As a homosexual BPOC rapper, venturathagay subverts hip-hop culture with cheeky, humorous and explicit lyrics, offering the genre’s largely cis-male, often toxically normative followers the opportunity to hold a mirror up to themselves. Motivated by the rap scene’s lack of understanding of queerness and its disregard for the talents of LGBTQIA+ artists, venturathagay has been fighting against the discrimination of queer voices since 2021. With gripping songs and brilliant performances, among others at CSD Berlin and the Tag der Clubkultur, he’s enriching the rap scene while increasing queer visibility.
venturathagay receives a grant of 5,600 euros in 2022 to create an EP and carry out a series of related promotion and marketing activities.