What do Lil Nas X’s superstardom and DaBaby’s controversial comments tell us about the future of LGBTQ people in hip-hop? – The Washington Post

“You have one person versus many, many, many other people who are perpetuating the cycle of the old image” of what it means to be masculine, says rapper Open Mike Eagle. “I don’t think he’s gonna move the needle that much.” Though it can be done, it takes a while to change perceptions. He points to heterosexual artists such as Drake and Kanye West, who rap and sing about mental health, isolation and emotional vulnerability, and have expanded notions of Black manhood. They were initially met with skepticism, and in Drake’s case, mockery.

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