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.
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.”
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.”
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 …”
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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?”
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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I absolutely love Azealia Banks and just about everyone else here looks fantastic but I cannot get down with white people who think it’s okay to use the n-word in their music, even if it is just to grab attention. Especially not when their white as the driven snow.
thegoon
Peaches is not a rapper, and besides Azealia and Dai (and that is arguably) none of these women are talented rapper, and hardly better than anyone. This list could have been conglomerated with the other one, and you could have had five decent gay rappers. Let’s be honest, compared to straight rappers like Kendrick Lamar or even Drake, none of these are “better ” than anyone else in the genre.
RandallSM
I could drink the entire contents of a bottle of Windex and come-up with a better submission than Bianca Casady. QUEERTY knows jack-shit about music. Stick to articles about GLEE and/or posting pics of the Franco brothers, you fucking waste of 0’s and 1’s.
GeriHew
This should be called “5 Queer Lady Rappers” etc – that’s assuming any of these women are lesbians. Because Peaches, Azealia Banks & Brooke Candy all identify as bisexual.