In mid-January, The Fader caught up with Young M.A and featured the Brooklyn-born rapper in their "Ride Along" series. Young M.A opened up about the success of "OOOUUU" and more in the two-minute segment that helped fans learn a bit more about who the buzzing rapper really is.
Now, The Fader has revealed its cover star for its first ever sex issue and it's none other than Young M.A. The rapper opens up about her sexuality, being mainstream rap's first openly gay artist, being gay in New York and more in the expansive interview.
The Fader's first ever sex issue will be available on March 7th. Until then, you can peep some of Young M.A's responses below and read the full article here.
Young M.A On being mainstream rap's first openly gay artist:
If I change people’s lives, that’s all that matters to me. I don’t want to be the first ‘dyke rapper,’ ‘aggressive rapper.’ I don’t care for that … I hear from all different people, not just people like me, or lesbians. It be straight people, it be grown men, it be grown women, people that have been sick or depressed that say, ‘Oh, you made me want to go do what I want to do for myself and chase my dreams.’ That’s my purpose
Young M.A on her misogynist lyrics:
At the end of the day, men can be described the same way as men describe women. A man can be a ho, just as much as a woman can be a ho. And I’m a woman myself! I respect women. I respect my mother
Young M.A on her next project:
I know people are looking forward to an album from me, but I don’t think it needs to be rushed either. Nowadays albums don’t come out as frequent as they used to, so I’m not too sure if I’ma drop an album as soon as people would think. I’m just trying to go off a vibe: how they feeling this, how they feeling that?