Serpent released his second album DEACON on March 26. I think that takes time for a young person,” he told NPR ’s Rachel Martin.
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“It just needed to be a full conversation, because my day is a queer day. It was important for him to speak his truth and live in his total identity. On his 2018 debut Soil, he used his choirboy background to deliver an experimental gospel-esque record about love shining a light on his queerness. He grew up in Baltimore in a very Christian household, and began his musical career singing in church. Living in often an unwelcoming environment, he led a closeted life.
serpentwithfeetīorn Josiah Wise, serpentwithfeet, is a 32-year-old singer/songwriter and producer. To celebrate Black Music Month and Pride, BNC developed a list of LGBTQ musicians who are using their art to speak on their identity as both Black and queer in America. They continue to expand on what Black music is and can be. Despite social stigma and lack of equality, Black LGBTQ artists like Frank Ocean, Janelle Monae, Kehlani, Big Freedia and Lil Nas X are breaking barriers being openly queer and having mainstream successes. Our society has made small strides for both marginalized populations in the decades since the development of the celebratory month. June is both LGBT Pride Month and Black Music Month. Pride came to be as a way to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, which occurred in June 1969. A decade later, President Jimmy Carter marked the month as a celebration of African Americans’ influence on the nation’s music. It would be hard to talk about American pop culture without thinking about the impact of the LGBTQ community or Black culture.