[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Griselda Flores (Billboard) interviews Puerto Rican rapper, Villano Antillano (Reinaldo Santiago Pacheco), who states, “I’m not striving for tolerance, no person has the ability to ‘tolerate’ me, I yield that energy myself.” [To listen to her recently released “Session #51,” see link below.]
Villano Antillano is a power to be reckoned with.
The Puerto Rican rapper, who broke out in 2018, carved a lane for herself in a male-dominated style normalizing a queer perspective in an area that’s typically tainted by poisonous masculinity. “There isn’t any tolerance for girls like me within the style I’ve forcibly inserted myself in,” the “Vocales” singer tells Billboard. “To say there’s can be a delusion and an assault on the works of queer folks all over the place who eat mentioned style.”
A number one voice within the Latin queer and trans artists motion, which goals to highlight LGBTQIA+ musicians who are sometimes ignored by the mainstream, Antillano most not too long ago teamed up with Argentine producer Bizarrap for a hard-hitting EDM-infused rap session.
In it, Antillano is as unapologetic as ever, talking fact to energy. “If I’ve a stream cabrón, if I’m including strain, if you happen to can’t cope with me, my dangerous … I’m the boss and you’re the secretary, you’re not at my degree to be my adversary,” she fiercely spits in “Session #51,” which dropped Wednesday (June 8).
Beneath, Antillano kicks off our Satisfaction collection that includes queer Latin artists who’re serving to reshape their style.
How have you ever helped create tolerance in your style?
There isn’t any tolerance for girls like me within the style I’ve forcibly inserted myself in. To say there’s can be a delusion and an assault on the works of queer folks all over the place who eat mentioned style. I’ve helped make queer musicians and artists extra seen maybe; however tolerance, respect and equality are usually not issues we’ve for the time being. That’s simply the reality. Additionally, I feel it’s vital to state that I personally am not striving for tolerance, no person has the ability to “tolerate” me, I yield that energy myself and demand respect over all issues.
As a queer artist, how have you ever helped reshape your style?
The identical method I reshape the world each time I step outdoors, by taking on house unapologetically and forcing folks to grasp that they haven’t any dominion over queer folks. [. . .]
For full article, see https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/villano-antillano-pride-reshaping-rap-genre-1235083986
Right here is “Session #51”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvz97-lNPH8
Additionally see “Bizarrap & Villano Antillano launch an epic collaboration,” by
Jeanette Hernandez, Remezcla, June 8, 2022
https://remezcla.com/music/watch-bizarrap-villano-antillano-release-an-epic-collaboration-music-sessions-51