Thirty Eight Brilliant and Underrated Queer Black Musicians

Get your headphones ready.

By Jamilah King Sep 03, 2013

The Internet’s still responding to Talib Kweli’s assertion that in order to really confront homophobia in hip-hop, there just needs to be a "rapper who’s better than everybody else." Out.com has a slideshow of 38 queer black musicians and it includes: Sylvester, Billy Strayhorn, Josephine Baker, Frankie Knuckles, Frank Ocean, and Bessie Smith. It’s a long list that includes classics and contemporaries. Check it out.