{"id":1698764,"date":"2026-04-10T16:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/?p=1698764"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:13:34","slug":"black-music-starsyou-didnt-knowturned-outto-be-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/black-music-starsyou-didnt-knowturned-outto-be-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK MUSIC STARSYOU DIDN&#8217;T KNOWTURNED OUTTO BE GAY."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7f2IMTN40Fw?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Here are Black music stars who are gay, bisexual, or queer (publicly out or discussed in interviews\/biographies):<\/p>\n<p>*Examples:* Lil Nas X (gay), Frank Ocean (bisexual), Janelle Mon\u00e1e (pansexual), Luther Vandross (widely discussed as gay, never publicly labeled), Little Richard (described himself as gay\/omnisexual), Syd (The Internet, lesbian), Kevin Abstract (gay), Saucy Santana (gay)<\/p>\n<p>*YouTube Description:*<br \/>\nBlack music stars you didn\u2019t know turned out to be gay. We look at artists who have come out, spoken about their sexuality in interviews, or whose orientation has been widely discussed, and how they\u2019ve talked about identity in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>*YouTube Disclaimer:*<br \/>\nThe content in this video is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is based on public interviews and statements. Sexual orientation is personal; we rely on what artists have said publicly. All rights reserved to their respective owners.<\/p>\n<p>*Fair Use Notice:*<br \/>\nThis video may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, and research. We believe this constitutes a &#8216;fair use&#8217; of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.<\/p>\n<p>*Tags (30):*<br \/>\nBlack music stars, gay, LGBTQ, coming out, Lil Nas X, Frank Ocean, Janelle Monae, Luther Vandross, Little Richard, Syd, Kevin Abstract, Saucy Santana, bisexual, pansexual, queer, music industry, R&#038;B, hip hop, pop, interview, identity, representation, pride, artists, singers, rappers, entertainment, celebrity, personal life<\/p>\n<p>*Hashtags (30):*<br \/>\n#BlackMusicStars #Gay #LGBTQ #ComingOut #LilNasX #FrankOcean #JanelleMonae #LutherVandross #LittleRichard #Syd #KevinAbstract #SaucySantana #Bisexual #Pansexual #Queer #MusicIndustry #RB #HipHop #Pop #Interview #Identity #Representation #Pride #Artists #Singers #Rappers #Entertainment #Celebrity #PersonalLife<\/p>\n<p>*Important search keywords:*<br \/>\nBlack gay musicians, Black LGBTQ artists, gay black singers<\/p>\n<p>Want me to add more names or focus on a specific genre?<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7f2IMTN40Fw\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are Black music stars who are gay, bisexual, or queer (publicly out or discussed in interviews\/biographies): *Examples:* Lil Nas X (gay), Frank Ocean (bisexual), Janelle Mon\u00e1e (pansexual), Luther Vandross (widely discussed as gay, never publicly labeled), Little Richard (described himself as gay\/omnisexual), Syd (The Internet, lesbian), Kevin Abstract (gay), Saucy Santana (gay) *YouTube Description:* [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1698765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1698764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1698764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1698766,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698764\/revisions\/1698766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1698765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1698764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1698764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1698764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}