In America, we’ve known of nudity for decades — but male nudity is increasingly becoming acceptable in art and culture, and it’s hard for us to get too mad at that.
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The latest case in point is a new pictorial spread and interview in Paper, which is bolding trying its hand at the softcore genre just in time for its Pride issue.
The subject of the spread, which has been speedily making the rounds on the Internet for unsurprising reasons, is Milan Christopher, an openly gay rapper best known for his stint on VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood. He says full-stop he wanted to pose nude for Matthias Vriens-McGrath for his very own Kim Kardashian “break the Internet” moment:
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“Well, I just feel like in our culture it’s so taboo for a guy to show their bodies but it’s ok for a woman to do it. I just kinda want to break that. I think I have a nice body and I think it’s art and I just think that it should be celebrated like they celebrate women’s bodies. So you know, I could be a guy and be gay and be black and be artistic and be artistic in a nude fashion shoot in the same way that anybody else could….
I want that “break the internet” moment. I want people to look at this and be like, “Oh, wow, it’s ok.” This guy is a musician, he’s on TV. He’s doing this, he’s doing that but it’s ok.”
You can see uncropped versions of the photos — that aren’t being patrolled by an imperious Miss Marple — in the original Paper story.
Kangol
Milan Christopher is a beautiful man. He’s even more impressive in how he answers the stupid questions. And why did the photographer feel the need to insert that other person in one of the photos? Nevertheless, Milan’s the man!
MacAdvisor
I am wondering what Miss Marple, played by Joan Hickson in the photo, was doing there. Her presence signals a dead body about someplace.
Random
The other person IS the photographer.
Kangol
He should stay on the other side of the camera.
MacAdvisor
The other person in the photograph is Miss Jane Marple. She is a fictional character appearing in 12 of Agatha Christie’s crime novels and in 20 short stories. Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective.
jhon_siders
Hip Hop and Artist those 2 words just do not go together .
Kangol
Come on, it’s 2017. There have been about 4-5 generations of hiphop artists now.
MediaGuy
Plenty there for everybody.
Ksb1978
The old lady in the last photo threw me off big time! LOL! Baaaby, got damn, got damn!
Donston
I can’t respect the fact that he faked having a relationship with one of the female cast-members of Love and Hip Hop for a sec just so he could reappear on the show, and when she called out his BS he quickly backtracked. And then he still talks about how he might end up with a woman despite not being attracted to them because he “wants a family”. Then there’s how he quickly dumped his boyfriend (who was also having a fake relationship with a woman for TV) once they were dropped from the show. And then there’s the “leaked” sex tape. And the general arrogance for someone who’s accomplished nothing but being a token on one season of a reality show.
Just another narcissistic, fvcked in the head attention/fame whore without anything to offer beyond his body.
(Though I’m not gonna lie. I did look at those pics)