), known professionally as Syd (formerly Syd tha Kyd), is an American singer and songwriter.

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Taylor Bennett (rapper)

Taylor Matthew Bennett (born January 19, 1996) is an American rapper.

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Teen Vogue

Teen Vogue is an American online publication, formerly in print, launched in January 2003, as a sister publication to Vogue, targeted at teenage girls and young women.

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Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara is a Canadian indie pop duo formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta.

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The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news.

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The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture.

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The Fader

The Fader is a magazine established in 1999 as an outlet for Cornerstone Agency, a marketing and public relations firm established by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Marshall Mathers LP

The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by the American rapper Eminem, released on May 23, 2000, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. LGBT representations in hip hop music and the Marshall Mathers LP are LGBT-related controversies in music.

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The Notorious B.I.G.

Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper.

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The Revenge Tour

The Revenge Tour was the first and only concert tour by American rapper XXXTentacion in support of his second mixtape, Revenge (2017), and partially in support of his then-upcoming debut studio album, ''17'' (2017).

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The Sugarhill Gang

The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group formed in Englewood, New Jersey in 1979.

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The Villain (album)

The Villain is the second solo studio album by American rapper Trick Trick. LGBT representations in hip hop music and the Villain (album) are LGBT-related controversies in music.

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Third-wave feminism

Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began in the early 1990s, prominent in the decades prior to the fourth wave.

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Throw That Boy Pussy

"Throw That Boy Pussy" is a song performed by American rapper Fly Young Red, issued as a single in September 2013; with the music video premiering in March 2014.

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TikTok

TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance.

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Tim'm T. West

Timothy Terrell West (born July 6, 1972), better known as Tim'm T. West, is an American educator and multi-discipline performance artist, author, hip hop recording artist, poet, activist, and youth advocate.

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Titica

Titica is an Angolan kuduro musician and dancer.

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Tori Fixx

Tori Fixx is one of the first openly gay hip hop artists.

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Transgender

A transgender person (often shortened to trans person) is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

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Transgender rights movement

The transgender rights movement is a movement to promote the legal status of transgender people and to eliminate discrimination and violence against transgender people regarding housing, employment, public accommodations, education, and health care.

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Trap music

Trap is a subgenre of hip hop music pioneered by Atlanta rappers T.I., Jeezy, and Gucci Mane, which originated in the Southern United States, with lyrical references to trap starting in 1991 but the modern sound of trap appearing in 1999.

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Trick Trick

Christian Anthony Mathis (born June 28, 1973), better known by his stage name Trick Trick, is an American rapper and record producer from Detroit.

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Tumblr

Tumblr (pronounced "tumbler") is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by American company Automattic.

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Tyler, the Creator

Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and fashion designer. LGBT representations in hip hop music and Tyler, the Creator are LGBT-related controversies in music.

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United Nations Free & Equal

United Nations Free & Equal is a global public information campaign led by the United Nations Human Rights Office.

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West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop is a regional genre of hip hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States.

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Will Sheridan

Will Sheridan Jr. (born January 12, 1985) is a former college basketball player who played for the Villanova Wildcats Men's Basketball program from 2003 to 2007.

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Willow Smith

Willow Smith (born October 31, 2000), also known mononymously as Willow, is an American singer.

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WTVJ

WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet.

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Xtra Magazine

Xtra Magazine (formerly DailyXtra and Xtra!) is an LGBTQ-focused digital publication and former print newspaper published by Pink Triangle Press in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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XXXTentacion

Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter.

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Yo Majesty

Yo! Majesty is an American hip hop group consisting of singer and rappers Shunda K and Shon B, produced by UK-based electro group HardfeelingsUK.

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Young M.A

Katorah Kasanova Marrero (born April 3, 1992), better known by her stage name Young M.A (acronym for Young Me. Always), is an American rapper.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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Zebra Katz

Ojay Morgan (born 1987), better known as Zebra Katz, is a Berlin-based Jamaican-American rapper, producer and songwriter who has collaborated with artists including Busta Rhymes and Gorillaz.

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070 Shake

Danielle Balbuena (born June 13, 1997), better known by her stage name 070 Shake (pronounced "oh seven oh shake"), is an American rapper and singer.

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43rd Annual Grammy Awards

The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 2001, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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60 Minutes

60 Minutes is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network.

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See also

Criticism of hip-hop

LGBT hip hop

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_representations_in_hip_hop_music

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