Is being gay in hip-hop trapped in the closet?
| 9:02 AM on 06/17/2010 |
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Nicki Minaj performs at the Meadowlands Stadium during HOT 97 Summer Jam 2010 on Thursday, June 6, 2010 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Brad Barket/PictureGroup)
It shouldn't come as a surprise that female rapper Nicki Minaj, the "first lady" of incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, hip-hop's latest mainstream success, has been hit with lesbian/bisexual rumors. After all, appearing on song and in video with Usher arranging a ménage á trois for him in "Lil Freak" provides plenty of fuel to the fire. The pressure she's received from some factions to come out of the closet as evidenced by Natalie Stein's December 9, 2009 "Sapphic Salon" blog post for Bitch, a magazine that's prided itself on being the "feminist response to pop culture" for more than a decade now, is a bit more unusual, however.
Is being gay in hip-hop trapped in the closet?
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