NYC-based queer artist F. Virtue (aka Will Kowall) celebrated Pride this year with the release of poignant new single Nowadays It’s So Cool To Be Gay (I Smile With Blood In My Teeth). The track is a siren to what it actually means the be queer, including the fight that continues during a time where the federal government is attempting to roll back civil rights for gay and transgender people. Virtue is also sending out an edict to other ubiquitous rappers, singers and artists…who have seemingly been conveniently calling themselves gay, right before releasing new songs, or products…that there’s a fine line between allies and appropriators. Check it out below…and get Nowadays It’s so Cool to Be Gay on iTunes. (above pic by Orograph)

F. Virtue:

“Nowadays It’s So Cool To Be Gay offers a unique and relevant gay perspective and lends a voice to important gay topics that have previously been untouched in hip hop, such as the stigma towards bottoms being un-masculine, gay posturing/appropriation, and defending oneself as a queer person.”