Throughout his Coachella efficiency on Saturday evening, the rapper Isaiah Rashad made his first public feedback a couple of video that leaked in February that appeared to indicate him in a sexual scenario with males.
Rashad, a fixture of the SoCal label High Dawg Leisure (alongside Kendrick Lamar and SZA), performed a prerecorded video simply earlier than his Sahara Tent set. The quick clip included media commentary and voiceovers in regards to the unauthorized launch of the footage. “The aim of doing that was to embarrass him. Nevertheless, it backfired,” stated one voice within the clip.
Whereas artists like Lil Nas X and Tyler, the Creator have opened up new room in hip-hop for for queer Black males, Rashad’s outing was in opposition to his will.
An emotional Rashad advised the Coachella crowd that fan assist had been a lifeline for him. “I see all of the messages and all of the positivity,” he stated, to swells of cheers. “Y’all saved me alive these final couple months.”
The 30-year-old Rashad then performed a usually incendiary set, that includes songs off his well-regarded 2021 LP “The Home Is Burning” reminiscent of “RIP Younger” and “Lay Wit Ya,” and “Rope // Rosegold,” from 2016’s “The Solar’s Tirade.”
Later within the present he was joined onstage by the buzzy new TDE signee Doechii for “Wat U Sed.”
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