Rapper Angel Haze now has a featured column on Noisey, and for her first piece she decided to be candid about being gay in the hip-hop world. She started out by saying, "I don't have a coming out story because I don't think anyone needs to come out."
The Detroit-born femcee then opened up about what it's like being gay in hip-hop, saying, "Being gay in hip-hop is still really stigmatized. There are so many people in this world that are closet homosexuals. I guess I'm "out," but people ask me what my sexuality is all the time and I always tell them that it doesn't matter, we're not in a sexual situation so you don't need to know."
Her piece then spotlights what it was like for her growing up, as she explains that it was also hard for her, so she understands what it might be like for a kid to get punched in the locker room because another boy thought he was looking at him with lust. Angel then speaks on what led her to write her song "Same Love," revealing that it's a message to fans who have told her that they hate themselves for being gay.
"So "Same Love" was for the fans who I get messages from saying 'I hate myself for being gay, I wish like f*cking hell every day that I could be straight.' Why? Why would you wish to be anything other than who the f*ck you are. Who are all these people to say you shouldn't be gay and you'll burn in hell. Show me real-life HD footage of hell and then we can talk, otherwise shut the f*ck up. I do believe that for people who are gay or bisexual or whatever, it's not something you plan yourself, and if it's natural why deny yourself; never deny yourself anything that makes you feel happy."
Source: noisey.vice.com
