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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Young Thug wants us to stop believing in gender
Young Thug is at it again with his views on gender and the
hard-wired binary code we attach to it! In a recent interview with V Magazine¸Thug (born Jeffery Lamar
Williams) stated that he wants people to stop believing in genders, commenting on
the fact that he himself doesn’t believe in genders. According to Williams,
there is a multitude of ways to express persona without having the gender label
attached to it. Williams is no stranger to making waves in the conversation of
gender and hip hop, having already made such a bold move by releasing his
mixtape with a picture of himself in a dress on the cover (see my previous
post). In a time when musicians (and rappers especially) must strive to prove
themselves and who they are, it is comforting to see someone in Jeffery’s shoes
completing bashing the notion of gender. See the HuffPost article about the V Magazine interview below, then click
on the second link to read the full interview from V.
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