10 Pro-LGBTQ Rappers

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Fat Joe - The NYC rapper joined the conversation of LGBTQ acceptance in hip hop with an acknowledgment to VladTV that he’s worked on songs with gay rappers, “In 2011 you gotta hide that you gay? Be real! ‘Yo, I’m gay. What the f**k!’ If you gay, you gay. That’s your preference. F**k it if the people don’t like it.” (Photo: Rob Foldy/Getty Images)
Kanye West - Kanye West's outspoken LGBTQ support dates back to 2005, when he told Sway on MTV about his personal connection to the LGBTQ community, “I would use the word ‘f*g’ and always look down upon gays. But then my cousin told me that another one of my cousins was gay, and I loved him. He's one of my favorite cousins. And at that point it was kind of like a turning point when I was like, ‘Yo, this my cousin, I love him and I been discriminating against gays." Since then, rants and craziness aside, Kanye has been a quiet but consistent LGBTQ ally. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Queen Latifah - While keeping totally mum about her own personal life (which has always left people speculating about her own sexuality), the rapper from Newark, N.J., has been steadily making moves towards outright LGBTQ support. During the 2014 Grammy Awards, she officiated a mass wedding of same-sex couples. Earlier this year, when asked about marriage equality by People, she stated, "Who you choose to marry is really up to you and it’s not something you should be judged on. I don’t find being gay or lesbian to be a character flaw. Couples should be protected under the laws of this country, period. It actually angers me. It’s not unusual so let’s be adults and let’s move forward." (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for AFI)
Eminem - Things between the Detroit native and the LGBTQ community have been fraught with controversy since his debut in the late '90s, but in 2013, Eminem told Rolling Stone, “The real me sitting here right now talking to you has no issues with gay, straight, transgender, at all. I'm glad we live in a time where it's really starting to feel like people can live their lives and express themselves.”  (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for MTV)Jay Z - Good ol' Hov always sides with reason, and he did just that in 2012 right after President Obama vocalized his support for marriage equality. Mr. Carter spoke to CNN and dropped a little bit of truth about those who choose to discriminate: “It’s no different than discriminating against blacks. It’s discrimination plain and simple. I think it's the right thing to do, so whether it costs him votes or not — again, it’s not about votes. It’s about people. It’s the right thing to do as a human being.” (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival)

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Kanye West - Kanye West's outspoken LGBTQ support dates back to 2005, when he told Sway on MTV about his personal connection to the LGBTQ community, “I would use the word ‘f*g’ and always look down upon gays. But then my cousin told me that another one of my cousins was gay, and I loved him. He's one of my favorite cousins. And at that point it was kind of like a turning point when I was like, ‘Yo, this my cousin, I love him and I been discriminating against gays." Since then, rants and craziness aside, Kanye has been a quiet but consistent LGBTQ ally. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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