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iLoveMakonnen Addresses Migos&#; Gay Comments

For the first time, iLoveMakonnen has addressed Migos&#; controversial comments regarding his sexuality, in an exclusive feature with Fader.

According to the &#;Tuesday&#; hitmaker, the Atlanta triumvirate only reneged on their comments about his sexual orientation because of their newly crowned No. 1 record &#;Bad & Boujee.&#;

&#;Did someone mention credible and not mention incredible? That&#;s really my only comment,&#; said Makonnen. &#;Was there not an &#;in&#; front of that credible? You see how friends do in interviews. So it&#;s like, oh well. With friends like these, who needs enemies. And now you gotta arrive back with some sorry a&#; excuse. Nah. That’s only &#;cause you got the No. 1 tape and you didn’t wanna f&#; it up,&#; he added.

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He continued: &#;[But] they ain&#;t got no problem with gay people! They f&#;in&

ILoveMakonnen on Breaking Free of &#;Industry Politics,&#; Existence Gay in Hip-Hop and When Things &#;Soured&#; With Drake

Audiences possess had the feels for Atlanta-bred crooner-rapper ILoveMakonnen since Established for a dreamy brand of club-hop, via such tracks as “I Don’t Sell Molly No More,” ILoveMakonnen got the attention of Drake with his song “Tuesdays,&#; and the superstar rapper later did a guest feature on a remix version. In short instruction, ILoveMakonnen was signed to Drake&#;s OVO Sound imprint.

But things went from rosy to rough as ILoveMakonnen found himself dissatisfied with the label&#;s view of his place and his music. He left dramatically and moved to OVO’s parent company, Warner Brothers (now Warner Records), in , only to tackle similar obstacles.

For his 32nd birthday earlier this month, ILoveMakonnen gave himself a present: a modern label (Own Timeless Magic) and a new album, “My Parade,” which returns the artist to the harmony–heavy essence and folk that he started his career with, independently, in

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iLoveMakonnen Comes Out as Gay

iLoveMakonnen has come out as gay.

The hip-hop star shared his news with a string of tweets in the petty hours of Friday morning. “As a fashion representative, I can&#;t tell u about everybody else&#;s closet, I can only declare u about mine, and it&#;s time I&#;ve approach out,” he wrote in one tweet.

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He added, “And since y&#;all passion breaking news, here&#;s some old news to snap, I&#;m gay. And now I&#;ve told u about my life, maybe u can go life yours.”

And he wrapped it all up in a solo post on Instagram with the caption, “Thank you for letting me be myself.”

The Atlanta rapper’s social media feeds have been mostly filled with treasure and support.

The MC (real name Makonnen Sheran) broke out with the smash &#;Club Goin Up On A Tuesday&#; and was a signing to Drake&#;s OVO Sound. He left the label last year, issuing a remark on his departure:&

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Earlier this week, Taylor Bennett announced on Twitter that he is bisexual. &#;I want to help others that struggle with the same issues,&#; he wrote.

Possibly inspired by Bennett&#;s courageous act, rapper ILoveMakonnen—best known for his hit single &#;Tuesday&#; and his short-lived tenure signed to Drake&#;s OVO label—revealed early Friday morning (January 20) that he is, in fact, gay.

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Makonnen&#;s &#;here some old news to break&#; comment in the above tweet is in reference to growing speculation within the rap collective that he lived a homosexual lifestyle.

In a New York Times profile in May , Joe Coscarelli asked him about the rumors:

“The rap world thinks I’m gay,” he said. “A lot of people out there do. They think I’m a lesbian, which is not a problem. I don’t wish for to say I’m male lover, I’m straight, I’m bisexual person or any of that, because that’s just. &#;” he said, trailing off. “Who cares? All that’s doing is dividing us.”

While his answer was purposely ambiguous, the Atlanta native is right—labeling people based on their sexual