Migos Not Cool With Support of iLoveMakonnen’s Homosexuality: “That’s Wack, Bro”

Last month, iLoveMakonnen publicly announced, “I’m gay.” A new interview with Rolling Stone has revealed Migos’ reaction to the news (as Spin points out). After Quavo says he loves Atlanta’s “diversity,” writer Jonah Weiner said he mentioned Makonnen’s coming out, which led to “an awkward interlude.” Quavo then shouted, “Damn, Makonnen!” Migos have since issued an apology; read the full excerpt from the interview below.

And so I’m surprised by Migos’ reaction when I mention iLoveMakonnen, the local MC who just came out as gay on Twitter. “Damn, Makonnen!” Quavo bellows after an awkward interlude. I mention support I saw online for Makonnen’s decision. “They supported him?” Quavo asks, raising an eyebrow. “That’s because the world is fucked up,” says Offset. “This world is not right,” Takeoff says. “We ain’t saying it’s nothing wrong with the gays,” says Quavo. But he suggests that Makonnen’s sexuality undermines his credibility, given the fact that “he first came out talking about trapping and selling Molly, doing all that.”

He frowns. “That’s wack, bro.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Quavo reveals that he recorded an anti-Trump, pro-Bernie Sanders line for “Bad and Boujee”—the No. 1 single from their No. 1 album Culture. It went: “Jump jump, I don’t fuck with Donald Trump/I feel the Bern, feel the Bern—Bernie Sanders!” Quavo–who supported Sanders because the Vermont senator “was in the trenches back in the day, really in the street”—scrapped the line after Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic nomination. Read the full article here.

In 2015, Migos joined Makonnen on “Whip It (Remix).” The track appeared on the Drink More Water 5 mixtape.

Pitchfork has reached out to Migos’ and iLoveMakonnen’s respective representatives for further comment.

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