LADIES FIRST

5 Gay Lady Rappers Who Are (Also) “Better Than Everybody”

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Earlier this week, we had some trouble narrowing down our favorite gay rappers to a list of just five, so we decided to give the ladies of queer rap their own post. While we don’t generally want to stick to rigid gender binaries (especially when there’s such wonderful gender fluidity going on in these scenes), we thought it was time to pay tribute to our female bodied and/or female identifying MCs. These women continue to prove that queer rappers already are “better than everybody.”

Check out Queerty’s list of queer raptresses whose rhymes are tighter than their weaves.

1. Peaches peaches Who She Is: Peaches, the current reigning queen of Electroclash, continues to pump out track after track of subversive, shocking, salacious, and silly dance tracks. She became famous from her dirty, minimalist song “Fuck The Pain Away,” a track practically designed to be played in strip clubs, and is always dressed in avant-garde outfits. From her barbie-doll breast sweater to her fake beard and mustache to her pink booty shorts, Peaches is not only a singer but a political activist fighting for gender equality, animal rights, and most recently the release of Russian punk band Pussy Riot.

What She’s Up to Now: Peaches is touring the world with her experimental film Peaches Does Herself (a rock opera using her own music) and her one woman show Peaches Christ Superstar (a corruption of the original Broadway play).

Choice Lyric: “Shake yer dix / Shake yer tits / Are the motherfuckers ready for the fatherfuckers? / Are the fatherfuckers ready for the motherfuckers? / No.”

2. Dai Burger daiburger1 Who She Is: Dai Burger is the underground sweetheart of Brooklyn’s ghetto goth trap-raves, known for her hyper-colorful outfits and her sick rhymes. “Everybody calls me Dai,” she says, explaining her name, “Burger just came out of nowhere, but I like to think that I’m stacked, and juicy, I got the cheese, got the buns, and I eat every time I show up.” She has previously collaborated with Cakes Da Killa and Jonte (another notable queer artist) and sometimes outshines her partners.

What She’s Up to Now: Internet rumors were circulating that she was going to release a new mixtape this summer, but a Google search turns up nothing. Her Soundcloud, meanwhile, has a few tasty jams to live for.

Choice Lyric: “D.A.I. and it’s followed by a burger/ ’bout to go to jail for this track, shit is murda / But before I take it any further let me address the press in my vintage dress like an empress / Yes and you know I’m extra cunty / Up in Lucky Chang’s where my drag queen aunts be.” 

3. Bianca Casady (of CocoRosie) coco-rosie Who She Is: One half of the band CocoRosie, these surreal sisters are the divas of anti-folk music. Mixing rap, with opera, with folk, with punk, with electronica, this band might not be known for their MC street cred (and have certainly caused a bit of controversy for their use of the n-word) but Bianca Casady should be praised for her lyrical genius. While her sister Sierra (a classically trained opera singer) wails over a sultry harp, Bianca lays down some strange rhymes that certainly command attention. We don’t know if she prefers men or ladies in bed (her lyrics sometimes suggest straightness) but her commitment to appearing in gender-fucked outfits (usually with a drawn on mustache) makes her a queer icon. For a while, she even talked about cutting off her breasts as a feminist art statement.

What She’s Up to Now: CocoRosie just released their fifth album, Tales of a Grass Widow, which is already receiving almost universal acclaim.

Choice Lyric: “Broken sundown fatherless showdown / Gun hip swollen lip bottle sip, yeah I suck dick / Loose grip on gravity falls sky blinding crumbling walls / River sweep away my memories of / Children’s things a young mother’s love …”

4. Azealia Banks azeliabanksvid Who She Is: You think we’d make a list of queer lady rappers without mentioning the unavoidable Ms. Banks? Known as much for her insanely skillful spitting as she is for her cantankerous persona, her breakout hit “212” can be heard at pretty much any club, gay or straight, and will hopefully be played with such frequency until the end of time. After picking fights with Nicki Minaj, Iggy Azalea, Lady GaGa, and Bauer (among others), Banks is doing little to improve her reputation, but she continues to put out hit after hit after hit.

What She’s Up to Now: Currently on a world tour and constantly photographed in Gaultier-influenced Fifth Element body-suits (which, obviously, she looks perfect in).

Choice Lyric: “Do my dips and the spin/ Turn tricks for the fucking ends?/ You turned dick for the fucking gem?/ You a bum bitch to the end/ Come again, come again?”

5. Brooke Candy

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Who She Is: The former stripper and club kid daughter of Hustler‘s CFO permanently dressed like a sci-fi villainness, Brooke Candy rose to stardom when she guest rapped on Grimes’ track “Genesis.” But this long-nailed space goddess is now releasing tracks of her own. When asked if she is gay, she retorts nastily, saying that she’s “whatever,” which is pretty much the perfect answer to such a gauche question. It’s no surprise that Candy claims that the current generation of shock-pop stars have ripped off her style.

What She’s Up to Now: Lady Candy has been approached by four major record labels but currently remains unsigned. She’ll be guest rapping on Kylie Minogue’s upcoming 2013 album.

Choice Lyric: “It ain’t your business who I’m fucking with / A dude could fuck three bitches and they’d say that he’s the man / But I get it in with twins, she’s a whore / That’s what they say / It’s time to take the word back, ‘slut’ is now a compliment / A sexy ass female who running shit and confident.”

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