For the first time in hip hop history, multiple LGBTQIA+ artists are finding chart-topping success. While there have been gay or queer artists in hip hop in the past, never has there been a time in the genre’s history where rappers are coming forward, unapologetically, about their sexuality. Artists like Lil Nas X, Big Freedia, Taylor Bennett, Kehlani, ILoveMakonnen, 070 Shake, Saul Williams, Syd the Kid, Kevin Abstract, and depending on who you ask, Tyler, The Creator, have all openly shared their personal lives with fans. There has been an unprecedented amount of support shown to these artists, and singer Brandy is happy to see the progression.

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“I feel like love is the most important magic that we have in life, and wherever there’s love, that’s where I want to be,” she recently told The Advocate. “I feel like it’s important for everybody to feel loved and everybody to feel like they are accepted and they have a family of people, that we can all come together and be one person. I feel so positive about that. I’m thankful for that. I’m thankful for the love that we all can share together.”

“I feel like this is a great time to be yourself and to be accepted,” Brandy added of the shift that hip hop is experiencing with the visibility of LGBTQIA+ artists. “I just love that we’re all celebrating in that.” Watch Brandy chat with The Advocate in full below.

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Baton Rouge legend Boosie Badazz has no problem voicing his opinion on a myriad of topics relevant in our world today. He generally comes through with some social media street wisdom every time something pops off, going live or updating his fans on how he feels about a certain issue. In the past, Boosie has shared his controversial takes on the Jussie Smollett scandal, Lil Nas X’s musical success, and the depiction of homosexual characters in children’s media. In a multi-part interview with VladTV, the rapper revisited that very same topic and, this time, he was a little tamer in his response.

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When prompted to speak about rappers who identify within the LGBTQ+ community, Boosie said that he never would have predicted this twenty years ago. “That would have never happened,” says Boosie about the current pop of rappers coming out. “Coming up under Tupac and Biggie and shit like that, that’s just to show you how far it has gone. You never know, in twenty more years, it’s gonna be a gay president probably. But I don’t have no problem with the gays. I got gays in my family.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Boosie speaks about the craze behind the Popeyes Chicken Sandwich last year, detailing how much he hated it and passionately disclosing that it did not even come close to Chick-Fil-A’s version. Watch below.